Bermuda


Opinion

‘Crypto CAT Bonds’ – A Killer App for Digital Assets?

Innovative crypto insurance could deliver a reliable interest rate-determined return to crypto investors, while helping close the reinsurance funding gap with tens of billions of dollars worth of tokens now being staked.

(Rachel Sun/CoinDesk)

Policy

Luna Only Makes Bermuda Love Stablecoins More

Digital assets are the future, Bermuda Premier David Burt said during the Consensus 2022 conference. He’s not worried about his country being shut out by jurisdictions like the EU.

Bermuda Premier David Burt speaks at Consensus 2022 about how stablecoins will be regulated in his country. (Jack Schickler/CoinDesk)

Videos

Bermudian Premier on Crypto Regulation

Bermuda-based Jewel Bank received its full bank and digital asset business licenses from the Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA), becoming the island nation’s first digital asset bank. Jewel plans to issue a USD-backed stablecoin and has plans for other single fiat currencies. Premier and Minister of Finance of Bermuda David Burt shares insights into what this means for crypto regulation in Bermuda and the world.

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Policy

Bermuda's Crypto Companies Are Launching an Industry Association

Bermuda’s Premier David Burt announced the creation of the association during a panel at Consensus 2022 in Austin, Texas.

El premier de Bermudas, David Burt, anunció una nueva asociación de la industria de activos digitales en Consensus 2022, de CoinDesk. (Jack Schickler/CoinDesk)

Finance

Jewel Bank Approved as Bermuda's First Digital Asset Bank as Premier Burt Readies to Take Nation Into Stablecoins

The Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA) issued full-bank and digital asset business licenses to Jewel, which plans to issue a USD stablecoin and other single fiat currencies.

Bermuda-licensed Relm Insurance unveils suite of crypto risk products (Shutterstock)

Policy

Proposed Bank Jewel Wants to Become a Global Stablecoin Issuer, With Bermuda’s OK

The bank submitted an application for a combined banking and digital asset license earlier this year.

Photo taken in Hamilton, Bermuda

Policy

BitMEX’s First Employee Agrees to Be Extradited to US to Face Money Laundering Charges

Gregory Dwyer, BitMEX’s first employee, has consented to be sent to the U.S., pending Bermuda’s approval.

Court

Videos

Is the Crypto Market Still Bullish?

Philippe Bekhazi of XBTO Group, provides an update on the crypto markets, including whether recent dips in BTC prices indicate a reversal of the bull market, the impact of CBDCs on the crypto market and a developing program in Bermuda to create a stablecoin-based stimulus package.

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Markets

Bermuda to Pilot Digital Dollar for Rum Sales

The pilot is the latest development in Bermuda’s plan to create a comprehensive crypto payments system.

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