Guides on crypto inheritance planning, digital-asset protection, and securing wealth for future generations.
22 articles
State-by-state breakdown of crypto inheritance laws across the US. Learn how your state treats digital assets in probate, what the Uniform Law says, and how to plan.
How DAOs and crypto organizations can handle treasury succession, key-person risk, and continuity planning using smart contract inheritance tools.
Step-by-step guide to recovering lost cryptocurrency — from forgotten passwords and lost seed phrases to inherited wallets. Covers exchanges, hardware wallets, and on-chain recovery.
A detailed comparison of smart contract inheritance and traditional wills for crypto holders. Covers legal standing, execution speed, cost, privacy, and practical trade-offs.
Your staked tokens, LP positions, lending deposits, and yield farms don't pause when you die. Learn what happens to DeFi positions and how to protect them for your heirs.
How different countries treat inherited cryptocurrency — tax rates, exemptions, forced heirship rules, and what heirs need to know in the US, UK, Germany, France, UAE, Singapore, and more.
A traditional will cannot transfer cryptocurrency. Compare the legal, technical, and practical differences between wills, trusts, and smart contract inheritance vaults for digital assets.
Practical guide for people who have been named as heirs to cryptocurrency. Learn how to claim inherited Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other digital assets — whether through a smart contract vault or a traditional estate.
A beginner-friendly guide to ensuring your family can access your Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other digital assets if something happens to you. No technical background required.
France, Germany, Russia, and Spain have mandatory inheritance shares that apply to crypto. Learn how forced heirship works, which countries enforce it, and how to plan around it.
Cold wallets protect your crypto while you are alive. HeirVault protects it after you are gone. Learn why smart contract vaults solve the problems that hardware devices cannot.
Inherited crypto gets a stepped-up cost basis in the US, potentially eliminating years of capital gains. Learn how this works with the $15M OBBBA exemption and how to document it properly.
A technical guide to Bitcoin's OP_CSV (CheckSequenceVerify) opcode and how relative timelocks enable dead man's switch inheritance mechanisms on the Bitcoin blockchain.
Explore what happens to Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other digital assets when the holder dies without a succession plan — and how to prevent permanent loss.
A step-by-step checklist for crypto holders to create a complete estate plan that covers wallets, exchanges, DeFi positions, NFTs, and succession mechanisms.
Learn how to create a crypto succession plan using smart contracts, dead man's switches, and multisig wallets to protect digital assets for your heirs.
Understand how dead man's switch mechanisms work in blockchain, why they matter for crypto holders, and how to set one up for your digital assets.
Discover why multisig wallets provide superior security for crypto inheritance and how multi-signature approval protects both owners and heirs.
Traditional estate lawyers often overlook cryptocurrency. Learn the unique challenges of digital asset succession and how blockchain-native tools fill the gap.
A practical guide to Bitcoin-specific inheritance challenges including UTXO management, multisig setups, and time-locked transfers for BTC holders.
NFTs and ERC-20 tokens require special inheritance considerations. Learn how to ensure your digital collectibles and token holdings pass safely to your heirs.
Navigate the tax implications of inheriting cryptocurrency in 2026, including cost basis rules, reporting requirements, and strategies to minimize tax burden.
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