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ARTICLE · 01 OCTOBER 2025

Understanding Asset Recovery And Cryptocurrency Wallets

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Cryptocurrency presents both unique challenges and innovative solutions to the asset recovery world.

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Meredith Fitzpatrick
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Cryptocurrency presents both unique challenges and innovative solutions to the asset recovery world. There are some overarching concepts and practices in common with asset recovery in the traditional finance ('TradFi') realm, but in this article we focus on how the concept of custodial and non-custodial cryptocurrency wallets present a major departure from TradFi. Asset recovery professionals need to be well educated on this critical nuance as it can inform the rest of the recovery plan and the overall chances of success.

How far can open source blockchain tools take you?

From the outset, the way assets are traced in cryptocurrency is inherently different. Cryptocurrency is based on blockchain technology, a digital, decentralized public ledger. The tracing of crypto assets can be accomplished more easily than with fiat currencies. Open source blockchain explorers and Open Source Intelligence ('OSINT') tools

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