Press Release – Crossgate Capital

If you pass away and no one else knows the key, or where it’s stored, the crypto is effectively frozen on the blockchain forever.

16 July 2026

If you hold cryptocurrency directly and your private keys die with you, your assets can be lost forever. There is no bank to call, no “forgot password” option, and no next-of-kin to override. Crossgate Capital director Scott Lester says that when you buy crypto directly, ownership is proven by a private key, a long, secret string of characters.

“Whoever holds the key controls the coins. That’s the whole point of self-storage, and it’s also the challenge. If you pass away and no one else knows the key, or where…