How to Maximize Bitcoin’s Value in a Digital US Inheritance
When bitcoins are passed to an heir in a US inheritance, they are subject to a different tax rule than usual. The cost basis is no longer the purchase price of the bitcoins, which can lead to an heir paying less or more capital gains tax depending on whether the bitcoins had appreciated or depreciated. A little planning can help an heir maximize the....
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As a writer who earns bitcoin and saves as much as I can with a family of four, I’ve recently begun preparing my family’s digital inheritance. When I pass, my wife will take over all of my assets, and this includes bitcoin. Preparing another person to gain access to their bitcoin private keys before death is necessary. Death and Digital Inheritance.....
Serenity Shield, a non-custodial crypto company launches to solve the inheritance issue across the cryptocurrency community. Serenity Shield is launching in a bid to provide users with a non-custodial private key inheritance and a blockchain wealth management system. Announced in April, the platform will “focus on very real issues of managing large sums of wealth […]
Inheritance is one of the most neglected issues in the emerging crypto ecosystem; according to the most recent market analysis, close to 4 million Bitcoin (BTC) are currently inaccessible. A good number of these coins belonged to crypto investors who passed away before laying out a proper heritage structure. Was it their fault or the […]
Are crypto inheritance solutions a centralizing force? To some, yes, but to others, decentralized solutions are out there. Self-sovereignty is a core principle in the cryptocurrency space: Investors need to rely on a trustless, decentralized network instead of a central entity that has been known to devalue the holdings of others. One shortcoming associated with self-sovereignty, however, is inheritance.An estimated 4 million Bitcoin (BTC) has been lost over time and now sits in inaccessible wallets. How many of those coins belong to HODLers who passed away without sharing access to their....