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Daniel Vogel

CEO & Co-Founder, Bitso

Search every verified Daniel Vogel interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Daniel Vogel, CEO and co-founder of Bitso, appeared on the podcast "Dimes y Billetes" in September 2026, where he discussed his path from studying at Stanford and working at a San Francisco startup to co-founding Bitso after learning about a Mexican coworker's difficulties sending money home due to high fees. He recounted an incident in which the Bank of Mexico nearly disconnected crypto companies from the payment system (SPEI), and he described his approach to regulatory relations as a "push and pull," stating that the best regulators are those willing to feel discomfort and recognize that the world must evolve, while the worst are those who are hostile to the technology. Vogel also commented on the potential impact of artificial intelligence on labor and economics, questioning whether there is adequate structural discussion about the consequences if the cost of labor in the United States were to drop significantly within a decade. He suggested that the United States has already concluded that humans will not be involved in manufacturing, which could affect Mexico's current competitive advantage based on labor costs. He noted that Bitso operates in multiple countries, including Argentina, Colombia, Brazil, and Europe, and holds a license in Europe, while also doing business in the United States.

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“I think the answer is both things. The philosophical proposal from the beginning remains intact with Bitcoin, but I think the industry has grown far beyond Bitcoin, and it's very clear that there are many other projects that don't have that philosophical ethos, but that are playing a relevant role in the world. Stablecoins are an example of that. Stablecoins use all this blockchain revolution, the idea that you can h”

“A government will never regulate what is irrelevant. When we went to present ourselves, before starting the company, we sent a letter to the CNBV asking, 'If we wanted to start this business, what licenses would we need?' And they responded with a bit of a runaround, telling us there are many entities that could apply, but none apply. And that was enough to launch, because we said, well, if they come and ask us, 'Why”

“If you can improve the operational certainty of general aviation in the country, which is the number one thing pilots in Mexico struggle with today, it's the lack of operational certainty. This issue that what they accepted here they no longer accept there, what could be done here can no longer be done there. Basically if we can improve operational certainty, that's going to make operational safety also rise a lot, b”

“I tried to validate my license when I got back to Mexico. I had a very sad experience there where I had to abandon the process because after doing my theory hours, my flight hours, my exams, my medical exams, I did everything. When I went to literally pick up my license, they asked me for a bribe of 60,000 pesos and I was not willing to pay it. The then director of licenses of the then DGAC told me I needed to pay hi”

“Yo creo que en el futuro, no muy lejano, vas a tener un mundo en donde el FX realmente va a pasar on chain. Y entonces estos local stable coins o estas monedas estables locales van a jugar un rol fundamental en hacer que esta desintermediación ocurra.”

“Bitso empezó como una empresa en donde crypto era el foco, pero nunca fue la visión. Siempre hemos hablado de cómo podemos utilizar la tecnología para que la tecnología sea útil. Y ahora lo que está pasando es que mientras crypto se está integrando al sistema financiero, también estamos viendo que el sistema financiero se está integrando a crypto y esa es una oportunidad enorme como sociedad.”

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