This is the #35 (uninterrupted) issue of "Week through Adrian's Lenses" weekly roundup.
Let's see what we have for this week.
Week on Hive
20 of 45 tracked posts made it to this week's issue of the "Week on Hive" roundup.
HiveFest 8 In Two Weeks
HiveFest's dedicated mobile app - created by @roelandp - has been updated with details regarding Hivefest 8 in Rosarito, and waiting to be a useful companion guide for participants.
Time for participants to let organizers know of their itinerary and if they have special dietary requirements.
Haven't secured your ticket yet? Price will go up by 50% in a few days.
Can't afford the ticket? You still have a chance to win one of two tickets sponsored by Blocktrades. But you have to pay for your traveling and accommodation expenses.
As always, participants to HiveFest will receive a HiveBuzz badge for the event. Participation to multiple Hivefests will be marked accordingly.
Hive at BREATHE! Las Vegas Next Week
But before Hivefest, Hive will have a massive presence at a huge convention for future tech and Web3 in Las Vegas. I've talked about it in more details this week, but this is the official announcement.
Yabapmatt Talks About Hive
He hasn't done that for a while, being focused on Splinterlands, but at his 6 years anniversary on Hive, he shared some of his viewpoints, including about one of the recent hot topics, interest on HBD.
Mobile Update for Ecency
Among the added features are Waves on mobile (short form content) and Quick Token Swaps (between HIVE and HBD). Here are all the details.
Leofinance Marketing Campaign
Leo published a blueprint for organic social media growth, describing with details what works and what doesn't in Web2 to help promote Leofinance or Hive and the action steps they'll take and how the community can help for this direction of the marketing campaign.
Quick Updates
- The Crypto Maniacs podcast reached episode 250 (Dan and starkerz were invited with the occasion)
- TravelFeed.io now has an AI chatbot that can help plan travel
- Want to see what accounts received what from Value Plan during the last 365 days? themarkymark made a list.
- Hive Power Ventures by empoderat will be launched tomorrow
- remember to sell your CL tokens; project is closing down
Life of Hive
11th Borehole Project Initiated in Ghana
As always, the team comes with something new. This time we have a video with the drilling.
McSamm was invited at CTT to talk about this new borehole project and not only. A more applied discussion on the sustainability of the project long term, the size it can grow to using only Value Plan funding and more was initiated by starkerz.
Hive in Venezuelan Press
Genuinely socializing can get someone... an interview. This appears to be the case here, and Hive got the spotlight.
In a different place, ConectaTech was a tech and Web3 event held in Valencia, Venezuela. Looks like Hive got a mention in the local paper as well, on top of the presentation(s) at the event. Here's one of multiple posts describing ConectaTech:
Pushup Challenge in Lebanon
Actifit held a fun challenge in the Beirut waterfront area, where many people who want to walk gather, according to the post.
They offered cash prizes for reaching certain number of pushups, and also very cool cards promoting Actifit and the Hive ecosystem.
Collaboration between Hive and Museum of Fine Arts from Caracas Moves On
Looks like the artists went through a photo/video session, they were onboarded on Hive and they will publish their own introductions.
Week in the Crypto World
FASB Says Crypto Assets Should Be Marked at Current Values
That appears to be one of the reasons why institutional investors do not invest in bitcoin as a treasury asset. One by one, the reasons for them not to buy and hold bitcoin are removed. More details can be found here.
Sell ETH to Fiat Directly From Metamask
News broke this week that Metamask added the possibility to sell ETH to fiat directly. For now in the US, UK, and probably the Eurozone (article says parts of Europe, but mentions payments in Euro), but the support will extend. The fiat currencies currently supported are USD, GPB and EUR. This article dives into the subject.