First time in Bermuda. Didn't expect it to land the way it did.
You hear them before you see them- tiny whistling frogs, hitchhiking from the Caribbean in the 1880s on imported plants. They make crazy noise at night. 150 years later, the financial world is catching up.
3 days at
@DigitalFinForum and a few things caught me by surprise:
β Premier
@DavidBurtMP is making sure crypto is in the day-to-day lives. Partnering with
@circle /
@coinbase β $100 USDC airdropped to 1,000 wallets, spendable at dozens of local merchants.
β
@stsdigital_io just had a landmark week.
@maxime_sts_ and the team closed a $30M strategic round and announced the BMA Full "F" Licence- highest authorization in Bermuda, joining Circle, Coinbase, Kraken. I was intrigued by their platform: Options structured products across 400 tokens, built for institutions.
β Why Bermuda?
- Top-tier AML for Europe
- Solvency II equivalence β only shared with Switzerland globally
- US customs at the local airport. 2 minutes.
I was speaking with global institutions moving trillion-of dollars on-chain. The understanding of what's underneath is barely there. The
@lavanetxyz foundation and its existing contributors are quietly working on closing that gap. The interest level in Bermuda around this topic was exciting.
Thanks to
@kkolworld for the invite.
Remember the name: Bermuda.
Let's revisit in five years. πΈ