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This starting guide is for those planning their estate, inheritors and executors, anyone who might one day be responsible for figuring out what to do with digital wealth that doesn’t sit in a bank account.
While the focus tends to be on the growth of the asset class and opportunities to prosper, for many cryptocurrency investors, more attention must be paid to transferring assets to loved ones and protecting the store of wealth from unfounded and frivolous lawsuits.
Digital assets are now a major cause of problems in settling and distributing estates. You must carefully consider and incorporate your digital life into the estate plan.
How should you include digital assets in your estate plans? What do your heirs need to know about inheriting these assets?
A will or trust explains what you want to have happen to your assets when you die, hopefully in a very, very long time. While most people understand that a will explains what to do with money, property, and children, there are other parts you might be surprised by.
Safe and shareable password storage is vital in today’s computerized world. The old solution–writing down passwords on paper set next to your keyboard–is not safe, not adequate and not shareable.
Smart estate planning, therefore, includes addressing how to handle digital assets.