We sit down with Diego Gutiérrez Zaldívar, CEO and Co-Founder of Rootstock Labs, for a wide-ranging conversation on Bitcoin, financial freedom, Latin America, and where the global monetary system may be heading next. Diego shares how Argentina’s repeated currency crises shaped his understanding of money, why Bitcoin first clicked for him as a tool for freedom rather than speculation, and how that conviction led him to spend more than a decade building in the Bitcoin ecosystem. We explore Bitcoin as digital gold, Bitcoin as financial infrastructure, Argentina’s lessons for the rest of the world, stablecoins, self-custody, Layer 2s, Rootstock, fiat debt, geopolitical instability, and why Bitcoin may become a vital neutral layer in a more fragmented global system. This is a conversation about money, sovereignty, optionality, global trade, and why Bitcoin could matter far more in the years ahead than most people realise. Topics covered: • Diego’s Bitcoin journey and Argentina’s financial history • Why Bitcoin is a tool for freedom • The real lessons of inflation, capital controls, and currency collapse • Why most people arrive for the money but stay for the ideas • Bitcoin as store of value vs Bitcoin as infrastructure • Layer 2s, Rootstock, and scaling Bitcoin • Stablecoins, privacy, and the future of digital money • Geopolitics, global instability, and the case for neutral money • Fiat debt, financial fragility, and the need for alternatives • Why Bitcoin may anchor the future financial system
