As digital assets become a more common part of family wealth, estate planning professionals are adapting alongside them. What was once considered a niche issue for early adopters is increasingly becoming part of mainstream financial planning conversations.

“Many estate planning attorneys are now specifically asking clients what accounts exist that are paperless and whether they have any digital assets,” Austin says.

But identifying digital assets in a will is only part of the equation. There’s a catch: Wills become public record during probate. Put a private key or recovery phrase in one, and you’ve essentially published it. Estate planners are increasingly treating crypto access details as a separate document entirely—secure,…