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Considered the features of inheritance of digital financial assets, the presence of which is associated with the specifics of this object of civil relations. In the current socio-economic environment, the volume of participation of digital financial assets in civil circulation and commercial communications is rapidly increasing, which requires improvement and consistency of the legislative framework governing the entire range of legal issues related to this type of asset. An important place in this list of issues is occupied by the construction of an effective mechanism for the implementation of inheritance rights, which should take into account the constant evolution of types of digital financial assets, stricter requirements for cybersecurity, international law enforcement practice and the specifics of the identification of property rights. It is noted that the existing law enforcement practice of inheritance of digital financial assets is characterized by the presence of a large number of problematic issues, the emergence of which is due to the diverse nature of these assets, the absence of a large array of judicial precedents in cases related to their participation in civil turnover, as well as differences in understanding of inheritance mechanisms in domestic and foreign legislation. The main problems of inheriting digital financial assets in the work include the availability of information about their existence in the hereditary mass, identification of the testator’s ownership rights in the digital space, obtaining verified access of the heir to assets, difficulties in passing digital intermediary arbitration, and the existence of cybersecurity risks.
inheritance, digital financial assets, digital rights, utilitarian digital rights
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