Bitcoin in Trusts and Estates: When the Fiduciary Has to Act

PRESENTED BY GANNETT TRUST
NOVEMBER 4, 2026   |   12:00PM CDT

For the estate, trust, or probate attorney whose client wants bitcoin in the trust, or whose fiduciary is about to accept it.

Chris McDonagh

CIO, Gannett Trust
Gannett Trust Company is a Wyoming-chartered trust company.

Planned trust
Your client wants the trust to hold bitcoin. Can the proposed trustee administer it?

Transition
The successor trustee is named. What will happen when they need to take control?

Administration
The trust or estate holds bitcoin. When does the fiduciary need to act?

What you leave with
Your client wants the trust to hold bitcoin. Can the proposed trustee administer it?


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