Kresus Launches Crypto Inheritance Service to Help Families Preserve Digital Wealth

By Lidia Yadlos

One of crypto's biggest security strengths has also become one of its biggest estate planning challenges. If a self-custody wallet owner dies without sharing access to their assets, those funds can be lost forever.

Kresus wants to change that.

The self-custody wallet provider has launched Kresus Inheritance, a new subscription service that allows users to securely pass digital assets to a designated beneficiary without sharing private keys or giving up control while they are alive.

The launch addresses one of the industry's longest-standing problems: how to preserve digital wealth across generations without compromising the principles of self-custody.

Solving Crypto's Estate Planning Problem

Unlike traditional bank accounts and brokerage platforms, self-custody wallets typically don't include beneficiary designations or built-in inheritance mechanisms. Many users resort to writing down seed phrases, sharing private keys with family members or relying on expensive legal structures—all of which introduce new security risks.

Kresus says its new service removes that trade-off. Users can designate a beneficiary directly within the wallet while retaining exclusive control of their assets. The beneficiary receives no access unless a predefined inactivity period expires and the succession process is triggered.

According to the company, private keys are never shared, and Kresus never takes custody of customer assets.

Building Wealth Management Into Self-Custody

Kresus Inheritance is available as a subscription priced at $99.99 per year and is integrated directly into the Kresus Wallet.

As cryptocurrency ownership continues to grow, services that address long-term wealth preservation may become just as important as the wallets used to store digital assets in the first place.

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Kresus Launches Crypto Inheritance Service to Help Families Preserve Digital Wealth