{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Scoop","title":"Here's how Meanwhile is trying to unleash the multitrillion dollar insurance industry onto bitcoin","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/9129faf5\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1923,"description":"Zachary Townsend is the co-founder and CEO of Meanwhile, a life insurance company for the crypto economy.\n\nIn 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.\n\nOUTLINE\n00:00 Introduction\n04:48 How Meanwhile works\n10:33 Role of insurance in the Bitcoin economy\n14:09 Charting new territory\n16:38 Bitcoin vs dollar-denominated insurance\n20:32 Approaching new customers\n24:10 Zac’s background\n26:23 Looking forward\n30:04 Conclusion\n\nGUEST LINKS\nZac Townsend - https://www.linkedin.com/in/zactownsend/\nZac Townsend on X - https://x.com/ztownsend\nMeanwhile - https://meanwhile.bm/\nMeanwhile on X - https://x.com/meanwhilelife\n\nThis episode is brought to you by our sponsor: Polkadot\nPolkadot is the blockspace ecosystem for boundless innovation. To discover more, head to polkadot.network","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/kC6kzNjgr18dm0FmBfV_f9xccAkjj-QXoCJmVNlNtrU/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8xZmIz/N2E5MmRmMzJjOTU3/OTNhYjJkYzcxZTlj/MTU2Yi5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}