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Client Owns Crypto Outside Our Firm. What Should We Do?
Establish exactly what the client holds and where it sits, then place it deliberately: inside the advisory agreement, excluded from it in writing, or…
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Can RIAs Advise on Self-Custodied Crypto?
Yes, in most cases.
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Crypto Model Portfolios for Financial Advisors
A crypto model portfolio is one set of target weights applied across many separate accounts, each with its own custodian, basis and instruction path.
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Crypto Compliance Checklist for RIAs
Build the list rule by rule. 17 CFR 275.
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Crypto Due Diligence Checklist for RIAs
Run each line against the rule that makes it mandatory, then keep the paper showing the work happened.
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What Is Crypto Sub-Advisory?
Crypto sub-advisory is an arrangement in which one investment adviser engages a second adviser to manage part of a client’s portfolio, here the digital…
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How Should RIAs Document Crypto Recommendations?
Build a file showing what you asked, what you investigated, what you compared, and what you told the client, dated to the day the…
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Crypto Held Away From Advisor: What Should RIAs Do?
Decide in writing whether each held-away position sits inside or outside the advisory relationship, then make supervision, valuation, billing, Form ADV, and the books…
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Qualified Custody for RIAs Managing Digital Assets
The custody rule, 17 CFR 275. 206(4)-2-2), applies to a registered adviser that holds client funds or securities or has any authority to obtain…
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How Should a Family Office Report Crypto?
Build the recipient list first, then work backward to the records.