Who owns Bluesky? Turns out that between 25% and 50% of the capitalization of Blockchain Capital, LLC - which just invested $15 million in Bluesky - is owned by Brock Jeffrey Pierce, who has quite an interesting resume: @davetroyen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brock_Pie…
Though he has in the past worked with Steve Bannon, Brock Pierce is not exactly your standard far-right operative. They call him the "hippie king of crypto". His ventures frequently crash & burn but he always seems to emerge unscathed. 
Pierce seems to consistently leave failed business ventures & angry former business partners in his wake. In August 2024, the NYT ran a substantial investigation into his controversial Puerto Rico projects. nytimes.com/2024/08/13/tec…
My sense is that Pierce's abilities as a visionary outstrip his talent for business. I can easily imagine him - independent of Dorsey or other questionable actors - sensing a quick profit from a modest (for him) investment in Bluesky. But...
...the general messiness of his many business ventures suggests to me that at some point he might want to cash out his Bluesky investment... to whom? I think that might be the real danger, especially given the crypto/TESCREAL crowd he seems to move in...
...would a hypothetical buyer have a political sensibility as relatively expansive as Pierce's seems to be? I rather doubt it.
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