Belgian-born crypto millionaire Olivier Janssens has offered to pay residents of Nevis $100 a month if the government approves his development plans for the libertarian tech community on the Caribbean island.
Destiny Jansens, a project that aims to buy and restructure about 2,400 hectares of land on the Caribbean island, said it will start paying $100 a month “immediately after the final agreement with the government is approved,” according to an email to the Financial Times.
The monthly figure of $100 is an increase from the initial 30 Eastern Caribbean dollars ($11) that the project announced in November 2025.
The proposal drew sharp criticism from opponents of the project, who said it was an attempt to sway public opinion and gain government approval.
Nevis Reform Party (NRP) member Kelvin Daly condemned the move for allegedly pressuring authorities to accept development plans. “Janssens and De Primer increased their bribes from $30 per month to $100 per month,” Daley wrote in a Facebook post on Monday.
“This influence buying is a clear attempt by a private developer to interfere in the internal socio-economic and political affairs of our country.”
Daly called on the authorities to investigate the initiative for violations of the anti-corruption law.
Destiny is seeking approval under the Special Stability Zones of St. Kitts and Nevis, a legal regime adopted in 2025 to allow such projects.
The initiative plans to invest $50 million in Nevis infrastructure to finance hospitals, health centers, villas and create new jobs, while 10% of the profits will be shared with citizens and 10% with the Nevis sovereign fund.
Cointelegraph reached out to Destiny for comment on the project’s approval timeline.
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Janssens was an early Bitcoin investor and briefly served on the board of the Bitcoin Foundation in 2015, when he publicly said the organization was “effectively bankrupt.”
Coinbase’s former chief technical officer, Balaji Srinivasan, announced a similar initiative at the State Network Conference in Singapore in October 2025.
During his speech, he called on crypto and tech enthusiasts to collectively buy land and create tech-friendly communities, positioning it as Silicon Valley’s “ultimate exit” from “failing” US institutions.
Srinivasan also shared a document showing a total of 120 “startup communities” in development around the world.
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