Crypto-Assets For Private Clients Av James Brockhurst

Private client advisors will require a definitive and authoritative text on the emerging phenomenon of crypto-assets. Crypto assets range from Exchange Tokens like Bitcoin, to tokens used to access online platforms (Utility Tokens), to Security Tokens which have all the characteristics of traditional equity, bonds and other securities. All of these assets have one thing in common: they are underpinned by blockchain technology. The innovation of blockchain as a mechanism for holding and transferring assets presents a range of legal and practical questions to which lawyers, trustees, fiduciaries and their clients now need answers.The practical coverage Crypto-Assets for Private Clients: a guide for practitioners offers make it a must read for all those managing wills and estates where there is an online/digital component.