AI gets a pay cut. Creators get a credit line.

AI gets filtered. Creators get funded. Legacy gets nervous.

This week feels like a turning point.

Creators scored a new way to turn IP into cash without selling their soul.

Bitcoin broke records.
Substack leapfrogged the WSJ.
And TIME handed cultural capital to the next generation of internet builders.

Let’s get into what moved this week across finance, AI, and the future of work.