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Ciaran Lyons6 hours agoHester Pierce strikes back against SEC crypto warning to accounting firmsHester Pierce, commissioner of the United States Securities and Exchange argued that full transparency should not come at the cost of compromising good-faith efforts.873 Total views34 Total sharesListen to article 0:00NewsJoin us on social networksHester Pierce, commissioner of the United States Securities and Exchange (SEC), has raised concerns about the watchdog"s recent statement advising accounting firms against taking on non-audit work for crypto firms.


In a July 28 tweet, Pierce challenged the recent statement made by the SEC"s chief accountant Paul Munter, proposing that accounting firms adopt an all-or-nothing approach in its dealings with crypto firms. Pierce believes this might cause crypto firms to shy away from making good-faith efforts to be transparent.Crypto platforms & their accountants should be clear about what proof of reserves is and isn't & customers should understand the limitations, but why would we want to discourage good-faith efforts to provide more transparency? https://t.co/fsuxUGPrrb— Hester Peirce (@HesterPeirce) July 27, 2023


While Pierce noted that crypto firms and accountants should ensure transparency regarding proof of reserves, specifying what is and isn"t acceptable, she questioned why accounting firms should be cautious of providing assurance work to crypto firms. 


“Why would we want to discourage good-faith efforts to provide more transparency?” Pierce stated in a tweet.


Munter argued that partial engagements might result in crypto firms selectively choosing only certain aspects of the business to show accounting firms and then presenting that information as a full audit to clients. 


He believes that work beyond a full audit"s scope will lack transparency for investors, noting:Certain crypto asset trading platforms, with others in the crypto industry, have marketed to investors their retention of third parties, sometimes accounting firms, to perform some sort of review of certain parts of their business, often presented as a purported “audit."


According to Munter, if an accounting firm discovers that a client is making misleading statements about its non-audit work to the public, it should take a firm stance and consider making a "noisy withdrawal, disassociating itself from the client, including by way of its own public statements," or report the firm to the SEC.


Related:SEC appeal could amplify Ripple win, says Ripple Labs legal chief


Mike Shaub, an auditing and accounting ethics professor at Texas A&M University, responded to the statement in a July 29 tweet, mentioning that auditors are obligated by confidentiality, making it challenging to make public statements like Munter suggested.The recent trend has been to take credit as being cutting edge (e.g., specializing in SPACs or crypto or whatever) to raise the profile, then to be low profile when things go south. That may have triggered SEC interest as well. If the auditor is silent in these cases, beware. 2/2— Mike Shaub (@mikeshaub) July 28, 2023


Shaub also highlighted the issue of some accounting firms aligning themselves with cryptocurrency expertise to boost their reputation but become unresponsive when problems arise.


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