Snapchat's approach to AI-generated Spotlight content raises a bigger question: When everyone can produce unlimited content, what should platforms actually reward?
AI has made creation abundant. Attention is still scarce.
The winners won't necessarily be those who can produce the most content.
They'll be the ones who can produce something people actually want to watch, trust and remember.
AI is the leverage. Human judgment is the moat.
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Snapchat's evolving approach to AI-generated Spotlight content points to a bigger shift in the creator economy.
AI has made content production incredibly cheap.
But there's one thing AI hasn't made abundant: Human attention.
Here's why that matters 🧵🟣💹
Don't ask: 'How can AI create more content?'
Ask: 'How can AI help us create more valuable content without destroying our brand's human identity?'
My takeaway:
AI is making content cheaper.
That makes attention more valuable.
One thing I'm learning from studying DeFi: More assets ≠ better protocol.
Every new asset adds liquidity, oracle, collateral, governance and monitoring risk.
Aave's proposed reserve deprecations show a maturing approach:
Don't just grow the balance sheet. Improve its quality.
Aave's proposed deprecation of 75 reserves affects ~$98.1M in supplied assets.
But don't confuse deprecation with loss.
The bigger question is: Where does that capital go next?
If it migrates from weaker markets into stronger ones
One change I have introduced to Gen Z’s Capital Market Pulse is continuity tracking market patterns across several weeks instead of treating each report as an isolated set of numbers.
Across three July trading weeks, Financial Services contributed 79.48%, 71.17% and 77.18% of total NGX volume. One major beneficiary of that sustained appetite has been FirstHoldCo, which ranked among the three most actively traded stocks each week while its share price climbed from ₦55 to ₦120.50 which is about 119% climb.
Its H1 performance, positive investor expectations and the wider attraction of banking stocks may help explain the momentum. But can the fundamentals continue to support the valuation?
I explore this continuing trend and more in Gen Z’s Capital Market Pulse | Edition 18. Full link below
Aave is proposing to deprecate 75 reserves across six deployments, affecting ~$98.1M in supplied assets and ~$15.6M in debt.
At first glance, that sounds bearish.
But I think the deeper story is risk management, not capital destruction.
Here's what I'm watching 🧵🟣💹
If yes, this could actually improve the protocol's risk adjusted economics.
My takeaway:
TVL isn't enough, the quality of TVL matters.
Aave's next challenge is proving that fewer, stronger markets can produce:
Better risk-adjusted revenue + deeper liquidity + sustainable growth.