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The Billion-Dollar Wallets That Disappeared: A Tour of Crypto's Most Expensive Lost Coins

James Howells threw the wrong hard drive in a landfill. Stefan Thomas has two password attempts left on $250M of Bitcoin. Matthew Mellon died on $1B of XRP nobody could find. A look at the most expensive mistakes in cryptocurrency — and the simple precautions that would have prevented every one.

May 20, 2026 Read more

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NFTs, Web3, and On-Chain Inheritance: Planning for the Blockchain Assets You Can't Call Customer Service About

Your Bitcoin has an inheritance problem. Your NFTs, DeFi positions, and Web3 identities have a worse one. Here's what actually lives on-chain, what dies with the wallet, and how to build an inheritance plan that works for all of it.

May 08, 2026 Read more