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Morten Myrstad

@myrstad.bsky.social
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Exploring The Future of Internet, The Future of Media and The Future of Money. Web3, The Metaverse, AI & The Creator Economy. Founder of Kaupr, Unleash by Kaupr & The New Company. www.kaupr.io

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Kaupr @kaupr.io · 16/08/2026
The crypto exchanges are becoming stock exchanges. The stock exchanges are building blockchain infrastructure. ♦ The new episode of Kaupr Weekly follows both movements toward the same point — one venue, every asset class, one settlement Eleven minutes, hosted by Morten Myrstad.
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Episode 7: The Everything Exchanges — Crypto, Wall Street, and the Rebuilding of the Market
In this episode of Kaupr Weekly, host Morten Myrstad looks at a convergence that got measurable this summer. In one week, Hyperliquid — a platform built for crypto — turned over more in stocks, oil an...
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Kaupr @kaupr.io · 11/08/2026
NYSE is building where tokenized shares would settle. Not a pilot — it joined Wall Street's clearing house pilot in July. And a Stockholm-listed manager just put a regulated fund inside a vault token. Today's Kaupr Daily. today.kaupr.io/p/nyse-build...
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NYSE builds for tokenized shares · Revolut w/French licence — Tue 11 Aug
Get smarter on onchain finance — Read · Listen · Watch · Explore
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Morten Myrstad @myrstad.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Kaupr Weekly - Episode 1: The payments stack is being rebuilt This weekend, we launched Kaupr Weekly - a short podcast anchored in the news flow. One main takeaway - a trend, a story, or an event from the week. In Episode 1: The future of payments arrived today.kaupr.io/podcast/s/ka...
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Kaupr Weekly — The payments stack is being rebuilt — 4 May 2026
Kaupr Weekly — Episode 1: The payments stack is being rebuilt This week, the future of payments arrived — not from crypto companies, but from Western Union, Meta, Visa, Stripe and David Marcus. Money ...
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Morten Myrstad @myrstad.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
1,000 subscribers! 🎉 Future of Finance Digest pass 1,000 subscribers as our very first newsletter. New edition out now www.linkedin.com/pulse/tough-...
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Tough markets, steady build-out: Payments, regulation, and infrastructure signals shaping early 2026
Welcome back to another edition of Future of Finance Digest! On the surface, this stage of the cycle feels rough: job cuts, volatility, and investors steadily taking risk off the table. Underneath, th...
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Kaupr @kaupr.io · 13/01/2026
A16z, Ethereum, tokenized cash, Nordic treasuries, DAC8 & US debt – all in Kaupr Today 13 January 2026. Read the full briefing today.kaupr.io/p/ai-ethereu...
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AI, Ethereum and tokenized cash – Tuesday, 13 January 2026
Your daily window into global moves shaping investments and payments in the Nordics
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Kaupr @kaupr.io · 07/01/2026
Rumble Wallet: Der Web2‑kreatører og influencere møter Web3‑økonomien Rumble Wallet: Where Web2 Creators and Influencers Meet the Web3 Economy You can read our article and analysis in English, Norwegian, Swedish, and Danish on the Kaupr news site. www.kaupr.io/nyheter/rumb...
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Rumble Wallet: Der Web2‑kreatører og influencere møter Web3‑økonomien
Rumbles nye MoonPay-drevne lommebok drar «kreatørøkonomien» ut av teorien og lar vanlige kreatører og influencere få tilgang til en on-chain økonomi.
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Morten Myrstad @myrstad.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
Incredibly grateful for everyone who’s been part of this journey so far – colleagues, partners, builders, and friends across the Nordics and beyond. ​ 2025 was a big step for Kaupr, and it feels more like a starting point than a finished chapter.
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Kaupr @kaupr.io · 25/07/2025
Did you know 12.3% of Norwegians now own crypto? It's no longer a grey area; it's a household name. Over 2.1 million adults in the Nordics hold crypto. Crypto adoption across the Nordics is on the rise. Get more insight, reports, news, and video recordings on our Crypto Adoption 2025 landing page.
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Kaupr @kaupr.io · 04/03/2025
Will you join and support "Diversity in Crypto" on Friday the 7th of March, alongside 120 already registered attendees? Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/events/73015... LuMa: lu.ma/ansvra4u YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eix... Kaupr: www.kaupr.io/unleash-dive...
