# The Convergence of AI, Content, & Crypto will Change the Internet! | Michael Blau Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/thinking-crypto-news-interviews-874084/the-convergence-of-ai-content-crypto-will-change-the-internet-michael-blau Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/thinking-crypto-news-interviews-874084/the-convergence-of-ai-content-crypto-will-change-the-internet-michael-blau.md Podcast: [Thinking Crypto News & Interviews](https://stenobird.com/podcast/thinking-crypto-news-interviews-874084) Published: 2026-07-06T12:04:01+00:00 Episode link: https://youtu.be/rhS_bDII74s Audio file: https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72570873/michael_blau_finalcut_4k.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/thinking-crypto-news-interviews-874084/episodes/the-convergence-of-ai-content-crypto-will-change-the-internet-michael-blau Duration seconds: 2795 ## Resource Michael Blau, Head of Product and CTO at Royal.io, the company behind Drip, joined me to discuss how the platform is helping writers and content creators get paid in stablecoins when AI agents use their work. https://dripstack.xyz/ Topics: - Why use Drip for financial market research instead of just asking ChatGPT, Grok, or Gemini? - Integration with Base and Tempo - Michael's time at a16z investing in crypto - AI Agents and the future economy Brought to you by 🏦 Learn about iTrustCapital’s powerful Premium Custody Account (PCA) and tax-advantaged Crypto IRA platforms https://www.itrustcapital.com/go/thinkingcrypto iTrustCapital Representative: R.Rankin@itrustcapital.com 💡Get the (Re)Thinking Crypto Book on Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D2525DYX 🖥️ Learn Crypto with Expert Commentary - http://MyCryptoCourse.com Sponsors: 🌟 Build with BitGo - https://bitgo.com/?utm_source=thinking_crypto&utm_medium=brand&utm_campaign=sponsorship 🌟The Digital Future. Embedded senior leadership for the frontier of crypto, fintech, and AI. The Digital Future dot xyz- https://thedigitalfuture.xyz/?utm_source=thinkingcrypto&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=convergelabs 🔐 Safely Store your Crypto with Trezor Hardware Wallets - https://affil.trezor.io/SHlz 🌟Uphold - Signup with Uphold. https://uphold.sjv.io/gbED4X Terms Apply. Cryptoassets are highly volatile. Your capital is at risk. 🖥️ Sign up with Santiment to get quality crypto metrics - https://app.santiment.net/pricing?fpr=thinkingcrypto Get 25% discount with code THINKINGCRYPTO 📰 Sign up for the Free Thinking Crypto Weekly Newsletter https://thinkingcrypto.substack.com/ ✅ Become a Channel Member - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjpkwsuHgYx9fBE0ojsJ_-w/join 🔥 Buy Merch & support the Podcast https://my-store-57… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/thinking-crypto-news-interviews-874084/episodes/the-convergence-of-ai-content-crypto-will-change-the-internet-michael-blau/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/thinking-crypto-news-interviews-874084/the-convergence-of-ai-content-crypto-will-change-the-internet-michael-blau.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.