Key Takeaways
- • Digital Ascension Group, founded by Jake Claver and Max Avery, promotes its family office model for crypto holders, delivered through its subsidiary Digital Wealth Partners (DWP), which it describes as an SEC-registered RIA.
- • The article cites $1.93 billion lost to crypto crimes in the first half of 2025, a figure presented as a justification for institutional-grade custody.
- • DWP describes its offering as multi-signature custody through bankruptcy-remote providers, crime insurance, trust and LLC structuring, tax coordination, and estate planning.
- • The piece is sponsored-style promotional content; its statistics on crypto millionaires are presented without an independent source in the article.
Summary
This CryptoSlate article is a promotional feature for Digital Ascension Group, which it describes as a family office provider for crypto holders. The firm was founded by Jake Claver and Max Avery. According to the article, its subsidiary Digital Wealth Partners (DWP) is an SEC-registered registered investment adviser that offers custody, tax, legal, and estate services tailored to digital asset holders.
The article argues that large crypto holders face rising security risks. It cites $1.93 billion lost to various crypto crimes in the first half of 2025, and points to wallet drains, smart contract exploits, and social engineering attacks as recurring threats. It also states that 241,700 crypto millionaires exist, a 40% increase over one year, with Bitcoin accounting for 192,205 of them. These figures are presented without an attributed independent source.
On custody, the article says DWP uses qualified, bankruptcy-remote providers, multi-signature security with hardware security modules, cold storage, and insurance policies covering breach losses. It says DWP vets custody providers and negotiates their terms. The article also describes coordination with tax professionals on staking rewards and DeFi yields, and with attorneys on trusts and LLCs intended to shield assets from lawsuits, creditors, and divorce.
The article's estate-planning section notes that lost access to private keys can make crypto permanently unrecoverable, and says DWP integrates digital assets into succession plans with backup systems. The piece names Charles Hoskinson and the Winklevoss twins as founders of family offices, without detailing any connection to Digital Ascension Group.
The article contains no disclosed fees, assets under management, client counts, or performance data for Digital Ascension Group or DWP. Its claims about the firm's services should be read as the firm's own characterization.
The article argues that large crypto holders face rising security risks. It cites $1.93 billion lost to various crypto crimes in the first half of 2025, and points to wallet drains, smart contract exploits, and social engineering attacks as recurring threats. It also states that 241,700 crypto millionaires exist, a 40% increase over one year, with Bitcoin accounting for 192,205 of them. These figures are presented without an attributed independent source.
On custody, the article says DWP uses qualified, bankruptcy-remote providers, multi-signature security with hardware security modules, cold storage, and insurance policies covering breach losses. It says DWP vets custody providers and negotiates their terms. The article also describes coordination with tax professionals on staking rewards and DeFi yields, and with attorneys on trusts and LLCs intended to shield assets from lawsuits, creditors, and divorce.
The article's estate-planning section notes that lost access to private keys can make crypto permanently unrecoverable, and says DWP integrates digital assets into succession plans with backup systems. The piece names Charles Hoskinson and the Winklevoss twins as founders of family offices, without detailing any connection to Digital Ascension Group.
The article contains no disclosed fees, assets under management, client counts, or performance data for Digital Ascension Group or DWP. Its claims about the firm's services should be read as the firm's own characterization.
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