About Jose Fernandez da Ponte

Jose Fernandez da Ponte leads PayPal’s Blockchain, Crypto and Digital Currencies business unit, focused on ensuring end-to-end management of PayPal’s underlying cryptocurrency product, technology infrastructure, partnerships and regulatory foundations to drive continued growth in the space. Jose Fernandez da Ponte also ran PayPal's Spanish South American business and drove the company's strategic agenda in Emerging Markets. Before his first cycle at PayPal, he was a founding General Partner at Quercus Equity Partners, an early investor and member of the Board at low-cost airline clickair, and a consultant with McKinsey & Company As head of BCDC, Jose leads PayPal’s strategy and delivery of products built on digital currencies, blockchain, and distributed ledger technologies. Prior to PayPal, he held different leadership positions at BBVA, including as EVP of the New Digital Businesses unit driving financial applications of decentralized protocols. As part of his role within PayPal, Jose has engaged with regulators and policy makers in the US, Europe and Asia on cryptocurrencies, stablecoins, and central bank digital currencies.