I'm thankful for the fact that the holiday season gives us the chance to refocus and recenter on the things that are really important. Sure, the markets are fun to watch and when "number go up", you definitely feel a bit of euphoria, but it's the connections you make that really matter when all is said and done. Although we still have New Year's Eve and New Year's Day ahead of us, the holiday season is effectively done.
In just about a week we will be back to the grind and all of the good cheer will be packed away for another year. No matter what the bull cycle brings in 2025, I hope we can all take some time to just take a breath and remember why many of us are doing this and what is really the most important.
It is time again for another Finance Friday/Friday Finance. This is a series I started where I talk about random bits of financial stuff that I have seen, gathered, or experienced during the week. I hope as a reader you find it informational, entertaining, or both. I also hope it can generate some good discussion and edify the community.
Hive Advent
Now that Christmas is officially over, I am wrapping up the Hive Advent initiative. I started this as a fun thing to do and as a throwback to how I used to count down the days until Christmas as a young child. I started with 25 HIVE on December 1st and I sent those to a user on HIVE. They were then supposed to keep one HIVE and send the rest on to another person the next day. The idea was by the time we hit Christmas Day, there would be one HIVE left for the last person in the chain.
It didn't really work out that way...
Just yesterday, a full day after Christmas, 6 HIVE were sent to @cayitus63. I think we just missed a few days in there and someone added a little HIVE, so we ended up about a week behind. It's no big deal, but as the originator of this initiative, I give @cayitus63 the permission to keep those final six HIVE. Merry Christmas. If they choose to continue the chain, that's up to them, but I probably won't be following it from here on out.
It's been pretty awesome watching the stack of HIVE slowly dwindle and travel across the globe during this holiday season. I'm pretty sure it brought a smile to one or two faces and that alone makes it worth it!
My First GoldBack!
My wife and I got home the other day and I was a bit shocked to find this card in our mailbox. It wasn't that fact that we got a card that surprised me. That happens all the time this time of year, but it was addressed to Bozz. I had already gotten my #silvergoldstackers secret santa gift, so I couldn't figure out who it would be from.
I thought maybe it was one of my buddies since they often call me some form of "bozz" hence my handle here on HIVE, but as soon as I opened it, I realized that wasn't the case. I'll actually forgive the obscene amount of glitter on the front of the card, because on the inside was a very special treat.
If you read the title of this section, you will immediately know it was my first GoldBack. It's freaking sweet too! It's 1/1000th of an ounce of 24K Gold and it has been pressed and detailed with some amazing artwork. I'm super pumped that I finally have some gold (besides my wedding ring), but I think the coolest thing is the artwork on these things.
I couldn't help but show pictures of it to all my relatives the next day during our Christmas Eve festivities. I don't know if the Hivian who sent it to me wishes to remain anonymous, so I am not going to post their name here, but if you see this, I am immensely grateful. This was an awesome Christmas surprise!
It's going right in my safe after I sit and stare at it for a few more hours!
Markets will market
We saw a nice little santa claus rally there for a day before things tumbled back down from the $98K mark. Today we are up about $2000 at around $97K and I can't help but wonder if we will see a rally to the end of the year and top $100K again.
If I am being honest, I am starting to get a little antsy. Sure, the bear market was tough, but it's hard being right on the cusp of the bull market but having to sit and wait. I just want to start pulling some passive income in like last time, or at least taking some gains. Something to make me feel like things are moving in the right direction.
I know full well I probably have a couple more months before stuff like that really starts to happen. I think the worst part is the anticipation or the thinking about it. @tarazkp wrote a post the other day about different scenarios that might play out for him in the next year or so. It's easy to get lost in those scenarios. He definitely has some other stuff going on that make them a bit more front and center, but I find myself getting lost in countless scenarios.
A million "what-if's" that might never be. It kind of feels like a futile waste of my time to be honest, but I don't know if I can rewire my brain at this point in my life. If nothing else happens in 2025, I hope I at least take some time to focus on the things that really matter, because things like family and friends are as "good as gold".
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That's a sweet gift Bozz. The Hive journey is about the friends you make along the way. I think you remember this more than anything.
I know what you mean about taking profits, it does seem we are still at an anti-climatic phase. We do need some fireworks to draw in retail and let the life changing profit taking commence!
Yeah, I am totally with you there. This sitting around on my hands is making me edgy!
Sounds like you found a nice little surprise! Very cool. I always loved the art work on those. Neat to just look at from time to time.
And yes the Markets will always just do their thing. I am anxious for the next 6 months to play out. I am seriously interested in where Bitcoin is going. I made a few rather large bets on it and am now very curious to how they will play out.
I hope we are all surprised and it doesn't end up looking like last cycle where we were all hoping for $100K and it never hit. I don't know what the new mark is this time, I think people are being a bit more cautious besides the folks that get paid to make pie in the sky predictions.
