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EPISODE · Jun 15, 2022 · 12 MIN

What’s The Afterlife of a Bitcoin?

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What happens to your crypto after you die? Beyond the existential question of the permanence of the blockchain, the answers here aren’t straightforward. For estate planners, what to do with digital assets like Bitcoin and NFTs present a new challenge to inheritance law.  There’s more and more money pouring into these assets, and people are starting to think about their digital legacies. But how do you pass on something that’s built on principles of anonymity and individuality, and that requires both passwords and tech savvy to access? In this episode, Bloomberg reporter Jill Shah explores these questions.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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