Crypto has become a wasteland of constant closures, hacks and insider thefts. Even Balancer has announced they want to vote for a DAO wind down and payout to BAL token holders. You can't really trust many ecosystems anymore, but I feel like HIVE is so decentralized it's destined to survive through sheer grit and determination alone.

At the end of July I had sold most of my crypto holdings, with the exception of the Hive Power I just added, because I feel like the market is just dead. No volumes and no retail interest as the seemingly endless supply of new tokens confuses and dilutes the liquidity out there. Most people either heard of crypto and know what it is or don't care much about it. I would say we have even reached fairly close to mass adoption, or a saturation point which is already hard to surpass. Nearly 1 out of 10 and up to 1 out of 4 Americans either hold crypto or have held crypto according to different surveys.

As for where I've been putting my money this year - I decided that the stock market is much safer in terms of security and potential profits. Compared to crypto which has been an enormous thorn in my side since the October 2025 crash. We know crypto won't be going anywhere any time soon but it certainly isn't in a good light with the current price action.