LEO and LSTR: Risk or Opportunity?

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LeoFinance community's history is filled with constant new directions. LSTR isn’t new either. We’ve seen Leo-based investments before. Is it risky, or is there potential to make more money? Stick with me to find out!

For those who don’t know, LSTR is designed to compound LEO over the long term.

I’ve worked with single, double, and triple layers of compounding-effect tokens, so you can take my words a bit more seriously while still being open-minded to all possibilities and opinions. Based on my experience, the basic idea seems to be: yield buys more LEO, and we hold, and everyone wins.

But after digging deeper, I’m left with mixed feelings.

What’s Different This Time?

Our past experiences haven’t been great with Leo’s constant changes in direction. Time after time, we’re met with a new model.

Yes, I’m talking about the SIRP model.

And since I brought up SIRP, let me be clear: LSTR’s success is based on many ifs and buts.

LSTR doesn’t directly create value on its own. It heavily depends on the performance of the LEO token. That includes the token price, staking rewards, revenue from SIRP, and how the market reacts.

Market reaction matters. We don’t have strong past performance to rely on. If these pieces all align, LSTR could be a success. But that’s a big "if."

It’s like a layer on top of another layer.

Too Fast, Too Soon

In a system that just went through a full reset (LEO 2.0), we’re already adding a new mechanic before the new model is even battle-tested. That’s not strategy. That’s speed.

Where’s the Real Demand?

The launch didn’t look impressive. Truth is, sales are slow.

Tens of thousands of tokens still sit on the sell wall. And most of the current holders? They’re the builders. The same people who designed it. That’s not community momentum. That’s internal exposure.

The product might be good, but sales show the pitch isn't strong enough to influence market sentiment. Or maybe it's just the past experiences still haunting the average investor.

Planning to Sell LSTR? Think Again

Let me break your heart, potential investors. LSTR has no real liquidity. Want to sell in bulk in a hurry? Good luck.

Many Hive tokens suffer from liquidity issues. Some like IUC have strong buy walls. Some tokens maintain a soft peg. But even then, I remember a friend recently tried to sell EDS (now EDSI) in large quantity and couldn’t get a fair price.

Hive markets are generally low in liquidity for bulk sales, even when paired with BTC.

Once you're in LSTR, you’re depending on someone else to believe more than you do and be willing to pay for it in bulk.

If there's no buying pressure and demand doesn’t grow organically, you’re holding a token that represents value but offers no easy way to convert it to Hive or USDT at a fair price.

History Still Haunts Us

polyCUB was sustainable, until it wasn’t.
CUB had a plan, until it didn’t.
bHBD promised returns, then quietly faded.

Each time, the same mechanics were used: internal liquidity, ecosystem-only utility, early-stage hype, slow community adoption, and eventual silence.

LSTR has that same scent. A token built on hope, not on hardened market behavior. We’ve seen this play out before, just with different names.

Why Not Wait?

LEO 2.0 just flipped its entire model. It turned off inflation. Introduced SIRP. Switched to revenue-driven rewards. That’s a massive shift.

And before that even settles, we’re being told to lock our LEO into a wrapper that can’t be sold easily and depends on external growth.

It’s not fear, uncertainty, and doubt. It’s a pattern.

Until that pattern breaks, should you be holding a wrapper? Maybe it’s better to watch LSTR without buying into yet another cycle.

A Hidden Opportunity

We’ve seen many rises and downfalls in the Leo ecosystem, or should I say InLeo? And recently, they are burning most rewards for anyone using the tag without posting from the frontend. Oh, and for using swaps, you're more dependent on LEO than Hive and HBD. It helps contribute to LEO burns but adds extra steps for end users.

In all this doubt, uncertainty, and change, a hidden opportunity exists. It all affects LEO and investor sentiment. LEO is the spotlight in all these new developments.

To make the best out of this situation, I recommend creating an alt account like username.leo. Then buy LEO using Hive on different days and track it using an Excel sheet (mobile versions are also fine). Sell whenever your LEO purchases bring more Hive back.

Because of all the changing sentiment, watching price movements, trading while doing DCA, and booking profits might be the smartest move right now.

Final Thoughts

What are your thoughts about all these changes? Have you forgotten the history of the last few years? Do you remember when unstake buttons didn’t work or when protocols failed outside the Hive ecosystem?

Let me know in the comments.