Hive has been in the news since the fork happened and it has managed to consistently draw attention from exchanges and crypto influencers like Vitalik. I think that it happened for the first time that a fork surpassed the original chain in market cap and turned out to be a much stronger and better project. The good news is that many valuable people are joining the Hive and creating content consistently.
The exchanges don't want to be left behind either. Hive hasn't paid a single penny for any exchange listing until now and it continues to secure more trading pairs and new exchanges. Today, MXC exchange opened margin trading for HIVE/USDT pair with a leverage of 5x. I am a noob when it comes to leverage trading but I think that it is the first time ever that Hive can be leverage traded. Steem couldn't achieve it in 4 years while Hive did it in just two months.
Dear MXCers:
To meet the trading demand of various users, MXC will add a HIVE/USDT trading pair on Margin Trading at 14:30 (UTC+8), May 24, with 5x leverage available. Besides, the loan for HIVE is available with a fee rate of 0.1%. Welcome to trade.
They quoted that "to meet the trading demand of various users", which means that there are many users who are willing/eager to leverage trade Hive. This is very good for Hive and it gives more visibility to the best social blogging platform on the blockchain.
I think the more trading pairs and exchanges we have, the better it is. It just gives opportunities to new people to trade or invest in a new coin. I am sure there are plenty of users worldwide who are willing to go buy Hive but are somehow unable to do so because of certain restrictions. To make sure every individual on planet earth is able to buy or sell Hive, it needs to be listed on as many exchanges as possible.