The Smart Money Is on Bluesky
January 19, 2026
by The Bluesky Team
Since Bluesky launched, economists, investment strategists, and financial commentators have been building a finance community here, post by post. Now, it’s breaking out.
Other social media platforms bury the signal under clickbait, ads, and spam. We’re building Bluesky to surface what’s happening now, so critical information reaches you at key market moments.
When major news breaks—like the Department of Justice investigating Jerome Powell—Bluesky is where you can find coverage from top business media, alongside real-time reactions from financial commentators and industry experts.
BREAKING: Federal prosecutors have opened a criminal inquiry into Fed Chair Powell, per NYT
— Unusual Whales (@unusualwhales.bsky.social) January 11, 2026 at 4:49 PM
"We could score this one to the Fed for its standing up to political intimidation, but the linchpin of the defense — Jay Powell — is out as Fed Chair in a matter of months, and there’s no sign that the President will ease up on the Fed." stayathomemacro.substack.com/p/jay-powell...
— Claudia Sahm (@claudia-sahm.bsky.social) January 15, 2026 at 4:24 PM
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"The scoreboard... is Jay Powell and Fed independence: 1, Trump: 0."
Markets stayed calm because they believe the institution held—this time.
But what if the President take the lack of a market reaction as permission to keep going in his pointless crusade against the Fed?
— Justin Wolfers (@justinwolfers.bsky.social) January 19, 2026 at 5:51 AM
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Fit check for today.
— George Pearkes (@peark.es) January 12, 2026 at 5:15 AM
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If Jerome Powell has million fans, then I'm one of them. If Jerome Powell has one fan, then I'm THAT ONE. If Jerome Powell has no fans, that means I'm dead. If the world is against Jerome Powell I’m against the entire world
— Joey Politano🏳️🌈 (@josephpolitano.bsky.social) January 11, 2026 at 7:37 PM
So who exactly is Finance Bluesky?
It's television anchors like CNBC’s Carl Quintanilla… energy analysts like Rory Johnston… SEC sleuths like Michelle Leder… macroeconomists like Julia Coronado… strategists like Edward Harrison… wealth managers like Josh Brown… bond traders like Ed Bradford… VCs like Russ Wilcox… housing writers like Conor Sen… tech journalists like Tae Kim… and academic economists like Justin Wolfers.
It’s also government agencies like the US Treasury Department, US Bureau of Labor Statistics, and European Central Bank, and top business publications like the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, and Barrons.
Put it all together, and you’ve got a place where finance happens in real time – from Wall Street professionals tracking sentiment, to individuals trying to understand what’s impacting their retirement portfolios.
At Bluesky, we’ve watched the momentum build, and we’re investing in it. We just shipped cashtags, which make it easy to tag and discover posts about specific stocks.
We're also building feeds to give Bluesky users instant access to market-moving information. Our feeds for January's US jobs and inflation reports delivered over 5 million posts to users’ devices, and our Nvidia earnings feed hit 6 million. When news breaks, Finance Bluesky is already pricing it in.
Our friends at Graze Social helped us build these feeds. Graze is one of a growing number of startups building on the same open protocol that powers Bluesky. That openness lets independent developers create tools that make the ecosystem more useful for everyone, including traders and investors.
Not on Bluesky yet? Click this link to join and instantly follow a curated list of top finance voices.