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About 90% of Bitcoin Investors Worried About Fate of Their Assets After Death: Study

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About 90% of Bitcoin Investors Worried About Fate of Their Assets After Death: Study


Nearly 90% of cryptocurrency investors worry about what will happen to their assets after they die, but few plan appropriately. Younger investors are particularly culpable, barely thinking beyond their own lives.


According to a new study by the Cremation Institute, only about one quarter of bitcoin (BTC) investors have a documented plan of how their crypto funds will be distributed once they die.


Younger generations — those between the ages of 18 and 40 years — are 10 times more likely not to have a plan in comparison to older generations, the study found.


Only 65% of millennials and 41% of Generation Z reported having some sort of plan on how their crypto wealth will be passed on to their loved ones once they die, it said.


That compares with 86% of Generation X (41 to 55 years) and 94% of baby boomers (56 to 76 years) who said they have a plan to ensure that their crypto assets are inherited properly.


“While complacency is a large factor, the combined issues of lacking crypto estate services and government regulation are important reasons for overall planning disorganization,” said the Cremation Institute in the study, published July 7.


There have already been several examples around the world of bitcoin investors who have died without leaving their keys for their relatives. In such cases, families must deal with a kind of “double funeral,” as they mourn the loss of their loved ones while coming to terms with the loss of an irretrievable fortune that might have been theirs.


This underscores how bitcoin’s main attraction — its safe remove from regulators and impenetrable privacy from regulation — can also become its fatal weakness. Users may enjoy immunity from high bank fees and taxes, but they miss out on the good side of the old system, such as help with the administration of their estate.


According to Coincover, it is estimated that around 4 million bitcoin (about $37 billion) has been lost forever due to death. In one of the most widely publicized examples, paranoid U.S. investor Matthew Mellon died in 2018, leaving few clues to a crypto fortune reportedly valued at more than $500 million at the time.


In its study, the Cremation Institute surveyed a total of 1,150 people between October 2019 and June 2020. The research aimed to “understand the metrics behind crypto investors who had a plan for what happens to their investment after they pass away, in addition to those who don’t.”


It also aimed to establish the “proportion of investors who plan, along with how they planned, and whether they were concerned about losing their assets.” The findings show that 65% of crypto investors store their assets in their households for their spouses to access. Other popular areas include a computer (17%) and USB (15%).




Results also showed that women are significantly more likely than men to have some sort of cryptocurrency contingency plan if they were to pass away. This was significant across all age groups except baby boomers, where males actually planned more than females, said the study.


The Cremation Institute is a group of experts, contributors, and researchers “who create end-of-life resources for individuals and families to encourage thoughtful planning and to ensure security at all stages of life.”


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