Digital Assets & Fintech: Emerging Issues Webinar
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Overview
As digital assets, blockchain applications, and fintech innovations continue to evolve, broker-dealers face a complex mix of regulatory, operational, and compliance challenges. This session discusses the following areas:
- The use of digital and crypto assets by broker-dealers
- Current updates and what to expect in the future
- Fintech integration in broker-dealer operations and expectations going forward
- Custody and safeguarding obligations
- The growing use of AI, tokenization, and programmable compliance
- Cost basis tracking and accounting, including the impact of distributed ledger technology
- Recent IRS guidance affecting digital assets
- Recognition and fair value accounting for digital assets
Objective
To provide CPAs and other financial professionals with an understanding of the evolving digital asset and FinTech landscape, including key regulatory, accounting, tax, custody, and governance considerations, and to help them recognize emerging risks and reporting requirements affecting these technologies.
Emphasis
- Regulatory Landscape
– SEC, CFTC, and FINRA developments
– Market structure evolution
– Regulatory expectations
– Operational compliance - Digital Asset Infrastructure
– Tokenized securities
– Stablecoins
– Digital asset custody
– Programmable compliance - Risk Management & Governance
– AML and KYC requirements
– Supervisory controls
– Cybersecurity
– Lessons from digital asset market failures
– AI and blockchain analytics - Digital Asset Accounting
– Fair value accounting under ASU 2023-08
– Cost basis tracking
– Digital asset accounting systems
– Pre-ASU accounting guidance
– Financial statement disclosures
– Ownership and custody considerations - Taxation of Digital Assets
– IRS guidance
– Hard forks and airdrops
– NFTs
– Reporting requirements
– Digital asset transactions - Emerging Issues
– Financial reporting
– Custody arrangements
– Institutional adoption
– Future regulatory and accounting developments
Speakers
Mark DiMichael, Partner, Citrin Cooperman
James A. Wolff, Partner, Greenspoon Marder LLP
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Level of Knowledge
Overview
CPE Credits
1
Hour
NASBA Field of Study
Accounting