My BusyBees & SlothlySavers Weekly Update - 2026 Week 16

The #SaturdaySavers programme run with huge dedication and commitment by @shanibeer came to an end with the close of 2025.

But there are a couple of initiatives to keep the motivation going !

I've decided to post them in the BusyBees Community. This is a community set up to support @zakludick's tireless work in encouraging and teaching newer Hive users. Additionally, I'm adding the #SlothlySavers tag and linking my updates in their weekly update post, because that's another place where former #SaturdaySavers are gravitating to.

Image by Rebekka D from Pixabay

Here's a screenshot of last week's progress;

How Did The Week Go ?

I still need to post more ! I seem to have a zillion "real life" projects going on at the moment, but some of them are work-related things I can't post about in public, and others are long term work in progress kind of things where I either forget to post or where it would make little sense to start posting when the project is halfway done.

But I've managed to keep up with curation and (more importantly) I've continued to engage with other people's posts with what I hope are decent quality comments. I think it's the upvotes on my comments that are keeping the account growth up !

But that's a big part of what I believe Hive should be about. Not just posting into the void like a megaphone, but rather having conversations and getting comments that give feedback on what you're posting and show that what you're writing is actually being read.

On a global scale, the price of HIVE seems to have stabilised for a bit, which BTC has gone up in price. For the second week running the Hive debt ratio has dropped slightly, although we're quite a way from a level where I'd feel comfortable. The USD dollar has dipped in value against Sterling.

I'm not too surprised about the impact on the dollar considering that one of the effects of the war against Iran is an increasing momentum towards de-dollarisation of the petro-dollar. I've seen reports that Iran is letting ships through the Hormuz Strait if their cargo is paid for in Yuan or Rials, or if they pay a toll in one of those two currencies. Of course the US Navy is trying to then blockade or seize those ships, which could get interesting if they try it on a Chinese tanker.

If the US dollar loses relevance much further, however, then they'll be unable to print money by selling Treasuries and could face further bond-selling pressure as more countries join China on the de-dollarisation bandwagon. This could create hyper-inflation and seriously bring into question how they'll be able to service (much less repay) the multi-trillion dollar debt the US has accrued, estimated at $7.57Tn in government debt and a further $31.41Tn public debt.

With the government needing to replace an estimated 3000 Patriot missiles used so far, plus a bunch of missing aircraft, the debt will likely go much higher very fast, tempered mainly by the very limited industrial base able to manufacture what they need (they can only make about 700 Patriots a year, including those they give to Ukraine and sell to other countries). We live in interesting times !