Somo Crypto & Ai Reads

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Fear of falling behind The voice does not make you faster. It drains the focus you need to keep moving. There is no way back, only forward. → https://x.com/somonaut/status/2072848912747217215?s=20

SEC CHAIR ATKINS SAYS AGENCY TAKING 'HISTORIC STEPS' TO MOVE US MARKETS ONCHAIN SOURCE

Mo on why new markets onboard the next crypto cohort New assets to trade, new ways to trade, and views people already have with nowhere to go. https://x.com/embrron/status/2072782296793682127?s=20

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https://youtu.be/g_r9v2SB7s8 banger podcast. can highly recommend

How Local Stablecoins Trade Another sharp report from Amir. He keeps finding the weird corners of crypto markets that most people ignore Keyrock Research is also one of the few teams still publishing genuinely deep crypto research these days. You can also join their TG channel: @keyrockinsights

Our latest report is here. Co-published with Bitso and featuring insights from Dune, Ripple, Qivalis, Bridge, and Mirae Asset, we track local stablecoins across the four stages of their lifecycle, from centralised exchanges through to onchain pools. Stablecoins have meant dollars, but the local ones have grown up. Non-USD supply has grown 50× since 2020 to $2.2B, and the dollar's share of fiat-to-stablecoin trading has held below 50% for three straight quarters. The Korean won arrived at $29B in a single quarter, withdrawals into self-custody hit a record $206M in Q1 2026, and onchain trading crossed $1B in March. But the market thins at every stage, and only the euro is active the whole way down. Find out how local stablecoins actually trade, and which currencies scale next: https://keyrock.com/how-local-stablecoins-trade/

The Tantalus Trade Retail got access to markets just as the best growth moved private. https://maybeltr.substack.com/p/the-tantalus-trade

poly_data V2 pulls Polymarket V2 historical trades and backtests strategies. → https://github.com/warproxxx/poly_data/ source: https://x.com/defiance_cr/status/2071715866119418183?s=20

X Developers: hosted X MCP for connecting AI agents to the X API https://x.com/xdevelopers/status/2071752389183647758?s=46

How Humans Actually Learn I spent a week studying how the mind learns, across 6 books and 5 papers, and turned it into a practical guide for learning better, faster, and for real. Read it and tell me what you think in the comments. https://x.com/somonaut/status/2071686923257831558?s=20

bad news tbh

Galaxy Research cuts Clarity Act 2026 passage odds to 50%, citing Senate calendar concerns 🔗 Read more on The Block

We Have Never Taught Critical Thinking AI exposes the illusion that schools were teaching critical thinking all along. https://x.com/somonaut/status/2070915122294669621?s=20

We Have Never Taught Critical Thinking AI exposes the illusion that schools were teaching critical thinking all along. https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2026/06/23/we-have-never-taught-critical-thinking-opinion

Vivek on how to actually train research taste Pick your own problems, upgrade your inputs, write everything down, tighten the loop, stare at the outputs. https://x.com/itsreallyvivek/status/2064686372737454155

Mitchell Hashimoto on taste as production gets commoditized by AI Taste is valuable because it defines what everyone else chooses to copy. https://x.com/mitchellh/status/2070665127331037290

Zara Zhang on building in public when feeds are full of AI slop Brand, trust, community, and owned distribution become the moat when code gets cheaper. https://x.com/zarazhangrui/status/2070735964788658598