HBD, Sats & Such

I was outside a little while ago when the rain suddenly came. Thank goodness I'm still swift to run I didn't get wet. Thinking about it now, I should have let my inner child go wild and played (bathed) in the rain. Ayayay! It's too late since the rain is no more (it already stopped)😅

Well, there will be a next time (hopefully). It was unexpected, but we are thankful it still rains in December, which means, water will be abundant, even through the dry season.

On another topic, I realized HBD isn't the easiest to exchange. It doesn't have any other market besides here on-chain and the Korean CEX Upbit, which we cannot use. My recent challenge in having to buy or swap HBD to HIVE and then sending it to a CEX made me wish CubFinance didn't sunset and still allow HIVE and HBD to be bridged to BSC, where we can then sell them for other assets.

I did try swapping HBD to Sats through v4v.app but the maximum amount per swap (convert) is 140 HBD only and the fees kinda discouraged me, lol! Also thought about using Leodex (i.e. buying LEO, LSTR or any of the LeoStrategy assets and then swapping them to USDC on Base), but the fear of my funds getting stuck made me dismiss the idea (can't help it but I had an unpleasant experience back in January where I had to wait for more than half a year for my small funds to be refunded).

I wonder if there will be a chance in the near future for such an avenue to exist, not only for HBD, but also for HIVE.

Anyhow, per my goal update last week, I was only able to save 2.3k HBD which is 200 HBD away from my target. And unfortunately, I couldn't wait until the month-end to withdraw such savings. I wanted to take advantage of the higher USDT exchange rate to our currency, and also because we need the funds on the 15th.

Meanwhile, my sats balance to date.

Not sure if I'd still be able to add to this in the coming days and weeks, but I'm just chuffed to have DCA'd this in 2025. "You should have sold them at $120k and buy again when the price dropped," the hubby teased me when he learned I was still HODLing.

Oh well, what can I say? I got the FOMO, lol!