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Morten Myrstad @myrstad.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Why is Elon Musk Throttling the Signal App? Links to a popular encrypted messaging app used by federal workers are being blocked on X. Self-professed free speech crusader Elon Musk seems to be trying to censor users on his own platform.
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Why is Elon Musk Throttling the Signal App?
Links to a popular encrypted messaging app used by federal workers are being blocked on X.
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Morten Myrstad @myrstad.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
How is it possible to present «breaking news» about Trump and Putin «agreed» on piece negotiations for Ukraine? Even from Norwegian broadcasters like NRK and TV2. Isn’t there one party missing in this way of presenting «news»?
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Kaupr @kaupr.io · 28/01/2025
AI Agents strike back with a powerful stock price surge While the exchanges, Nasdaq and especially Nvidia experienced sharp price drops in Monday, the crypto-based AI agents struck back with price gains of 35-40 percent. Kaupr gives you the explanation.
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AI Agents strike back with a powerful stock price surge
While the exchanges, Nasdaq and especially Nvidia experienced sharp price drops in Monday, the crypto-based AI agents struck back.
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Kaupr @kaupr.io · 27/01/2025
Chinese AI startup DeepSeek has wreaked havoc in the tech world in record time. With its latest model, the company is challenging US tech giants - at a fraction of the cost. Financial markets are also reacting. At the same time, the news is received with enthusiasm by the crypto communities.
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Kinesiske DeepSeek ryster tech-gigantene og finansmarkedene
Den kinesiske AI-startupen DeepSeek har på rekordtid skapt kaos i teknologiverdenen. Med sin nye modell utfordrer selskapet amerikanske tech-giganter.
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Kaupr @kaupr.io · 14/01/2025
In Kaupr we are now re-launching our main newsletter as ‘Next by Kaupr, which also will be our flagship newsletter. Next will be available both in English and Norwegian. Today we published the first edition in 2025, which you can find here: next.kaupr.io
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Morten Myrstad @myrstad.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
More than 60 German universities and academic institutions said in a joint statement that X was now incompatible with their principles. "The platform's current direction is not compatible with the basic values of the institutions concerned», they said.
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Dozens of German universities turn back on X accounts
BERLIN: Dozens of German universities said on Friday (Jan 10) they would no longer use social network X – owned by the world's richest man, Elon Musk – citing ethical concerns. More than 60 German uni...
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Kaupr @kaupr.io · 10/01/2025
Have you caught up with our latest deep dives and analyses on Agentic AI? Two fresh articles. AGENTIC AI & WEB2 Now comes the AI agents: A new industrial revolution? www.kaupr.io/en-us/news/n... AGENTIC AI & WEB3 AI Agents and Crypto: The New Narrative in 2025? www.kaupr.io/en-us/news/a...
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Morten Myrstad @myrstad.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
AI Agents and Crypto: The New Narrative in 2025 AI plus crypto, powered by AI agents and backed by an open and social internet, has become the new narrative in the transition between 2024 and 2025. What were previously seen as separate technologies are now converging.
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AI Agents and Crypto: The New Narrative in 2025?
AI plus crypto, powered by AI agents and backed by an open and social internet, has become the new narrative in the transition between 2024 and 2025.
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Knut-Arne Futsæter @futsaeter.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
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- Bluesky er en ny mulighet for norske medier
- Det er rimelig å anta at Bluesky vil være blant de ti største sosiale mediene i Kantar Medias Interbuss allerede i første kvartal 2025, skriver Knut-Arne Futsæter i denne kommentaren.
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Morten Myrstad @myrstad.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Now comes the AI agents: A new industrial revolution? Artificial intelligence is entering a new era, with generative AI giving way to agentic AI-systems that act independently and perform complex tasks. You can read your article in English and Norwegian on kaupr.io www.kaupr.io/en-us/news/n...
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Now comes the AI agents: A new industrial revolution?
Artificial intelligence is entering a new era, with generative AI giving way to agentic AI-systems that act independently and perform complex tasks.
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Morten Myrstad @myrstad.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
Norwegians are changing their social media habits: 7% of Norwegians aged 18 and older now use Bluesky weekly, equivalent to 310,000 people, with 4% using it daily. Threads has 5% weekly and 2% daily users. For X, the figures are at 16% weekly and 10% daily.
