I am half working and half hustling in the crypto space and while we had a bullish year, it seems we don't end it in the same way. So from this point forward, there is only one question to answer when it comes to the Hive blockchain in special and the crypto space in general: where to go from here? And I must be truthful and tell you that I simply don't know. This time I took some profits and also plan to take some others even if not at maximum levels, so what will come after that is an unknown. My plan was to sell high in this bull run which I kind of did and to wait for the bear market to come and buy low. But while this is a good plan on paper, there is only one fault with it: patience. I don't know if I have patience for few years to freeze my funds and wait for opportunity to manifest itself. So probably I need some more investments that will make my money to work, but at the same time be easy to liquidate in order to be able to switch to better opportunities when the bears will be in full swing. So while I have a plan, I am realistic to say that it will not play out exactly like that.
Expecting the unexpected
The funny thing about being long enough in the crypto game is that after a few cycles, I stop pretending I’ve got everything figured out. Hive, web3 and the whole blockchain universe keep shifting under our feet. And as a veteran hustler who’s been through more pumps and dumps than I care to admit since 2017, I’ve learned to accept that my “plan” is more like a rough sketch on a napkin than a roadmap carved in stone. But even the writing on a napkin matters, believe me!
For some reason I keep circling back to Hive. The chain feels different compared to the rest of the crypto space. It’s smaller, more community driven, more hands-on. But even with that strength, the same questions linger. If I’m taking profits from other crypto projects now and hoping to reload later even also on Hive, what’s the play in between? For me, it’s all about balance. I need investments that don’t trap my funds for years but still work while I sleep. Something liquid enough that I can pivot when the next big dip arrives, because trust me, the bears always return, and they always come hungry. And for me that might be HBD Savings with 15% APR and also gathering more and more Hive while hoping for its tokenomics to improve and the use cases to grow.
Finding the next move in web3 is harder and harder
When I think about Hive’s future, I see opportunity not in the form of explosive kind people fantasize about, but the steady, grind-it-out kind that rewards consistency. Hive isn’t just about tokens, it’s about building in web3, stacking Influence, and getting rewarded for showing up. That’s something the bigger chains often forget. Still, Hive alone isn’t enough to keep my whole strategy afloat. And while I always wanted to do it and even started it at small scale, building on Hive is the way to move forward. So maybe I can do that more in the near future.
My goal is simple: stay exposed to blockchain growth without letting myself get trapped by my own optimism. That means staking some assets, trading others and holding a chunk in liquid form for surprise opportunities. The mix shifts with the market, and I shift with it. Keeping the assets at work, even with low APR is what I intend to do. But that is not enough and only through building something one can surely find its financial freedom. So that's on my list as well.
Where does Hive and where do I go from here?
If I’m being honest, I think Hive keeps doing what Hive does: slow, steady building while the rest of crypto screams about the next trend. And in a world full of hype cycles, that steady grind is underrated. I’ll keep posting, staking, and engaging there, but I won’t pretend it’s going to make me rich overnight. That’s not the hustler way, but long-term, it keeps adding up. But even my patience has limits and I hope that Hive will should steady and corrective tokenomics in order to remaining meaningful in the web3 space. People are here mostly for the web3 dimension and if that's broken it will be hard to keep this ecosystem alive.
As for the wider crypto space, I’m rolling with uncertainty like an old friend. Some profits taken, some bags held, some liquidity ready to fire when the market cools off. No perfect plan, just experience, instincts and a willingness to adapt. Only few assets confirmed in this bullish year, so now is more important than ever to choose smart as the space is full of failing and declining projects. Sometimes is better to cut our loses, than to keep feeding them.
So where to go from here? Forward, but just not blindly anymore. I’ll keep hustling, keep investing, keep experimenting across Hive and the broader web3 world. The future’s unclear, but that’s what makes this space worth grinding in. After all, a veteran hustler doesn’t need certainty, but only momentum. And a mind to take profits along the way and see the time put pay out in the end. As without that is just loosing energy and time, which might be more precious that the earnings we might get or take out of that. That's my rambling for today after a long time of silence as I took care of my working.
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The Crypto space this year, 2025 has been nuts!
For me personally the old Rulebook of cycle peaks and such looks to be fully torn up and thrown out the window. Bitcoin made an uber splash, with Countries and Institutions everywhere getting onboard, ETF's spiked and continue to roll out.
For anyone attempting to trade Crypto in 2025 the experience has been exhausting, so many macro events impacting expected trendlines.
The average small fry investor is now being asked to put the hours in, and know what's going on globally, accumulate during dips, and patiently wait for the occasional spike to cash in. My own outlook has completely changed no longer trading Bitcoin to make a quick buck, just quietly accumulating, same with Chainlink. - long term investment
I like HIVE for exactly the same reason you discussed, it's a slow burning investment, that I'm willing to put time into, an investment in Web3.
Here's hoping 2026 is a little more sane! :)
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Hive is special as you said. I doubled down this year, posting daily since I want this HiveBuzz Badge - yearly author. I still like sharing posts here and get a bit of reward.