eXponential Finance

About eXponential Finance

The eXponential Finance Podcast is produced in co-operation with Tokyo FinTech (https://tokyofintech.com/), covering Finance & FinTech themes in Japan and beyond. Tokyo FinTech looks to inform, inspire and innovate in the financial services sector in Japan. Our community of more than 3,300 individual members attends regular fintech, insurtech, regtech, payments, blockchain & crypto events. We also have an established Medium Publication (https://medium.com/tokyo-fintech) and a number of international community partnerships with like-minded FinTech associations around the globe.

Publisher

Norbert Gehrke

Category

business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

5 Apr 2019

Latest episode

1 Nov 2025

Latest episodes

152 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   1 Nov 2025

   WebX 2025 - Blockchains are Cities (S4E3)

   Once again, we're coming to you live from WebX Tokyo, where the future of decentralized technology is being debated, designed, and deployed. Our next guest needs little introduction. He’s one of the sharpest, most influential minds in the entire space: Haseeb Qureshi, Managing Partner at Dragonfly, a four-billion-dollar crypto fund that has backed some of the most iconic projects in the industry. Haseeb is famous for his foundational thesis: Blockchains are Cities. He argues that just as no single city can house everyone, no single blockchain can rule them all. Instead, we’re witnessing the rise of a digital world with multiple, competing metropolises—each with its own unique culture, economy, and purpose. In this wide-ranging conversation, we explore: - Why Japan, despite its regulatory head start, has fallen behind in the global crypto race. - The fundamental difference between blockchains and traditional networks, and why it changes everything for investors. - And finally, we dive into the inevitable collision of the two biggest technologies of our time: Blockchain and AI. Haseeb argues that AI models will become so powerful, and so politically important, that decentralized, censorship-resistant systems will become not just an option, but a necessity. This is a masterclass on first-principles thinking from one of crypto’s leading investors. 👉 Subscribe to our weekly LinkedIn newsletter, the "Japan FinTech Observer", here:  https://lnkd.in/gNjUuSxG (https://lnkd.in/gNjUuSxG)

2. 

   20 Oct 2025

   WebX 2025 - Following the Crypto Money (S4E2)

   While the main stage at WebX Tokyo buzzes with talk of billion-dollar ETFs and institutional adoption, there’s another, shadow economy at play—one that operates on the very same rails we’re trying to build. Hacks. Scams. Sanctions. It’s a multi-billion dollar problem. Just last year, over forty-one billion dollars in on-chain value was transferred to illicit addresses. So how do we build a transparent, trustworthy financial system on a technology that’s so often associated with the shadows? How do you police a borderless world? To answer that, we have the perfect guide. Not just an expert, but someone who has seen this world from both sides. Our guest today is Chengyi Ong, Head of Policy for APAC at Chainalysis, the world's leading blockchain intelligence platform. Before diving into crypto, she spent over a decade as a regulator with the Monetary Authority of Singapore. She’s gone from making the rules to helping enforce them in the wild west of Web3. 👉 Subscribe to our weekly newsletter, the "Japan FinTech Observer", here: https://www.fintechobserver.com

3. 

   13 Oct 2025

   WebX 2025 - Building Institutional Grade Digital Asset Rails (S4E1)

   Live from WebX 2025 in Tokyo, we bring you this panel featuring: Betty Sun-Lucas, Stellar Development Foundation, Regional Director, APAC Qin En Looi, Saison Capital, Partner Matt Harrop, Figment, Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder 👉 Subscribe to our weekly newsletter, the "Japan FinTech Observer", here: https://www.fintechobserver.com

Who has been a guest on eXponential Finance

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Asal Alizade
• Lingling Jiang
• Dmitriy Sheludko
• Kyle Ellicott
• Declan Somers

Reach and audience

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YouTube views

49,840

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.3 / 5

3 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 70 / 100

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Quality

61

Social presence

94

YouTube

76

Engagement

77

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