# FINRA’s 2025 oversight report details crypto-asset supervisory findings

> FINRA’s 2025 report identified crypto-related failures and effective practices involving public communications, SIPC distinctions, private-placement diligence, AML monitoring, outside activities, and supervision of affiliates and associated persons.

- URL: https://riadefi.com/regulation/2025-01-28-finra-2025-oversight-report-crypto-supervision/
- Posture: Guidance
- Authorities: Financial Industry Regulatory Authority
- Event date: 2025-01-28
- Version: 1, published 2026-08-07 (first published 2026-08-07)
- Advisor-relevant: yes

## What changed

FINRA’s 2025 report identified crypto-related failures and effective practices involving public communications, SIPC distinctions, private-placement diligence, AML monitoring, outside activities, and supervision of affiliates and associated persons.

## Who it affects

- FINRA member firms, dual registrants, associated persons, investment advisers, and clients

## What is still open

- How FINRA will apply the observations in individual examinations and enforcement matters

## What it means for an advisor

- Test crypto communications, account and SIPC disclosures, private-placement diligence, AML monitoring, outside-activity questionnaires, and affiliate supervision.

## Sources

1. [FINRA’s 2025 oversight report details crypto-asset supervisory findings](https://www.finra.org/sites/default/files/2025-01/2025-annual-regulatory-oversight-report.pdf) · Financial Industry Regulatory Authority · 2025-01-28


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