So how about that HIVE pump, eh? Did it take you by surprise like it did me? I had been watching the HIVE price fairly closely, but after the Upbit news, I took my eyes off the ball and I completely missed this. Whoops.

But I'm watching now. As I imagine many of you are. So if there is a second pump up to the 0.6 range as there was last time, I won't miss it. Big if? Maybe. But with the Chinese New Year coming, I wouldn't be surprised.

If you missed my last post about it, this will be the year of the snake, by the way. In Japan it already is the year of the snake, but China follows the traditional calendar for their version of the animal zodiac. I think in the West the snake has a bit of a sinister image, probably due to its role as a villain in the Adam and Eve myth. But in the East, the snake is looked at in a more positive light.

Let's hope that positivity rubs off for 2025! And that in mind, maybe we'll see HIVE starting the Chinese new year with a bang! The day next Wednesday Jan 29th.

I mentioned BRO and LGN in my post yesterday. Proving that some people actually do read my posts, the price of both tokens has gone up a bit, but they are still low and still great deals. If you missed it, go read my yesterday post and go buy them.

Another token from @raymondspeaks and friends is GIFU, pronounced GIF-U, not gee-fu like the Japanese prefecture. Most of you actually probably pronounced it as Ray intended, that note is just for me, because I continuously pronounce it as the Japanese place name every single time I see it—I just can't help myself!

Anyway, GIFU is a great token that lives on BSC and is mirrored to Hive-Engine as Swap.GIFU. Already well worth buying, but they recently added two new things to attract investment.

1. Anyone holding more that 50k GIFU will get post upvotes. The upvote will start at 0.75% for those at 50k GIFU and will max at 75% for those holding 5m GIFU. Start your GIFU buying now if you want that vote!
2. Anyone who delegates to @gifufaithful will receive a GIFU drip daily at about a 10% APR.

Much wow!

...no wait, wrong meme. Hmm.. Doge can't trademark it—@stickupboys, you should get on using that phrase in one of your future GIFU memes.

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David is an American teacher and translator lost in Japan, trying to capture the beauty of this country one photo at a time and searching for the perfect haiku. He blogs here and at laspina.org. Write him on Twitter or Mastodon.