Failing to include cryptocurrency in your estate plan can create serious problems. This article explains how cryptocurrency fits into an estate plan, what tools are available, and how to protect your digital assets for the people you care about. 04 Feb

Why Cryptocurrency Estate Planning Is No Longer Optional

Without a plan, families often face roadblocks. Passwords are lost, accounts are locked, and privacy policies can make recovery difficult or impossible. A formal approach to protecting digital assets ensures that your legacy is preserved and your wishes respected. 21 Nov

Digital Asset Management: How to Safeguard Your Online Legacy

As digital wealth continues to grow, these assets will increasingly appear in estate files. Understanding how to value and administer them will be essential. Markets change, assumptions fail, and good planning remains the best defence. 30 Oct

Valuing Digital Assets: Lessons from the World of Online Gaming

Digital assets pose unique challenges for Ontario estate planning, particularly when they are stored or governed outside the province. Conflicting laws, restrictive terms of service, and international privacy regulations can complicate access and delay administration. 25 Sep

Digital Assets: Unique Challenges & Jurisdictional Conflicts

It's important to carefully consider who you appoint as your digital executor and to provide them with the necessary information to carry out their responsibilities. You may also want to provide instructions on how to handle your digital assets, such as which accounts should be closed, which information should be shared, and how digital property should be distributed.  05 Jun

Estate Planning Designations: What is a “Digital Executor”?

Estate planning has traditionally focused on tangible assets like real estate, bank accounts, and personal belongings. However, in a world increasingly reliant on technology, digital assets deserve the same level of attention. 27 Feb

Why Your Digital Assets Matter in Estate Planning

Urgent global law reform is needed to address the transfer of digital assets in estate planning. The current legal landscape struggles to keep pace with the rapid evolution of digital assets, leading to uncertainty and potential loss of value for inheritors.  18 Feb

Digital Distress: Urgent Global Law Reform Required

Dealing with a loved one’s digital assets after their death can be complicated, especially in the absence of a clear legal framework. This article will take you through what a digital asset is and how to handle them. 12 Feb

Handling Digital Assets: Legal Considerations in the UK

The history of estate planning includes some remarkably strange and fascinating bequests that challenge our understanding of inheritance law and human nature. 08 Jan

Unusual Bequests Continue to Evolve, Fascinate, and Challenge

Cryptocurrency Holdings: Ensuring Smooth Distribution of Digital Assets 04 Jan

Cryptocurrency Holdings: Ensuring Smooth Distribution of Digital Assets

Blockchain technology is changing the way we think about digital ownership and estate planning. By understanding how blockchains work and how digital assets are stored and transferred, one can make informed decisions about how to protect these assets for future generations. 02 Jan

Blockchain Technology: Digital Ownership & Estate Planning

The evolution of digital estate planning laws reflects our increasingly online lives, where valuable and sentimental digital property requires the same careful legal consideration traditionally given to physical assets. State legislatures are working to bridge the gap between traditional estate planning and the unique challenges posed by digital inheritance. 25 Dec

Digital & Online Estate Planning Laws: State-by-State