CS3: Crypto Law & Lessons Learned: Jacqueline Cooper on Bitcoin Mining Hacks, Legal Education & Digital Estate Planning

Live from Consensus 2026 in Miami, we're joined by Jacqueline Cooper , also known as CryptoMom2 (we already had CryptoMom No. 1 on this show) ,— partner at Cogent Law Group, co-founder of the Blockchain Legal Institute, and a 10-year veteran of the blockchain space.

Jacqueline shares her unexpected origin story (a chance encounter in Scotland), what it felt like to lose two years of Bitcoin mining rewards to a company collapse, and why she built a centralized library of legal resources for the decentralized world.

We also get into something most crypto holders ignore: what happens to your digital assets when you die? If your wallet access is biometric-only — and you're gone — your family may never touch that generational wealth.

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In this episode, we covered:

- The difference between knowing enough and knowing too much as a client

- Why the Blockchain Legal Institute exists and who it's actually for

- How blockchain is being used by FedEx, McCormick, and global supply chains

- The TradFi/crypto convergence and payment rail risks

- Not your keys, not your crypto — a firsthand story

- Digital estate planning: wills, cold wallets, and backup access

Find the Blockchain Legal Institute at: https://bli.tools/