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5 Things You Can Do Now to Secure Your Bitcoin
Most Bitcoin loss is not from hacking - it is from poor custody, missing backups, and silence. Here are five practical steps you can take today.
BlockByte: Australian Bitcoin Estate Planning and Secure Self-Custody
BlockByte provides specialised Bitcoin estate planning and self-custody solutions for high-net-worth Australians, combining advanced security protocols with legally robust, locally compliant documentation.
Coldcard Mk3 Seed Vulnerability: What Bitcoin Holders Should Do Now
Coinkite has warned that seeds created on a Coldcard Mk3 running firmware 4.0.1 to 5.0.3 may be reproducible. Here is who is affected and how to migrate safely.
A Step-by-Step Australian Guide to 2-of-3 Bitcoin Multisig Wallets
This guide provides Australian high net worth individuals, estate planners, and legal professionals with a precise, calm, and technically credible overview of establishing a 2-of-3 Bitcoin multisig wallet. We cover hardware wallet selection, coordinator software, key ceremony best practices, geographic key distribution, secure seed phrase backup using steel plates, and essential recovery testing.
The Definitive Australian Guide to Bitcoin Self-Custody
This guide explores Bitcoin self-custody for Australian high-net-worth individuals, covering key concepts from hot and cold wallets to multisig, and its vital role in robust estate planning strategies.
Bitcoin Multisignature Versus Single Signature: A Comprehensive Comparison
This article explores the fundamental differences between Bitcoin multisignature and single signature wallets, analysing their respective threat models, complexity, inheritance implications, and cost considerations. It provides a decision framework for high-net-worth individuals managing Bitcoin holdings over A$250,000.
Self-Custodied Bitcoin for Australian SMSFs - Navigating Compliance
Explore how Australian SMSF trustees can hold Bitcoin in a self-custodied manner compliant with the sole purpose test and separation of assets rule, including trust deed considerations, essential documentation, and audit-ready evidence. We explain why collaborative multisig custody is often a superior solution to exchange custody or single-signature cold storage for SMSFs.
Understanding Bitcoin Storage: Hot Wallets, Cold Storage, and Multisig for Australian Holders
Bitcoin storage solutions vary significantly in their security, convenience, and suitability for inheritance planning. This article explores hot wallets, cold storage, and multisignature setups, outlining their mechanisms, typical use cases, and how Australian Bitcoin holders might transition between them as their holdings grow.
Long-Term Bitcoin Storage Playbook for Australians
A comprehensive guide for Australian Bitcoin holders on securing their digital assets for the long term, encompassing hardware wallet hygiene, robust seed phrase backup strategies, geographic and jurisdictional distribution, operational security best practices, regular review cadences, and integration with a legally sound estate plan.
Can an SMSF Invest in Bitcoin? A Trustee's Guide
What the ATO rules actually allow, what your trust deed needs to say, and why most SMSF crypto setups get the custody part wrong.
How to Hold Crypto in an SMSF: Exchange vs Self-Custody
The four ways Australian SMSFs hold digital assets, ranked by convenience, control, and estate-planning suitability.
Bitcoin Inheritance in Australia: Navigating Digital Assets for Heirs
Ensuring the secure and lawful transfer of Bitcoin and other digital assets upon death requires specific planning beyond a standard will, addressing unique challenges for executors and beneficiaries.
Bitcoin in SMSFs: The Definitive Australian Guide for Trustees and Auditors
Holding Bitcoin within a Self-Managed Superannuation Fund (SMSF) requires strict adherence to Australian Taxation Office (ATO) regulations, demanding careful consideration of trustee obligations, the sole purpose test, and asset separation.
Proposed CGT Changes and Bitcoin: Implications for Australian High-Net-Worth Individuals
Potential alterations to Australia's Capital Gains Tax (CGT) regime could significantly impact high-net-worth individuals holding Bitcoin, prompting considerations of cross-jurisdictional estate planning and capital mobility.
Optimising Bitcoin Estate Planning: A Framework for Legal Professionals
This article outlines a structured approach for legal professionals to navigate the complexities of Bitcoin estate planning, ensuring secure and legally sound transfer of digital assets for high-net-worth clients.
Australia's Travel Rule: Implications for Bitcoin Estate Planning
New Australian regulations implementing the 'Travel Rule' for digital asset transfers have significant implications for high-net-worth Bitcoin holders, their estate plans, and the legal professionals advising them.
SMSF Crypto Tax and Estate Planning: What Trustees Leave Behind
CGT, pension-phase rules, and what happens to SMSF crypto when a member dies or loses capacity.
Bitcoin SMSF Checklist: Setup, Compliance and Succession
A practical checklist for Australian trustees before buying Bitcoin through an SMSF.
Why Self-Custody Belongs in Every Estate Plan
Billions in Bitcoin are permanently lost each year. The fix isn't a will - it's architecture.
Drafting the Digital Asset Codicil: A Practitioner's Primer
What succession lawyers need to know before adding crypto clauses to a will.
Multisig 101: From Single-Sig Risk to Distributed Keys
How a 2-of-3 wallet structure removes the single point of failure that ruins estates.
The Executor's Playbook: Recovering Bitcoin After Death
A step-by-step process for executors handling a digital asset estate for the first time.
What to Tell Your Family About Your Bitcoin (and What Not To)
Disclosure done badly creates more risk than no disclosure at all. Here's the line.
Tax Considerations for Bitcoin Estates in Australia
CGT, in-specie transfers, and the date-of-death cost base - what executors need to know.
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