Stealing Funds from a Cryptocurrency Hardware Wallet
Hardware wallets are one of the most secure ways an individual can elect to utilize to safely secure their cryptocurrency holdings. Hardware wallets are designed to prevent intrusion or access …
Guide to Estimating Your Spouse’s Cryptocurrency Portfolio Value
There may come a time when, for one reason or another, you want to calculate or estimate what the value of your spouse’s (or ex-spouse’s) cryptocurrency portfolio is. The best …
Discovering and Seizing Non-Disclosed Cryptocurrency Assets in a Divorce
Settling on a fair distribution of assets is no doubt one of the most arduous aspects of going through a divorce. Things become exponentially more difficult in the event one …
QuadrigaCX: Using Cryptocurrency Forensics to Prove Fraud or an Exit Scam
Once Canada’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, QuadrigaCX has shut down apparently over their inability to access cryptocurrency assets held in ‘cold storage’. They claim they are no longer able to access …
What is Blockchain Forensics?
Blockchain forensics comprises a variety of practices used to find, track, and trace the origins, history, and ownership of cryptocurrency assets by looking at transaction data. It is the equivalent …
Guide to Determining Fair Market Value (FMV) for Cryptocurrency Assets
Fair Market Value (FMV) is a term that comes up in a variety of fields such as Divorce, Taxation, Bankruptcy, and Estate Planning because they all involve valuing assets that …
How Anonymous Are Cryptocurrencies?
Cryptocurrencies are sometimes thought of as being anonymous since they can be used and owned by anyone and do not identify personal information indicating who the sender or recipient is. …
The Rising Issue of Cryptocurrency and Divorce
In the past couple of years, divorcees and their lawyers have increasingly faced a new challenging issue when going through a divorce: the reporting, disclosure, and valuation of cryptocurrency assets. …
Is it Necessary to Declare Cryptocurrency During a Divorce?
Cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin operate outside of the traditional banking and financial system, are strictly digital in nature, and aren’t under the control or jurisdiction of any country or government. …