My BusyBees & SlothlySavers Weekly Update - 2026 Week 8

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 ?

This was probably the first week for a couple of years where I was hardly present on Hive.

It wasn't planned that way, and wasn't down to a lack of mojo. It was purely because it was one of those weeks which lurched from one real life issue to the next repeatedly, ending with prep for an AGM I had to be at on Saturday. It was a couple of hours drive away with a stop en route, and some paperwork to drop in elsewhere on the way back. That made for a very long day with a lot of driving, and definitely let me know I need to update the maps in my satnav !

Apart from that, HIVE continues it's gradual downward movement. It's not the end of the world. As long as it doesn't drop to the point where witnesses start dropping nodes, Hive will continue to be an enjoyable platform free from all the advertising and toxicity of legacy social media platforms.

The reality is that, just as with buying a house or any other kind of investment, the price is only relevant at the point where you come to sell. I don't plan to sell any time soon, although the low price is certainly putting the brakes on my goal of recouping some of my original investment.

With the price of HIVE so low, posting and curation rewards are being paid out in liquid HIVE and HP rather than the normal HBD/HP mix. I'm fine with that, because it means the value grows more when the price goes up.

I'm starting to track the Hive Debt Ratio on a week by week basis, as we're getting closer to the haircut level. It's not close enough to be worth panicking, but it's worth staying on top of the changes. I've got HBD sale stop-loss orders in place in Hivedex, but I'm considering increasing the levels, because I've noticed the discrepancy between Hivedex and Coin Gecko prices is slowly increasing. I don't want to find my HBD stuck in a liquidity crunch if I try to sell out of them too late !

So that's this week.... I'll try to post more next week, and be a bit more regular with curation !