May was a good month for Bitcoin, with a new all time high of $111,970 being achieved on 22nd and a six figure Bitcoin price as "the new normal" at least for now.
Coincidentally, I would describe my own progress on the Hive front in May as "good" as well, with a new "all time high" for the number of tokens that I managed to accumulate in that auspicious month. My combination of blogging and delegation rewards was augmented firstly by a business sale that was paid for in Hive, and secondly by the successful swapping of some spare Litecoin for Hive. The latter transaction came home only after a worrying delay that I blogged about here:
https://onebitcoinclub.org/hive-125568/@hirohurl/the-long-march-from-commission
In short, I was able to add a total of 604 staked Hive to my Hive stash during the 31 days of May, an average of 19.4 Hive per day, higher than my daily average in any other month to date.
I think I may have achieved a personal all time high on the HBD front as well, as a combination of interest and blogging rewards brought in a total of 80 HBD, or an average of $2.58 per day.
Actually, as I live in Japan, I measure my daily earning rate for HBD in yen, or, more precisely, in my daily Kirin beer and 7-11 peanuts buying power, which at current rates of +/- ¥142 to the dollar = +/- ¥366 yen per day, or about one 350ml can of Kirin Ichiban Shibori per day and a large packet of 7-11 peanuts every other day.
Anyway, here is the state of play for all my token targets as we head into the sixth month of the year:
| Crypto Asset | 31st December 2024 | 1st March 2025 | 1st May 2025 | 1st June 2025 | 2025 Target |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HIVE Power | 7,631 | 7,765 | 7,968 | 8,572 | 10,000 |
| Hive Backed Dollar (HBD) | 5,066 | 5,288 | 5,447 | 5,527 | 12,000 |
| BBH | 10,265 | 20,000 | 20,160 | 20,298 | 20,000 |
| BBHO staked | 1,346 | 2,132 | 3,160 | 3,530 | 20,000 |
| CTPSB | 581 | 522 | 421 | 380 | 800 |
| LEO staked | 3,506 | 3,571 | 3,627 | 3,639 | 10,000 |
| SPS staked @chironcentaurus | 0 | 0 | 1,169 | 1,301 | 2,000 |
| LEN / LENM pool | 216 shares (1,284 LEN) | 242 shares (1,448 LEN) | 291 shares (1,758 LEN) | 311 shares (1,832 LEN) | 500 shares (approx. 3,000 LEN) |
| PWR / SwapHive pool | 0 | 6 shares (6 PWR) | 66 shares (66 PWR) | 68 shares (56 PWR) | 500 shares (approx. 500 PWR) |
| ChessBrothersPro delegation | 2,372 HP | 2,509 HP | 2522 HP | 2,528 HP | 3,500 HP |
| Ecency delegation | 0 | 500 HP | 800 HP | 1,400 HP | 3,000 HP |
| WorldMappin delegation | 751 HP | 1,004 HP | 1,009 HP | 1,011 HP | 1,000 HP |
| HeartbeatOnHive Alive delegation | 0 | 0 | 383 Alive | 638 Alive | 1,000 Alive |
| Splinterlands Guild Store | - | - | 0 | 1 | Raise to Level 3 by donating 30,000 GP |
On the second layer of the Hive blockchain I made progress across all my targets except, once again, CTPSB, which, once again, I sold off to help me to boost my progress with other tokens such as LEN / LENM as well as Hive.
As May was a good month for Hive, I was also able to make faster progress towards my Ecency delegation target. Ecency is now paying out about +/- 0.3 Hive every day which in turn helps me on towards my 2025 target of 10,000 staked Hive.
I think I will be able to hit quite a few of my targets for the year no matter what happens to the price of Bitcoin, but for some targets, such as my HBD stretch goal, and also CTPSB, I am hoping that Bitcoin goes on a rally so that I can cash in on some new all time highs to hit those targets as well.
Now that "June is busting out all over" will Bitcoin and alt coins also "bust out" this month? What do you think?
Cheers!
David Hurley
#InspiredFocus