Indeed! As they should—people need to get paid :)
But if every verified mail currently pays out a monthly enterprise tier subscription in equivalent Hive... then it just doesn't work out long term. Floor price must drop, unless the team is willing to operate at a loss to promote the service.
Although, the whole CTP/LN network (including HivePay) may have lucrative income streams that I know nothing about. But even with a giant stash of reserves I still can't imagine the current floor is sustainable.
Maybe the plan is to hope that most people hold onto their stake and see what happens? I'll be shocked (but happy) if there's a still a 1.5 Hive floor in 10 weeks 😉
I've seen it dip a bit already.
Let's keep watching.
I am really expecting them to do something so it will be fun to watch to see what that something is.