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    Stilman Research offers its clients quality and dedicated service in the field of probate research and genealogy, whether they are holders of unclaimed assets or their rightful owners. We advocate for those sums or assets that for different reasons remain unclaimed so that they get back to their rightful owners, as it should be.
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  • Dormant accounts

    The legal definition as to what is to be deemed a dormant, unclaimed or inactive bank account varies according to each jurisdiction, even with countries lacking specific regulation on the issue. The main feature of these assets is that they lingered for a long time without action or notice from its owner and the Bank has lost contact with that owner or his or her heirs.
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Several studies tracking the cryptocurrency ecosystem have documented the existence of accounts with thousands of Bitcoin tokens—worth billions of dollars today—that have remained totally inactive for years. Estimates suggest that, as of 2021, more than one-fifth (≈20%) of Bitcoins are lost.(1)

The value of abandoned property in Bitcoin exceeds the gross product of several countries. You can see the largest long-dormant balances here: bitinfocharts.com/top-100-dormant_5y-bitcoin…

The reasons are uncertain, but many such accounts likely belonged to people who died or who forgot (lost) the private keys to their wallets.

Because there is no recovery mechanism once the private key is lost, these assets remain locked in wallets, with no possibility of being liquidated or used.

Bitcoin may soon be the most valuable—and the hardest—form of unclaimed property to recover by its original owners or their heirs.

Stilman Research is a Licensed Private Investigative Agency in the State of Florida, pursuant to Chapter 493 of the Florida Statutes — License Number A 1500310.

(1) decrypt.co/37171/lost-bitcoin-3-7-million-bitcoin-are-probably-gone-forever

Recent Publications

  • Stilman Research on Hermine Marie Hordliczka's case: recovery of swiss dormant accounts +

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  • Invisible Money: Abandoned Accounts and Forgotten Life Insurance Policies +

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  • Being Rich Without Knowing It: The Work of Identifying the Current Beneficiaries of Forgotten Fortunes +

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  • Stilman Research, Specialists in the Genealogical Search for Beneficiaries of Unclaimed Assets +

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  • Bill – Unclaimed Property in Financial Institutions and Development of the Third Sector +

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