How a $45M Payments Firm Discovered $18M of Crypto Exposure and Nearly Failed Its First Audit

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When a $45M Payments Company Found $18M in Crypto on the Books In mid-2023, Arcadia Payments (fictional name), a regional payments processor with $45 million in annual revenue, learned it held roughly $18 million of crypto-related assets