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The Jacob Shapiro Podcast

The Jacob Shapiro Podcast

The Geopolitics of Personalized Money

Nov 25, 2025 · 1h 5m

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As global finance strains under shifting power structures, author and fintech thinker Emmanuel Daniel, founder of TAB Global, argues that the real disruption isn’t technological - it’s personal. This episode explores finance as a geopolitical arena where identity, data, and sovereignty reshape who holds leverage. What happens when individuals, not institutions, become the organizing unit of the monetary system? And how does that rewire cross-border power, trust, and risk? A provocative look at the future architecture of money. -- Timestamps: (00:00) - Introduction (00:15) - Emmanuel Daniel's Book and Key Insights (02:44) - The Ice Metaphor in Finance (03:22) - The Evolution of Finance and…