The divorce dragged on for eight years, almost as long as the marriage. The wealthy San Francisco couple sparred over child support, the profits from the sale of the husband’s software company and the fate of their $3.6 million home.
But the most consequential court battle between Erica and Francis deSouza concerned a bitter dispute over millions of dollars in missing Bitcoin.
In this excellent article, David Yaffe-Bellany writes that dividing the family’s Bitcoin stash has become a major source of contention in divorce cases.