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Hundretusener av nordmenn bruker Bluesky: Nesten halvparten så stort som X
For noen måneder siden hadde få hørt om X-utfordreren. Nå bruker over 300.000 nordmenn Bluesky.
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Morten Myrstad @myrstad.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
A few months ago, few had heard of the X challenger. Now, over 300,000 Norwegians use Bluesky. Seven percent of all adult Norwegians use the social media platform Bluesky weekly. Meanwhile, half of X users report plans to reduce their usage. Is a shift in dominance approaching?
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Hundretusener av nordmenn bruker Bluesky: Nesten halvparten så stort som X
For noen måneder siden hadde få hørt om X-utfordreren. Nå bruker over 300.000 nordmenn Bluesky.
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Morten Myrstad @myrstad.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
For noen måneder siden hadde få hørt om X-utfordreren. Nå bruker over 300.000 nordmenn Bluesky. Sju prosent av alle voksne nordmenn bruker det sosiale mediet Bluesky hver uke. Samtidig sier halvparten av X-brukerne at de vil bruke X mindre framover. Nærmer det seg et tronskifte?
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Hundretusener av nordmenn bruker Bluesky: Nesten halvparten så stort som X
For noen måneder siden hadde få hørt om X-utfordreren. Nå bruker over 300.000 nordmenn Bluesky.
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Kate Crawford @katecrawford.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
My prediction in @wired.com: 2025 is the year of AI agents. The coming psychopolitical regime "directs the environments where our ideas are born, developed, and expressed. Its power lies in its intimacy—it infiltrates our subjectivity. We will be playing an imitation game that ultimately plays us."
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AI Agents Will Be Manipulation Engines
Surrendering to algorithmic agents risks putting us under their influence.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 26/12/2024
How is that a publication like Rolling Stone gets it right when so many other news orgs are failing at real journalism & keeping it real—and so damn obvious about it?
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
Do any human want to live in this kind of dystopia? on.ft.com/41MbAp3
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Clara Murray @claradoodle.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
Researchers in countries from the UK to Bangladesh - and my analysis of X Community Notes - failed to turn up much evidence that the technology was a weapon of choice for disinformation campaigns this year
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Ben Mullin @benmullin.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
scoop: a document circulated among the directors of the biggest NPR stations after the election raises alarms about the stability of government funding w/@kateconger.com www.nytimes.com/2024/12/27/b...
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NPR and PBS Stations Brace for Funding Battle Under Trump
Republicans in Congress have tried to defund public media for decades. With the help of Elon Musk, could they finally make good on their threat?
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Morten Myrstad @myrstad.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
How one Canadian is trying to keep a fast-growing social media platform troll-free As Bluesky Social's head of trust and safety, it's up to Rodericks to keep one of the fastest growing social media platforms from becoming a playground for trolls, misinformation and election interference.
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How one Canadian is trying to keep a fast-growing social media platform troll-free | CBC News
Canadian Aaron Rodericks is head of trust and safety for Bluesky Social. Can he keep the rapidly growing social media platform free of trolls and misinformation, and stop foreign actors from using Blu...
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Morten Myrstad @myrstad.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
For Bluesky, Massive User Uptick Brings Growing Pains and Divisive Bots It’s not just human users who’ve been flocking to Bluesky but also bots, including those designed to create partisan division or direct users to junk websites.
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For Bluesky, Massive User Uptick Brings Growing Pains and Divisive Bots
It’s not just human users who’ve been flocking to Bluesky but also bots, including those designed to create partisan division.
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Morten Myrstad @myrstad.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
Elon Musk’s Critics Stripped of Verification Badge After Publicly Challenging Billionaire: ‘The Beginning Stages of Censorship’ Several conservative critics of billionaire Trump surrogate Elon Musk were stripped of their verification badges on X after challenging Musk’s stance on immigration.
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Elon Musk’s Critics Stripped of Verification Badge After Publicly Challenging Billionaire: ‘The Beginning Stages of Censorship’
Several conservative critics of Elon Musk were stripped of their verification badges on X, Thursday after publicly challenging Musk's stance on immigration.
