Don’t Let a Crypto Inheritance Get Stuck on the Blockchain

In the US, cryptocurrency is considered a digital asset rather than money in terms of probate and estate law. With money and physical assets, you can sign a beneficiary form and create an estate plan or write a last will and testament naming who should get what when you die. With digital assets, however, the law says we should not assume that a deceased person wanted their private materials—everything from emails to photos—given to another person unless they explicitly said…