Not me, that's for sure. If you're new to crypto in general and Hive in particular, just chill (deep breaths), these things run in cycles. Keep building during what many of us consider a prime buying opportunity.

We had a nice little bump along with recent rise in crypto prices, and that was a timely boost. The only reason I'm not buying $HIVE right now is that I can't figure out a way to do so (here in America) without that infernal KYC!

For several years I'd used Coinbase to do the LTC>HIVE route, however, one day In logged in and saw that they started requiring that creepy Plaid service that wants your banking login info, and likes to nose itself into your bank account.

So that was out.

Then I'd been using my local Bitcoin ATM to purchase BTC, then buy Litecoin, and finally swap for $HIVE. That worked fine, and required no ID as long as no purchase was over $1000. It was so convenient. It worked perfectly, until one day the ATM demanded an ID and a selfie.

So I started looking for those "buy crypto with no KYC" services, and it seems that many of them either folded, or changed the way the operated over the last year.

They worked fine if you lived in crypto-enlighted Europe or the wilds of Outer Mongolia, but in 'The land of the free, and the home of the brave' I'd get the "Not for US residents" warning.

So short of moving to Greenland or something (have we bought that yet?), I can either bend over and take it like a man, while allowing Plaid to have all of my banking info, or I can keep searching.

You'd think the powers that be who ruin run this country would "get" crypto. They just don't, and seem to want to regulate it to death. It looks like we'll have to wait for the wiser minds of a new generation to ensure that America takes the lead when it comes to innovation in the world of crypto. For now, stop selling, start buying $HIVE and keep on building.