Dabblers and Distrusters: What should divorce lawyers know about hunting down crypto assets?

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Dividing up the money during a divorce can already get messy, and now, thanks to cryptocurrency assets, it can get even messier. 

Alphonse Provinziano, managing partner of Provinziano & Associates in Beverly Hills, California, practices divorce and family law. He says he’s already seeing a spike in cases in which one spouse has crypto assets and the other is trying to hunt down the information about them.

According to him, some battling exes who have accumulated crypto wealth may be reluctant to share the details of their assets in the hopes of keeping all of it to themselves.

Crypto “is going to be a growing challenge because it’s a popular asset, particularly for millennials,” Provinziano says. Divorce lawyers “need to start understanding the way crypto is bought and sold.” About 30% of adults in the U.S. own crypto, according to the 2026 CryptoCurrency Adoption and Sentiment Report. Individuals in the U.S. between 30 and 44 make up the largest age group to own crypto, at 23.5 million. 

Cryptocurrencies move directly between users over blockchain networks, allowing them to bypass traditional banks. Crypto wallets store passkeys for transactions.