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Morten Myrstad @myrstad.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
Are you curious about the development of your or others' followers on Bluesky? There are now at least two third party services available: blueskycounter.com and bstat.app
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Morten Myrstad @myrstad.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
«Leaving a platform requires both a compelling reason and an immediate viable alternative. Musk’s acquisition of Twitter was a compelling reason for many users, and there have been a number of policy, design and cultural changes since that have compelled even more users to jump ship.»
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'X' Implodes and Bluesky Soars as Social Media Continues to Fragment
Bluesky, the microblogging alternative to X, is having a moment. A social media researcher explains why people are flocking to it.
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Morten Myrstad @myrstad.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
Bluesky versus Threads: A new survey shows a deep political divide between social media's newest rivals. Bluesky's user base skews heavily Democratic, with nearly half of its users identifying with the party. In contrast, only 34% of Threads users identified as either Democrat or Independent.
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Bluesky versus Threads: A new survey shows a deep political divide between social media's newest rivals
A new survey unveils the political divide between Bluesky and Threads users, examining their engagement and attitudes toward AI technology.
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Morten Myrstad @myrstad.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
Bluesky has demonstrated appeal to the news industry, with reports of better referral traffic, a chronological timeline that suits breaking news, the ability to customise feeds and a general creative spark that some say reminds them of early Twitter. theconversation.com/what-does-th...
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What does the X exodus to Bluesky mean for journalism?
An expert on news consumption looks at how the popular new platform could shake up the industry.
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Morten Myrstad @myrstad.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
«SocialPilot now supports Bluesky, letting you connect, schedule, and manage posts effortlessly across text, images and videos from one dashboard.» www.socialpilot.co/product-upda...
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Create and Publish Bluesky Posts Easily With SocialPilot
Create, schedule, publish, and manage Bluesky posts effortlessly. Connect your account and propel your growth on the platform with a strong social media strategy.
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Morten Myrstad @myrstad.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
For an increasing number of users there is one crucial difference w/X: Bluesky is not run by a megalomaniac billionaire intent on bending the world to his will. Wang believes the reason that Bluesky is rising while others are stalling comes down to control. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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Bluesky is growing fast, and it wants you to stop calling it a Twitter alternative
In an interview with The Independent, Bluesky’s chief operating officer says the platform is a different product entirely from Elon Musk’s X.
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Oslo Freedom Forum (OFF) @oslofreedomforum.com · 25/12/2024
🌟Happy Holidays!🌟 This holiday season, we share our gratitude for our community of changemakers, advocates, & freedom fighters. Your courage, dedication, & support inspire us to continue the struggle for human rights & democracy worldwide. We wish you peace, joy, & renewed hope for a freer future.
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Morten Myrstad @myrstad.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
66% of respondents in a Reuter global survey watch short news videos every week — but two-thirds of that viewing still takes place on platforms like Instagram. TikTok and YouTube. Publishers like The Economist, NYT & Washington Posf are trying to change that. www.niemanlab.org/2024/12/news...
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News outlets push vertical video to the homepage
"It's a much better experience if you're not turning your phone. And people don't turn their phones."
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Morten Myrstad @myrstad.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
Social network Bluesky said on Christmas that it is testing a trending topics view. The trending topics are visible both on the desktop and mobile apps of the social network for users across the world. The testing is in English only. techcrunch.com/2024/12/25/b...
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Bluesky is testing a trending topics feature | TechCrunch
Social network Bluesky said on Christmas that it is testing a trending topics view. The trending topics are visible both on the desktop and mobile apps of
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Morten Myrstad @myrstad.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
More Americans Get Their News From YouTube — and There’s No Going Back A recent Pew Research Center study found that 54 percent of U.S. adults now get at least some of their information from YouTube newscasters, 25 percent of them on a regular basis. www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...
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More Americans Get Their News From YouTube — and There’s No Going Back
An appreciation for ‘Tisa Tells’ and her fellow amateur pundits who provided deep-dive analysis of the year’s biggest scandals.
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Jim Stewartson, Antifascist @jim-stewartson.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
Information war is war. Twitter has nothing to do with “free speech” and everything to do with “reflexive control” a Soviet theory of psychological warfare which Elon Musk is deploying at the largest scale in human history. I wrote about it. www.mind-war.com/p/informatio...
