digital assets

Electronic owned files

Digital assets are files or data with value that exist in electronic form.

The term covers a wide range: photographs, documents, music libraries, domain names, cryptocurrency, and online accounts.

In legal and financial contexts, digital assets raise questions about ownership, inheritance, and access: Who controls your digital assets after you die?

The phrase has gained currency as more of life and wealth moves online.

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materiality

digital assetstangible assets

Ownable items with substance

tangible property · real property · material goods · physical property · real estate

technological medium

digital assetspaper currency

Printed money sheets

vinyl records · bearer bonds · handwritten manuscripts · physical media · stock certificates

Family

assets, digital

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