What a Will Was Built For For each critical and important account, document: the platform name and URL, the username or email address, the current password, any two-factor authentication method in use, and any backup codes or recovery options. For cryptocurrency, document separately: the wallet address, the private key or seed phrase, the hardware wallet…
What a Will Was Built For A will is a legal instrument designed for a world of tangible, institutionally held assets. It tells a court who should receive what, and a judge can enforce those wishes against institutions—banks, title companies, and brokerage firms—that are legally obligated to recognize court authority. This system functions because those…
The Three Things Your Family Needs For your crypto holdings to survive your death, your family needs three things—and they need all three, not just one or two. First, knowledge that the crypto exists. A hardware wallet in a drawer is invisible to anyone who does not know to look for it. An exchange account…
Introduction The cryptocurrency market has produced some of the most dramatic wealth creation events in modern financial history. It has also produced one of the quietest catastrophes in estate planning: crypto holders dying without giving anyone access to their wallets, and fortunes becoming permanently, mathematically inaccessible as a result. This is not a theoretical risk….