Let’s get the obvious out of the way: Cryptocurrencies - such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, Dogecoin, etc. - have gained extreme popularity, especially in the past few years. There are multiple reasons behind that. Apart from the obvious hype surrounding everything...
It’s in our very nature as humans to overthink certain aspects of our lives to the point of hurting ourselves or ending up in a worse position. Whether it’s not speaking up in class despite knowing the answer - for fear of everyone else's reactions - or not applying...
Though the term ‘digital legacy’ is fairly new, it has a short and concise definition. Your digital legacy consists of all the various types of digital assets you’ve accumulated over your lifetime. These might include: Digital financial assets: payment tokens, utility...
Life insurance Life insurance policies serve a very specific purpose. When one or more people are financially dependent on another person, if that person passes away, their loved ones are left to deal with several very difficult and very different things. They...
What does intestate mean? ‘Intestate’ describes a person who passes away without having created a will. Wills are how we manifest our explicit wishes with regard to our assets - essentially, how we want our estate to be inherited after we pass away. Not having a will...
What are unclaimed assets? When a legal event occurs that mandates that assets are passed on to another person or entity, but that transfer of ownership does not take place, those assets are known as ‘unclaimed assets’. They are different from ‘abandoned assets,’...
What is crypto Cryptocurrencies have been around for more than a decade now and it’s clear they’re here to stay. Without getting into too much detail on the history of cryptocurrency and the different types there are - you can read more on both topics and more in our...
Cryptocurrency - the silver bullet When cryptocurrency came into this world in 2008/2009 - with the whitepaper on the first cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, written by a person under the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto, it made a very serious claim; that it was the answer to...
“Crypto investments don’t need protection.” In this article, we won’t get into basic definitions. There’s a crypto inheritance article we’ve published on cryptocurrencies in the context of inheritance that provides answers to questions such as ‘What are...
Digital assets vs normal assets Before we get into the types of digital assets and what you can and cannot do with them through your will, let’s make sure we know what digital assets are. Simply put, every possession that’s not physical (i.e., not your car, house,...
