Here's how Meanwhile is trying to unleash the multitrillion dollar insurance industry onto bitcoin

Zachary Townsend is the co-founder and CEO of Meanwhile, a life insurance company for the crypto economy.

In this episode, Townsend and The Block’s Frank Chaparro discuss Meanwhile’s model of Bitcoin-denominated life insurance and the advantages of this approach vs. traditional dollar-denominated insurance policies, such as protection against inflation and the ability to borrow against the policy’s value tax-free.

OUTLINE
00:00 Introduction
04:48 How Meanwhile works
10:33 Role of insurance in the Bitcoin economy
14:09 Charting new territory
16:38 Bitcoin vs dollar-denominated insurance
20:32 Approaching new customers
24:10 Zac’s background
26:23 Looking forward
30:04 Conclusion

GUEST LINKS
Zac Townsend – https://www.linkedin.com/in/zactownsend/
Zac Townsend on X – https://x.com/ztownsend
Meanwhile – https://meanwhile.bm/
Meanwhile on X – https://x.com/meanwhilelife

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