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Information War Is Not “Free Speech”
How the First Amendment has been weaponized to allow people to be hoaxed, coerced, and brainwashed into doing the bidding of the oligarchy.
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Morten Myrstad @myrstad.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
Meet Skyseed, a VC fund and incubator backing the Bluesky and AT Protocol VC founder Peter Wang: «enthusiasm reminding me of the internet in 1996» «I think we could get to $5 [million] to $10 million» Since the launch, in the region of 50 projects have come in. techcrunch.com/2024/12/21/m...
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Meet Skyseed, a VC fund and incubator backing the Bluesky and AT Protocol ecosystem | TechCrunch
In November, Peter Wang sought ideas for a new fund to support the AT Protocol ecosystem. Four weeks later, he launched Skyseed.
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Morten Myrstad @myrstad.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
Flipboard's new app for browsing the open social web is on Product Hunt Social magazine app maker Flipboard is reinventing itself through the new app, Surf. Surf weaves Mastodon, Threads, Bluesky, RSS feeds, podcasts, and YouTube into customizable feeds. www.producthunt.com/posts/flipbo...
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Surf - Flipboard's new app for browsing the open social web | Product Hunt
Social magazine app maker Flipboard is reinventing itself through the new app, Surf. Surf weaves Mastodon, Threads, Bluesky, RSS feeds, podcasts, and YouTube into something that wouldn’t have been pos...
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Morten Myrstad @myrstad.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
Flipboard’s new app is a discovery engine for the decentralized web Surf weaves Mastodon, Threads, Bluesky, RSS feeds, podcasts, and YouTube into something that wouldn’t have been possible until recently. www.fastcompany.com/91248612/fli...
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Flipboard’s new app is a discovery engine for the decentralized web
Surf weaves Mastodon, Threads, Bluesky, RSS feeds, podcasts, and YouTube into something that wouldn’t have been possible until recently.
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Morten Myrstad @myrstad.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
Maybe somewhat early, but: Could Bluesky Be the Next Facebook Killer? With growing concerns over data privacy, algorithm manipulation, and corporate control, many users are actively seeking alternatives to Facebook. Enter Bluesky, a decentralized social media platform. vocal.media/longevity/co...
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Could Bluesky Be the Next Facebook Killer?
The Age of Social Media
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Morten Myrstad @myrstad.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
Bluesky's latest update addresses an important verification problem Now, when you verify your identity on the platform with your own domain, Bluesky will no longer free up your old .bsky.social username. www.engadget.com/social-media...
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Bluesky's latest update addresses an important verification problem
Bluesky will keep your old .bsky.social handle reserved after you verify your own domain.
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Morten Myrstad @myrstad.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Italy fines OpenAI over ChatGPT privacy rules breach Italian data regulator fines OpenAI 15 mln euros Company says decision disproportionate, to file appeal Watchdog briefly banned ChatGPT last year Open AI ordered to launch media campaign over ChatGPT data usage www.reuters.com/technology/i...
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Italy fines OpenAI over ChatGPT privacy rules breach
Italy's data protection agency said on Friday it fined ChatGPT maker OpenAI 15 million euros ($15.58 million) after closing an investigation into use of personal data by the generative artificial intelligence application.
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Morten Myrstad @myrstad.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Rebuilding the Creator Economy, with Jesse Polak What if, by “going onchain” through blockchain-based apps & platforms, creators could gain complete ownership over their content and create new revenue models, where they (not publishers or platforms) could set the terms? pods.media/evolving-mon...
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Rebuilding the Creator Economy
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Morten Myrstad @myrstad.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Bluesky wants to be a new home for creators, on their terms. 🦋 In this episode of Buffer Chat, host Kirsti Lang sits down with Rose Wang, COO of Bluesky, to explore the platform that’s shaking up social media as we know it. youtu.be/GxgTgEgwAiY?...
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Bluesky's Rose Wang on Subscriptions, Creator Monetization, and More
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Morten Myrstad @myrstad.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Bluesky now has a specific tab for mentions in your notifications as part of the app’s just-released 1.96 update. With the mentions tab, it’s much easier to see your replies or conversations you’ve been tagged in on the platform. Remember to update your app. www.theverge.com/2024/12/19/2...
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Bluesky now has a mentions tab in your notifications area
It’s easier to access settings for your replies, too.
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