Family Law Week: Money for Nothing? Crypto-assets and their Implications in Matrimonial and Private Client Work
For the matrimonial finance and private client lawyer, crypto-assets can form a major part of a client's estate and we are seeing them with increasing frequency. It is vital that we can identify, value and understand them, and advise on their implications for clients, for others interested in client assets, and to assist the court, if necessary. Where are we now with crypto-assets? Although crypto-assets were born as recently as 2008 with Bitcoin following the worldwide banking crash, fewer than 13 years later Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, Monero and similar crypto-currencies and tokens have g...