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How Sam Altman-Backed Meanwhile Is Disrupting the $20T Life Insurance Industry
Danny Baer, Head of Revenue & Investments at Meanwhile, explains how his Bermuda-based company built the world’s first fully licensed life insurance carrier that runs entirely on Bitcoin, holding its regulatory capital in Bitcoin and paying out policies in Bitcoin. He breaks down why traditional insurers can’t compete with this model, why backers like Apollo, Bain Capital Crypto, Northwestern Mutual and Sam Altman joined the cap table, and how a policy works: pay 10 bitcoin in premium and your family could receive 15 or 20 bitcoin, tax-free. He also explains how a Bitcoin-denominated yield of about 2% compounds inside the policy, and why life insurers’ decades-long horizon makes them a source of permanent capital for the Bitcoin economy.
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Chapters:
00:00 Why Families Should Protect Themselves in Bitcoin
01:35 Passing Wealth in a More Durable Currency
03:12 A Balance Sheet Denominated Entirely in Bitcoin
04:40 It Doesn’t Matter If Bitcoin Is $10,000 or $10 Million
05:17 Bermuda and the First Bitcoin Life Insurance License
08:13 Why Bain, Apollo and Northwestern Mutual Invested
10:18 Life Insurance as 3% of a Bitcoin Economy
12:06 The Risk-Free Rate of Bitcoin Is Zero
13:23 Secured Bitcoin Lending and First-Loss Capital
16:50 What Bitcoiners Miss About Life Insurance Capital
18:29 A 42-Year Liability and Permanent Capital
21:51 Loved Ones Won’t Have to Hunt for a Seed Phrase
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This post How Sam Altman-Backed Meanwhile Is Disrupting the $20T Life Insurance Industry first appeared on Bitcoin Magazine and is written by Patrick Green.