#crypto-accounting
Specialized accounting practices for cryptocurrency transactions and holdings
The CLARITY Act cleared the House 294-134, but as of mid-July 2026 markets give it roughly 43% odds of passing the Senate before the August recess. Here's what the crypto market-structure bill means for businesses holding digital assets — and why FASB's ASU 2023-08 fair-value accounting rules already apply regardless of the vote.
Superfluid and Sablier let DAOs pay contributors continuously by the second instead of on a pay date, which means wage expense must be accrued as it streams, not booked when a recipient withdraws — here's how to record it, including the fair-market-value and insolvency edge cases.
The x402 protocol has processed more than 150 million AI agent micropayments worth roughly $600 million a year in stablecoins, and Mastercard, Visa, Stripe, and Google have all shipped competing versions since — here's what small businesses need to know about the bookkeeping and tax implications before the volume arrives.
A practical guide for nonprofits accepting cryptocurrency donations — how to write a gift acceptance policy for digital assets, apply FASB's ASU 2023-08 fair-value accounting rules, and meet IRS substantiation requirements including Form 8283 signatures, qualified appraisals over $5,000, and the Form 8282 three-year disposition rule.
FASB's ASU 2023-08 requires companies to measure qualifying crypto assets like Bitcoin at fair value each reporting period, replacing the cost-less-impairment model that only ever recognized write-downs — a change now in effect for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024.
DeFi protocols won't report your transactions to the IRS — but you're still required to. Learn how token swaps, staking, yield farming, and liquidity pools are taxed, plus a practical record-keeping system to stay compliant.
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