Bitcoin life insurance company sees beauty in boring

  • 📰 axios
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 21 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 12%
  • Publisher: 63%

South Africa News News

South Africa South Africa Latest News,South Africa South Africa Headlines

Life insurance is boring, which is just what bitcoin needs, according to Zac Townsend, the CEO of Meanwhile.

Zac Townsend, CEO of Meanwhile. Photo illustration: Axios Visuals. Photo: Paige Newton, courtesy of Meanwhilecrypto's original vision: An alternative financial system based on a monetary system that's not subject to the whims of politicians and has this culture of long-term store of value, and that's really what life insurance is about," Townsend says.

Townsend called that price a "ballpark." The minimum buy-in, for now, is five bitcoin over five years .the company runs a conservative credit desk, targeting a 3% return in bitcoin ."We accept all our premiums in bitcoin. We pay all our claims in bitcoin," Townsend says. "Because all our assets and liabilities are in bitcoin, the price of bitcoin doesn't matter.

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.
We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 302. in ZA

South Africa South Africa Latest News, South Africa South Africa Headlines