<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 18:15:42 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@curatorcat.leo/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[No End in Sight?]]></title><description><![CDATA[With the crypto Fear/Greed index thoroughly entrenched in the "extreme fear" end of the spectrum for almost a month, I'd have to say that we are pretty solidly in Bear Market territory. I would]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-112281/@curatorcat.leo/no-end-in-sight</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-112281/@curatorcat.leo/no-end-in-sight</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-112281]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[curatorcat.leo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 07:01:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/BgxWBRxjvNho1d5owNvLc9kLkZETgqoQLu9zcBbNBbDDEp9W4DbuZJuZvj5S7ckPU66VrpUMy9Vg1LAiGRku78hcLrTQ3U3ru1NiTb4KZH4p4VCAQUJA6s3FQNhQTguHtn3XjBL6vdJqJEadSEkeCBeaju5SctLbjzUmmFT9myR1BsC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Will This Be the Year...? (Probably not)]]></title><description><![CDATA[I had something else in mind as I sat down to start this post — mostly, I wanted to revisit — and perhaps completely scrap — my "2026 goals" post — but then I decided to go for something less]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-150329/@curatorcat.leo/will-this-be-the-year-probably-not</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-150329/@curatorcat.leo/will-this-be-the-year-probably-not</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-150329]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[curatorcat.leo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2026 18:24:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/BgxWBRxjvNho1d5owNvLc9kLkZETgqoQLu9zcBbNBbDDEp9W4DbuZJuZvj5S7ckPU66VrpUMy9Vg1Lo2Kx6sXyrrDqbMTUPeMmYMdrguVd6LxM5XaC4nomXFEwqMJsKnEwP7fd9jY9mnCHmQFag1dsRWabtWcPdQAQePmdZ3GnbCTY2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Goodbye to the Debris That Was 2025!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Happy New Year everyone! I must admit that I was happy to see the end of 2025, which surely will go down in my personal history books as one of the low points of my existence. Well, at least financially]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-150329/@curatorcat.leo/goodbye-to-the-debris-that-was-2025</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-150329/@curatorcat.leo/goodbye-to-the-debris-that-was-2025</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-150329]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[curatorcat.leo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2026 03:30:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/BgxWBRxjvNho1d5owNvLc9kLkZETgqoQLu9zcBbNBbDDEp9W4DbuZJuZvj5S7ckPU66VrpUMy9Vg1LAiyWrXvvjQtsdDSSYpDZuoaxrrvwnXL6ns6WLiXNQisPHyTqPApq2xN3Y3dP5XMDb72u9gnqpdW6qXb5ZZtWivzLwpJkF2w18?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scraping Bottom]]></title><description><![CDATA[About the time I first got involved with Hive's "Legacy Chain" I actually had about 2 BTC in a wallet I'd had for a while... and it was "worth" just shy of $2,000 US. 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trying]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-150329/@curatorcat.leo/shrinkflation-and-decline-in-plain-sight</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-150329/@curatorcat.leo/shrinkflation-and-decline-in-plain-sight</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-150329]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[curatorcat.leo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2025 22:28:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/BgxWBRxjvNho1d5owNvLc9kLkZETgqoQLu9zcBbNBbDDEp9W4DbuZJuZvj5S7ckPU66VrpUMy9Vg1LncrZaSBRxtPx35iuGuq3nsFcygFucpBCXRm6VgNHViZx1gVyuu6e9UrLeFU368KvQ3Jom79hruMtB8UgAJrxgY9jadCV3GDXt?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Crypto Bro Word Salad — No Thanks!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Being part of this strange new frontier we call "The Cryptosphere," I am constantly presented with a seemingly endless stream of new projects... most of which seem to have in common that 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—]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@curatorcat.leo/private-equity-love-it-or-leave-it-g79</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@curatorcat.leo/private-equity-love-it-or-leave-it-g79</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-167922]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[curatorcat.leo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2025 06:57:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/qjrE4yyfw5pJD9XBvScWccM3MYnVYYNVW9NiwkPdbAWBvMd1j1F4i6pNV7jYoG8qjwDGUJVNxiYhbRnL168R9MbsrPvWq4HA9VM7phKgBYrGvYn2WXfdDNGn?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Crypto, Wishful Thinking and Indifference]]></title><description><![CDATA[Much as we might like to think otherwise, the vast majority of people in the world are indifferent towards most things they encounter. 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