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Crypto Disputes

Protecting Your Digital Assets When Things Go Wrong

Platinum’s experts combine legal insight, blockchain forensics and international reach to help clients protect and recover digital wealth ensuring that innovation remains a lasting part of their legacy.
The Challenge

Digital Assets

Disputes are no longer rare: they now extend to divorce and inheritance proceedings, commercial disagreements, and cross-border recovery cases.
For many families and private clients, Bitcoin and Ethereum now sit alongside traditional assets in diversified portfolios. Yet the nature of blockchain ownership brings unique challenges. Once access is lost, recovery is often impossible.

Digital assets have become one of the fastest-growing sources of private wealth. In 2021 alone,

The global cryptocurrency market surpassed $3 trillion, and by 2024, more than 425 million people held crypto worldwide (Chainalysis, 2024). For many high-net-worth individuals and families, holdings in Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other digital assets now represent a meaningful part of their portfolio offering growth, diversification, and independence from traditional markets

Yet opportunity and volatility often coexist. Blockchain transactions are irreversible, and when disputes arise whether through fraud, lost access, or breakdowns in trust specialist legal and forensic expertise becomes essential.
In 2022, over $3.8 billion in cryptocurrency was stolen through hacks and scams (Chainalysis, 2023). In the UK, Action Fraud recorded a 41% rise in crypto-related scams between 2021 and 2023, with annual losses exceeding £300 million.
Disputes involving

Our Approach

Disputes involving digital assets demand specialist knowledge, forensic capability, and international reach. Platinum brings these elements together within a structured, legally grounded framework.

Block Chain Forensics

Tracing, analysis, and evidence mapping to identify asset movements and counterparties.

Legal Strategy

Coordinated dispute resolution from injunctions and disclosure orders to asset recovery and expert reporting.

Global Network Access

Through ETL Global’s 22,000 professionals across 60+ countries, we can coordinate local enforcement and legal collaboration wherever assets or entities are located.

Negotiation & Settlement

Expert representation to achieve efficient, commercially sound outcomes.

Trustee & Beneficiary

Advising on digital asset recovery, control, and succession where trusts, estates, or fiduciary duties are involved.

Our Approach

How it Works

Where others provide software or documentation, Platinum offers an integrated architecture for digital wealth combining technical resilience with legal oversight, underpinned by the trusted expertise of ETL Global.

A family holding £12 million in Bitcoin and Ethereum implemented a 5-of-9 multi-signature vault. When one heir lost a hardware wallet, recovery protocols ensured assets remained protected and accessible without dispute.

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Fraud & Scam Recovery

Tracing stolen Bitcoin & Ethereum

Tracing stolen Bitcoin & Ethereum, freezing assets, pursuing legal recovery.

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Exchange Collapses

Claims linked to insolvencies

Claims linked to insolvencies or lost balances (e.g., FTX).

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Commercial Disputes

Conflicts between partners

Conflicts between partners or businesses holding digital assets.

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Divorce & Family Law

Disputes over hidden

Disputes over hidden or undeclared Bitcoin and Ethereum.

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Trustee & Beneficiary Disputes

Disagreements

Disagreements over Crypto assets in estates or trusts.
Multi-Signature Security

Why Specialist Legal Support Matters

Our team ensures disputes are handled with the speed, technical insight, and legal authority required to protect high-value portfolios.

Irreversible Transactions

Unlike banks, there is no central authority to reverse crypto transfers.

Pseudonymity

Owners often hide behind wallets; forensic expertise is required to prove control.

Cross-Border Complexity

Assets pass through multiple jurisdictions in minutes.

Urgency

Delay often means assets are moved beyond reach.

Global Expertise

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As part of ETL Global — a professional services network with €2.9 billion turnover, 20,000 staff, and offices in more than 50 countries we are uniquely positioned to provide clients with access to international expertise.
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Common Questions

Frequently Asked Questions

Can stolen Bitcoin or Ethereum be recovered?
Yes. While crypto is irreversible, assets can often be traced and frozen if action is taken quickly.
Through ETL Global’s international network, we can pursue claims and enforcement across multiple jurisdictions.
Yes. UK courts have confirmed that crypto assets are property and can be subject to freezing and recovery orders.
Bitcoin and Ethereum represent the most established, liquid, and secure digital assets, and are the foundation of most portfolios above £250,000.
No. We provide governance and legal services, not financial products. Our role is tracing, litigation, and asset protection.
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Crypto disputes move fast — assets can be moved across borders in seconds. With billions already stolen and fraud on the rise, delay is not an option.
Book a confidential consultation today to discuss your Bitcoin or Ethereum dispute.
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