HELLO July 2026!
It's the 1st day of the month and that means it's HIVE Power Up Day again! 🎉🚀 Just like that, THE FIRST 6 MONTHS of the year of 2026 has gone past us already! 😱⌛️
The past month in crypto felt like another reminder that markets rarely move in a straight line. Just when it looked like the worst might be over, June delivered another wave of selling that caught plenty of traders off guard.
Bitcoin spent much of the month under pressure and eventually slipped below the $60,000 mark for the first time in quite a while. The biggest move came during the first week of June, when billions of dollars worth of leveraged positions were liquidated in just a couple of days after BTC lost several key support levels. That initial sell off set the tone for the rest of the month. Even though there were a few relief rallies along the way, they never really gained enough momentum to convince the market that the bottom was in. Ethereum had an even tougher month, falling harder than Bitcoin as investors continued to move away from higher risk assets. Most altcoins followed suit, with only a handful of infrastructure and DeFi projects managing to buck the trend.
The biggest story throughout June was that macroeconomic factors continued to dominate crypto. The US Federal Reserve kept interest rates unchanged, but its comments remained cautious enough to keep investors on the defensive. Spot Bitcoin ETFs also continued to experience sizeable outflows, suggesting institutional demand was still cooling rather than returning. Put everything together and June became another month where fear outweighed optimism. The long term fundamentals of crypto may not have changed much, but sentiment certainly did.
What about our very own HIVE? The HIVE token remained under pressure together with the rest of the altcoin market and continued trading around the six cent range for much of the month. While price action was disappointing, there were no major issues with the blockchain itself. Hive continued to do what it has always done well, with fast block production, feeless transactions for users, and an active ecosystem of social media platforms, games and community projects quietly carrying on in the background.
Regardless, I still remain bullish on the long term future of BTC and HIVE. Is this the last opportunity to accumulate more at current prices before it moons beyond no return? Who knows? I believe in the long term and will stick to my regular DCA regardless. 😜📈🚀
Another month in this year has gone by in a flash! I've joined HIVE since November 2021 and I'm still learning so many new things everyday! I first heard of Hive Power Up Day in January 2022 and all its other acronyms (PUD, PUM, PUH 😂 what a mouthful) and I've participated in HPUD every month since then!
Ever since I started with the HPUM initiative in 2022, I've tried my best to faithfully make one blog post everyday in an attempt to get the Hive Power Up Month badge. I've managed to make it successfully for 9 out of 12 months in 2022, and then improved on it in 2023 with 10 out of 12 months! 2024 saw a similar 10/12 but I managed to improve it to an almost perfect 11/12 in 2025! (Yikes! So near yet so far 😂) I will be attempting to get as many as I can again (perhaps a perfect score?) in 2026! 🥳💯
Another successful month of making at least ONE post a day with 100% to HIVE powered up (or powering up 1 HIVE). 🥳
This makes it 5 months (thus far) where I managed this achievement IN THIS NEW year of 2026.
Blogging regularly and having the HPUM to incentivize me has other tangible benefits too! I've seen my Hive Power grow quite a fair bit. This seems like a good practice which I intend to continue keeping up with!
In my VERY FIRST month before before I ever heard about Hive Power Up Day/Month, I was at just 47 HP 😭 (Before Jan 1st 2022).
This month, before I've even powered up anything at all, I'm already at 24,250.495 HP! 🎉🎉🎉
That's how consistent blogging on HIVE, with (mostly) 100% allocated to Hive Power, improved my HIVE account!
And NOW... AND its POWERUP time! ⚡️💪 (1st JULY 2026)
Once again, I only have enough HIVE set aside for a 10HP powerup, but I'm sure with my continued efforts to blog with 100% powered up to HIVE, I will be able to grow my Hive Power even more!
Using https://hivestats.io/, I was able to pull out a chart showing my daily account growth for the past month too. Great to see that orange graph head upwards continually 📈😄! If only my stocks portfolio and the price of HIVE looked like that too 😂🤑.
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As always, I usually make just the minimum powerup of 10 HIVE. This is because there are so many projects that I'm now invested in. The HIVE ecosystem is so much bigger than what I had thought it was when I first joined. I believe my constant allocation of most of my daily posts being 100% powered up is sufficient to grow my Hive Power daily. The rest of any funds from HIVE will usually be kept for other projects that are of interest to me (on HIVE of course 😁).
As always, I'll like to explain that the reason why I do not powerup every single bit of HIVE/HBD I get every month from my blogging is because I like to keep some liquidity around to invest in HIVE projects that I feel have some potential.
It is no secret by now that quite a bit of my extra funds lying around HIVE has been channelled into the Wrestling Organization Online aka WOO project! 🤑
After months of talking about WOO during my HPUD posts, I am glad to say that WOO has FINALLY launched the game proper! All players can use their WOO assets, play the game, and earn $WOO tokens. The game has not yet exploded in terms of player numbers since it is so new, but there are already launch campaigns to give it the boost it needs!
June was a month that felt like it was all about momentum. While there were not always major announcements dropping every single day, there was a growing sense that WOO was preparing for a busy stretch ahead. Community discussions focused on upcoming events, future content, and the continued growth of the ecosystem around the game. As always, the Discord remained active with speculation, ideas, and the usual mix of excitement and curiosity whenever hints about future plans started appearing. Months like this may not always produce the biggest headlines, but they often lay the groundwork for the moments that get everyone talking later.
Another thing that stood out throughout June was the continued focus on expanding the WOO experience beyond simply playing matches. Content creation, community engagement, and preparations for future promotions all helped keep the project moving forward. Whether it was conversations about upcoming events, anticipation for new developments, or the ongoing effort to bring new eyes into the WOO ecosystem, the month felt productive even during its quieter periods. Looking back, June was less about celebrating what had already happened and more about positioning WOO for what comes next, which makes me even more interested to see what the rest of the summer has in store.
I'll see you all again during the next Power Up Day next month with another update! Till then, See you and WAGMI! 💎🙌🏻🦍💪🏻
