Google drops Veo: 1080p, 60fps AI video from a text prompt
GENIUS Act passes: US stablecoin law is now real and banks are reacting
Kai Cenat’s Streamer U: 1.2M people sign up to learn how to go viral
Creating content used to mean learning complex tools, navigating messy payment systems, and figuring it all out alone.
Now? AI can handle the edit, money moves instantly, and creators are building schools to teach what works.
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The technologies that power how creators make content, how value moves on the internet, and who plays in this arena are all changing in a way you need to understand.
Let’s get into it.
At I/O this week, Google dropped a bomb: Veo (AI video), Imagen 4 (AI image), Music AI Sandbox (audio), all inside Flow—its new creative workspace.
Veo turns text into 1080p cinematic footage, with camera movement, depth of field, and dynamic motion.
Imagen 4 generates photorealistic images that rival professional design studios.
Music AI Sandbox lets you prompt beats and melodies in the style of Drake, T-Pain, or Sia.
Here’s how insane the quality is: every frame of this video was generated entirely with Veo 3.
Why it matters:
• The barrier to entry just collapsed: A single person with a browser can now make videos that look like they came out of Hollywood with no team, no gear, no budget.
• AI tools are in an arms race: Google, OpenAI, and a flood of startups are shipping weekly. The competition is fierce, which means creators win.
• Volume explodes, quality still reigns: Anyone can generate content now. That means more noise but also more room for true storytellers to break through.
• The playing field is flat, but the climb is steep: Taste, originality, and narrative will separate creators who pop from those who get buried.
The U.S. Senate passed the GENIUS Act, the first real stablecoin legislation. It’s not just a crypto win. It’s the start of an internet-native financial system.
Implications: More teams will adopt stablecoins. New global products will emerge. But the biggest shift? Bank deposits are at risk.
If people start holding money in stablecoins—inside apps, wallets, and platforms that aren’t banks - traditional banks lose their grip on where money lives (this is already the norm in countries with unstable financial systems).
Now the big banks—JPMorgan, Citi, Wells Fargo, BofA—are reportedly teaming up to launch a stablecoin of their own.
Why? They need to defend their moat on deposits.
But is launching their own coin the best move? Or should they just adopt something like USDC? A successful stablecoin needs people who use it (distribution), markets that trade it (liquidity), things you can do with it (utility).
Launching their own stablecoin helps banks protect their deposit moat and control the full stack, but requires building liquidity, infrastructure, and distribution from the ground-up.
Adopting USDC (the leading US-based stablecoin with 25% market share) lets banks move fast by plugging into existing rails, while still owning the customer relationship and layering on financial services.
My POV: I would suggest adopting USDC to get started and think long-term about the role of crypto in their business model before launching their own. The stablecoin market is already crowded and even new ones like Trump’s World Liberty Financial stablecoin are tiny compared to USDC and Tether. It’s stiff competition out there:
Kai Cenat launched “Streamer University,” and over a million people signed up. He’s teaching aspiring creators how to go viral, covering content strategy, persona building, retention mechanics, and audience growth.
Classes take place IRL at the University of Akron and URL on Twitch.
Why it matters:
Cenat dropped out of college to go full-time as a creator himself. He has 17M Twitch followers and is now teaching the next generation how to succeed in live streaming. Streamer University takes creators selling digital products to a whole new level. And it’s going to print $$$:
Everyone wants to be a creator.
People will pay to learn directly from the best.
Digital education is shifting from institutions to individuals.
Expect more of this: top creators launching schools, playbooks, accelerators. It’s not about selling courses. It’s about turning trust and expertise into new revenue layers—on their terms.
-Bradley
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