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We are about 10 months into the claimdrop of ZING! How's everyone doing?
I usually do this update on a monthly basis but there has been some significant changes announced recently and I thought followers of the projects need to be aware. I will also be sharing what I have done in response to these latest set of news.
This news has been announced quite some time ago but if you haven't been following much (which is understandable), the link is here.
First major change: Staking rewards for ZING has increased by 100% from 20,000 ZING per day to 40,000 ZING per day
Second major change: HP delegation rewards for ZING has increased by close to 50% from 200,000 ZING per day to 299,000 ZING per day
As a result, the APR for Staking went up from 14% to 27% and the APR for HP Delegation went up from 10% to 17%! The APRs have now adjusted downwards to 25% and 14% respectively.
A month ago
Today
I see this development as something positive for the project, and since the price of ZING is so depressed at the moment, I thought there is probably more upside than downside at current levels so I added more ZING. With that, my current holdings of ZING have increased from 6,155 two weeks ago to 8,326 currently.
As for myself, I have separated my holdings in two separate slices.
Delegation
For the delegation slice, I have delegated 100 HP to 
So let's put them into a table and see how the figures look like.
| Returns | ZING | Price in Hive | Value in Hive |
|---|---|---|---|
| Realised | 1,350 | 0.0086 | 11.64 |
| Unrealised | 1,084 | 0.0025 | 2.71 |
| Total | 2,434 | 14.35 |
On a base of 100 HP, that's about 14% ROI over about 10 months. If we were to annualise this figure, which isn't that meaningful (but purely for the purpose of generating an APR number), that's 17% APR.
Of course, the numbers will fluctuate wildly, especially with the steady increase in the HP delegation to
Trading/Holding
For the trading slice, I have currently about 7,242 ZING, with 3,000+ ZING staked to get the staking APR and 4,000 ZING currently in liquid for flexibility. With the averaging down at current levels, the cost of this trading slice came up about to about 54 Hive (from 48 Hive), and based on the last price, they are worth about 18 Hive (from 14 Hive).
What's next for me?
I think the crypto ecosystem, even in the Hive ecosystem, is very competitive. Lots of opportunities appear every now and then, and people often jump from one project to next, so the lack of updates has really hurt the price of ZING. Personally, I don't think it's much of a concern for me, I will still looking for opportunities to buy (low) and sell (high), and at the same time, keep some ZING for the eventual launch of the HoloZing game, whenever it will be.
The price of ZING is something that I would watch very closely. As for the game development, I have already done my favourites/follows so I will continue to read them as they come.
So back to the question of the post, is it time to buy or sell ZING? You have to decide for yourself. Haha!
Before I end, of course, I should always reiterate that this is not financial advice. This is just my personal viewpoint and one should ALWAYS do your own due diligence for anything you want to put your money in.
Finally, if you are interested to keep tabs on HoloZing, don't forget to follow the HoloZing Community on Hive, or HoloZing on X/Twitter. Otherwise, I will continue to post occasional updates when I have thoughts to share. Thanks for reading! :)