My BusyBees & SlothlySavers Weekly Update - 2026 Week 5
The #SaturdaySavers programme run with huge dedication and commitment by @shanibeer came to an end with the close of 2025.
But there are a couple of initiatives to keep the motivation going !
I've decided to post them in the BusyBees Community. This is a community set up to support @zakludick's tireless work in encouraging and teaching newer Hive users. Additionally, I'm adding the #SlothlySavers tag and linking my updates in their weekly update post, because that's another place where former #SaturdaySavers are gravitating to.
Image by Rebekka D from Pixabay
Here's a screenshot of last week's progress;
How Did The Week Go ?
Overview of External Events
The main thing that happened this week was some crazy volatility in pretty much every investment class. Although it's a simplification, the rise in the first half of the week was down to geopolitical uncertainty over a possible US attack on Iran.
While that issue is still very much on the table, big drops on Friday were on the surface due to Trump announcing Kevin Warsh as his pick for the Fed Chairman. I suspect there was a lot of profit taking going on by investors as much as a reaction to the hope of stability. Microsoft shares dropping 10% in a day over concerns about their AI spending and strategy will also have fed into the uncertainty.
The dollar very briefly fell to $1.39 to the pound while gold spiked at £4014 per ounce. But the exchange rate has now fallen back to £1.37 while gold has dropped very significantly to £3577.70. I suspect some serious price manipulation may be going on !
My Hive Progress
Meanwhile, in Hive-land, I'm gradually getting on track with my goals.
Most of my activity is still having to be focused on the weekends, as weekdays are incredibly busy with work and real life stuff. But my posting and comment rates are now both on target, and I'm curating pretty effectively.
Actual author and curation rewards are running at 30-40 HP a week, which is slightly below target, but increased activity plus HPUD should solve that.
HBD interest comes in tomorrow and should (just !) get HBD back on track.
HPUD
Very important..... tomorrow is Hive Power Up Day.
I plan to power up enough liquid HIVE to get my HP well over target. For now, there's no sign of a recovery of the HIVE price that would enable me to reclaim any of my initial investment.
Delegation Restructuring
Something else I've started to do is adjust some of my delegations, focusing on dropping the ones which pay out in Tribe tokens and then moving that HP to grow delegations that pay out in liquid HIVE.
The goal is to be earning enough to cover my weekly 2 HIVE commitment buying SBI's as part of the #BusyBees programme rewards. Right now I'm earning about 1 HIVE per week, so I'm about halfway there. It's mostly delegation rewards, but there's also some from staked and delegated BEE and POB which pays a liquid HIVE drip.