I feel converting the BCH to Hive is the best strategy anyone could do in this time. Because lets face it, SmartBCH side chain has destroyed the BCH community. So it'd be hard for BCH to get growth to 1K USD now. So converting to Hive and delegating the HP and earning the reward would be lot better option than holding onto those BCH. I hope your Pelytics project goes well next year. Cheers to journey!