Your matter has digital assets. They need to be secured before they are moved, dissipated, or their evidentiary integrity is compromised. We organise the jurisdiction, arrange two bank safety deposit boxes, fly to you — and take custody in your presence.
Exchange custody means one party retains access. Self-custody means the same. In a contested matter — divorce, insolvency, freezing order, criminal proceedings — an asset that can be moved will be moved. The window between a matter arising and those assets being secured is where value disappears.
An asset held on an exchange remains accessible to the account holder. In a contested matter, that is not neutral custody. It is the opposing party's access, preserved.
A hardware wallet in a desk drawer cannot produce an affidavit. It cannot be exhibited to a court. It cannot demonstrate that the assets have not been moved, accessed, or altered since the matter arose.
Digital assets can be transferred in seconds. The gap between a court order and its enforcement is where assets disappear. Vault closes that gap — from the moment you call us, we are organising the jurisdiction.
A trustee, a solicitor, or a family office advisor who does not secure digital assets in a matter is carrying personal professional exposure. If the assets move and the documentation does not exist, the question asked later is why custody was not arranged.
A creditor committee or a court that cannot verify an asset's existence and current custody cannot rely on its valuation. Vault produces the documentation that turns a reported position into an evidenced one.
The absence of specialist digital asset custody infrastructure is not unique to any one jurisdiction. We operate globally. Where the matter is, that is where we arrange custody.
Every Vault engagement follows the same structure. Two people. Two banks. One affidavit. The assets are secured in the jurisdiction of the matter and held until the week before resolution — when we fly back to exit the position and hand over according to the authorisation.
From the moment we receive the engagement, we arrange two bank safety deposit box agreements in the jurisdiction of the matter — at two separate banks. Both are confirmed before we board the flight. The engagement letter is executed and the chain of custody documentation begins.
A senior relationship manager and a technical lead attend your premises — or the location agreed with the instructing party. The senior manager manages the relationship and the documentation. The technical lead configures and executes the custody architecture.
The digital assets are transferred to a LexCrypta-configured multi-signature cold wallet in the presence of the instructing party. The transfer is witnessed, signed, and documented. No assets travel over the internet. The cold wallet is configured so that release requires multiple authorised signatures — no single party can access the assets unilaterally.
The cold wallet is placed into a safety deposit box at Bank 1. The passkey is placed into a separate safety deposit box at Bank 2 — a different bank, a different location. Neither is sufficient alone. Before we leave the jurisdiction, both bank engagement letters are signed and the two-location separation architecture is in place.
The senior relationship manager maintains the custody relationship for the duration of the matter. Monthly custody confirmations are issued to the instructing party. Asset intelligence is available where the matter requires it — valuation, hold/sell analysis, creditor reporting. Each engagement is entirely separate. No shared infrastructure between matters.
A week before resolution, we return to the jurisdiction. The position is exited according to the written authorisation — court order, trustee instruction, or consent of all parties. The handover documentation is produced and the safety deposit boxes are closed. Each bank engagement is terminated. The matter is complete.
The chain of custody documentation produced by every Vault engagement is designed to be exhibited, relied upon, and challenged. It does not summarise. It evidences — with dates, locations, bank references, and an affidavit that covers the complete period from intake to release.
Digital assets in dispute require independent custody pending settlement or court determination. Neither party retains access. Neither can move, dissipate, or transfer during proceedings.
Trustees and administrators locating crypto assets in an estate need immediate custody before assets can be moved or concealed. Vault provides court-standard custody with full documentation for the estate file.
Where a freezing order covers digital assets, those assets need to be secured in a manner the court can rely on. LexCrypta Vault provides the independent custody structure that satisfies the order.
Digital assets subject to restraint orders or confiscation proceedings require secure custody pending determination. Vault holds assets in a format that maintains their integrity as exhibits.
Digital assets in a deceased estate must be secured before probate is granted and distribution authorised. Vault holds the assets safely with full documentation — preventing loss or unauthorised access during administration.
Significant digital asset holdings that require custody beyond exchange or self-storage — with the security architecture, insurance coverage, and documentation that institutional-standard custody provides.
Sam Bankman-Fried's estate sold an Anthropic stake for $1.3 billion. At current valuations it would be worth over $82 billion. The administrators made the decision they had to make — but without a forensic framework for understanding what each asset was actually worth at that moment, what realistic exit looked like, and what holding versus selling meant for creditor recovery.
That question is coming for every insolvency practitioner, trustee, and litigation lawyer managing a matter with significant digital asset positions. LexCrypta Vault's Asset Intelligence service answers it — at the point the decision is made, not in hindsight.
Not what the token price says. What it is worth to you — at realistic exit, given the volume held, the market depth available, and the time pressure of the matter.
A documented hold/sell analysis at the point of decision — not in hindsight — is present-tense professional rigour. Defensible if challenged. Credible if presented to creditors or a court.
Unlock schedules, vesting tranches, governance rights, staking obligations. The structural characteristics that standard asset realisation frameworks were never designed to read.
Creditor-facing intelligence reports — translating on-chain positions and valuation analysis into language that a creditor committee or judicial officer can read and rely on.
Large positions cannot be sold at market price without moving the market. OTC options, structured sales, creditor distribution in-kind, staged realisation — documented with forensic basis.
For matters running over months or years — ongoing monitoring of custody positions, tracking market movement, unlock events, and valuation changes throughout the proceeding.
"Finding the assets is only half the work. Securing them — so they are still there when the court needs them — is what Vault exists to do."LexCrypta Vault · Digital Asset Custody
All Vault enquiries are handled directly and confidentially by the founding team. There is no pricing on this page — every engagement is structured to the matter. Contact us and we will respond within one business day.
For urgent matters where assets need to be secured immediately — call us directly. We will organise the jurisdiction from the moment we receive the call.
A member of the LexCrypta Vault team will contact you directly within one business day. All engagements are handled confidentially. For urgent matters: vault@lexcryptaglobal.com
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