The predictions are all over the place. I'm just going to sit back now and enjoy the ride.
Probably smart!
It’s impossible to know the top of this Bull Market
… , so I try to sell a little on the really gigantic pumps…. And then try to buy some back when it has really big drops. The more Bitcoin you have next cycle the better you will be.
I'll have to keep that in mind. I have mostly just been holding the few sats I own.
I try to convert all my Hive to Sats when Hive pumps … or Bitcoin Dumps. But then you have to be watching the Charts all the time.
Yeah :) I ain't got time for that! I like building my HIVE account anyway.
Yeah…. Trading Hive for BTC on Hive-Engine is time consuming. It’s Much Easier to collect 15 % APR with HBD or 30% with some others.
Yes, it is as good as gold. Good evening and peace be upon you.
That advent calendar was a really nice initiative on your part. I'm impressed it made it as far as it has with people on and off line and missing a few days here and there.
It would be nice to see a prolonged bull run, maybe in January, but at least BTC is holding above $95K for the time being. I would like it to stay above one hundred thousand, maybe soon!
That's a really nice Gold Back you got, they are such a cool idea in micro gold!
Yeah, I thought the advent thing would be fun. It didn't really work out the way I had hoped, but it came closer than I guess it could have. At least no one ran off with the pot! I don't hold enough BTC for it to impact me too much this cycle. I'm keeping my eye on alts mostly.
I've been picking up small chunks over the last year, I may take some profits if it goes crazy high, otherwise I just may keep hoarding it. The advent did pretty well, interesting that it ended up in the Venezuelan community though. I've got a few friends there and one just happen to receive it!
That's cool. It's actually interesting how far across the globe it went. I'm also a little surprised at the ratio of female to male accounts that it passed through. I had a monthly buy happening during the bear. I stopped it a while ago when we needed extra money for our dogs medical bills.
That I understand all too well. Vet bills get expensive really fast!
Did you get frankincense and myrrh too?
Nope, just silver and chocolate!
I got chocolate and socks.
hehe not over until Jan 6th in my head and here New Year or Hogmanay is the big thing, we are most definitely still in holiday mode!
Fun seeing the advent thing every so often pop up on my feed.
Oh really? We already have our tree down here and most of the house is de-Christmas'd.
Wow!
Although the supermarkets are getting an earful here. They have seasonal aisles and some of them on Boxing day had taken all the christmas stuff away and replaced with Easter eggs!
Oh wow, skipped right over Valentines and St. Patrick's day did they? That is a bit crazy. We went to the store the other day and walked through the Christmas clearance section and it was pretty bare!
Well Yeah Easter is huge as every kind of chocolate has their own chocolate egg. St Patrick's day is pretty much a non event here. Yeah good shout about Valentines Day, but I am sure it won't belong before that starts to pop up.
I was pleased to have participated for the first time in the calendar, I wish you a happy new year, and I also wish a rise in cryptocurrencies greetings, thanks for the information @bozz
It was my pleasure! I am glad you were able to participate!
Glad you got it. I’m fine with you saying where it came from. I sent out over 20 of them to community members that I interact with. I couldn’t get a few addresses or it would’ve be more. There loss
Merry Christmas brother.
Merry Christmas to you as well! I really appreciate it!
That's wonderful to hear, @bozz ! It's amazing how a little generosity can travel far and spark joy in places we may never visit ourselves. It sounds like the HIVE has spread a lot of cheer and warmth this holiday season. 😊 Seeing those smiles and knowing you've made a difference—even in small ways—truly captures the spirit of the holidays. What a meaningful way to share the joy! 🌟 Thank you for allowing me to participate! Let's do it again next year!!!
This year's market performance has definitely been a rollercoaster. The concept of a Santa Claus rally, where stocks typically rise during the last five trading days of the year and the first two of the new year, is always fascinating to watch. Historically, this period has seen gains about 79% of the time from 1950, averaging a 1.3% increase. Let's hope that the market shows some cheer and finishes the year strong.
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Yeah, I think it worked pretty well this year with just a few hiccups. Who knows, maybe there will be several people that try to do it next year. That would be crazy with multiple pools of HIVE floating around!
You’ve created a new holiday tradition that could catch on! Even with a few hiccups, it's fantastic that everything came together so well, considering. And the idea of multiple pools of HIVE floating around next year is both exciting and humorous—organized chaos in the best way possible, right, @bozz? 😊
Yeah, I guess the blockchain makes it easy to follow it all. Unless the same person gets multiple pools at the same time.
That's a great gift!
With BTC, I'm not concerned about price at all. I'm in for the long term and long term the price is going to be much higher than now, so it's all good. I'm just DCAing in.
That's a good point, I honestly kind of feel the same way about BTC
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This is so cool. Maybe even start of a collection? 😉
Yes, market is crazy. When BTC reached 1k most people could never imagine it reaching 10k or even 30 or 40. Now we're at 100k. Imagine 1m 😏