While many traditional financial institutions hesitate to embrace cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin, a recent news report suggests that Fidelity Investments, the fourth largest U.S. asset manager, is looking to enter the fray. Business Insider reported last week that Fidelity has posted internal job listings for systems engineers “to help engineer, create, and deploy a digital
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Oregon and Wyoming enact model digital assets law
By Linn Foster Freedman on
Posted in Digital Assets
Although numerous states have studied and introduced legislation adopting the Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Accounts Act, only three have adopted it thus far. The first was Delaware, which adopted the model digital assets law on August 12, 2015, effective January 1, 2015. Oregon became the second state to adopt the uniform law, when the…
Privacy Tip #10 – What are digital assets and why should I care?
By Linn Foster Freedman on
Posted in Digital Assets, Privacy Tips
Your digital life and assets can include online music, photos, social media accounts, gaming winnings, and the like. But most of us don’t look at these items as assets that we should think about and plan for when we pass away.
But when you pass away, your heirs and/or executor has to deal with digital…