At the moment, all HIVE that gets counted as income gets swapped into LEO for the distribution each week.
Great minds think alike - LBI is looking a fair bit more like what my personal wallets would look like if I had not cashed out most of my crypto to fiat to pay bills and keep a roof over my families head. LBI is giving me a chance to keep doing what I enjoy, but with funds that I can't cash out and regret having to sell - if that makes sense.
You gotta do what you gotta do, sorry to hear you had to liquidate out of necessity.
It does make sense indeed, at least you get to keep enjoying the game.
Let's hope the bull does indeed come next year and you can build back with the operator fees 👍🏼