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My digital life & crypto
Photos, accounts, cryptocurrency — easy to lose forever.
Your photos live in the cloud, and you hold some cryptocurrency in a wallet only you can open.
Without a clear Will
- Crypto with no recorded access is often lost permanently — no bank can recover it.
- Online accounts may be frozen or deleted.
With a Will
- You can direct who inherits digital assets and leave secure access instructions (kept separately from the Will itself).
Practical guidance for NZ
- Never write seed phrases or passwords in the Will — it becomes a public document once in probate.
- Use a sealed letter or a password manager's inheritance feature instead.
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