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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