I recently paid for a private verification of my account from @steemverify for 3 SBD.
Great to hear you supporting the STEEM ecosystem & thanks for the mention.
This type of trading activity helps to increase the value of STEEM just like a regular economy. The value of the economy is growing.
The value will come from transactions. I believe 2017 we'll see something come around that well help us push out more transactions with STEEM.
There is a big year in store. Looking forward to it.