
#446: Zac Townsend, CEO of Meanwhile, on Bitcoin Life Insurance and The Future of Bitcoin Finance
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Zac Townsend, Co-founder and CEO of Meanwhile, the world's first Bitcoin-denominated life insurance company. Zac is on a mission to transform how people save and transfer wealth across generations through Bitcoin. After securing a $40M Series A funding round, Meanwhile is expanding its reach to bring Bitcoin-based financial solutions to a global audience facing currency debasement and inflation risk.
With Meanwhile, Zac is building a future where intergenerational wealth can be preserved in Bitcoin rather than inflationary fiat currencies.
In this conversation, we discuss:
- $40M Series A funding
- Bitcoin as long-term money
- The tax advantage gap
- The future of Bitcoin finance
- Bitcoin hodlers need more sophisticated wealth planning tool
- Intergenerational Bitcoin transfer
- Bitcoin credit markets
- How Meanwhile gets safe, sustainable yields on BTC
- The first financial statements to be fully audited in Bitcoin
Meanwhile
Website: meanwhile.bm
X: @meanwhilelife
LinkedIn: Meanwhile
Zac Townsend
X: @ztownsend
LinkedIn: Zachary Townsend
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