HELLO August 2025!
It's the 1st day of the month and that means it's HIVE Power Up Day again! 🎉🚀 Just like that, SEVEN MONTHS of the year of 2025 has gone past us already! 😱⌛️
The past month in crypto has been a rollercoaster yet again (hey it's crypto after all right? 😜) — July 2025 delivered gains, headlines, regulation, and sideways drama all wrapped into one.
First off, Bitcoin went nuclear, smashing through previous highs and poking above $123K mid-month, powered by ETF mania and heavy institutional demand. The total crypto market cap zoomed past $4 trillion, with almost all of of the top 100 coins in the green at one point. ETH wasn’t far behind, crossing $3.7K and flirting with the $3.9K – $4K zone by month's end (although the situation has changed somewhat today). Crypto sentiment moved fully into “greed territory,” with fresh ETF inflows showing no signs of slowing.
Amidst all the price action, the political and regulatory side came alive. Crypto Week in the U.S. Congress passed the landmark GENIUS Act and related bills. “Project Crypto” was unveiled, signalling a shift towards embracing ICOs, tokenized securities, and clearer rules around what counts as a security. An eye‑opening $9 billion BTC sell‑off by Galaxy Digital barely caused a stir, showcasing the market’s growing depth and maturity.
So... yup! July has been the month where the bulls have come out to play. BTC and ETH soared, meme‑coins lit up, infrastructure tokens gained respect, and US lawmakers delivered real crypto policy. Volatility still reigns, but with greater clarity and liquidity, this month felt like crypto stepping out of adolescence and into something much bigger.
Regardless, I still remain bullish on the long term future of BTC and HIVE. Is this the last opportunity to accumulate more at current prices before it moons beyond no return? Who knows? I believe in the long term and will stick to my regular DCA regardless. 😜📈🚀
Another month in this year has gone by in a flash! I've joined HIVE since November 2021 and I'm still learning so many new things everyday! I first heard of Hive Power Up Day in January 2022 and all its other acronyms (PUD, PUM, PUH 😂 what a mouthful) and I've participated in HPUD every month since then!
- I've attained yet another PUM badge for the month! 📅🥳 (at least 1 post/powerup everyday!).
Ever since I started with the HPUM initiative in 2022, I've tried my best to faithfully make one blog post everyday in an attempt to get the Hive Power Up Month badge. I've managed to make it successfully for 9 out of 12 months in 2022, and then improved on it in 2023 with 10 out of 12 months! I have managed to maintain a similar 10/12 result in 2024 again and I will be attempting to get as many as I can again (perhaps a perfect score?) in 2025! 🥳💯
Another successful month of making at least ONE post a day with 100% to HIVE powered up (or powering up 1 HIVE). 🥳
This makes it 6 months (thus far) where I managed this achievement IN THIS CURRENT year of 2025.
Blogging regularly and having the HPUM to incentivize me has other tangible benefits too! I've seen my Hive Power grow quite a fair bit. This seems like a good practice which I intend to continue keeping up with!
In my VERY FIRST month before before I ever heard about Hive Power Up Day/Month, I was at just 47 HP 😭 (Before Jan 1st 2022).
This month, before I've even powered up anything at all, I'm already at 17,086.347 HP! 🎉🎉🎉
That's how consistent blogging on HIVE, with (mostly) 100% allocated to Hive Power, improved my HIVE account!
And NOW... AND its POWERUP time! ⚡️💪 (1st AUGUST 2025)
Once again, I only have enough HIVE set aside for a 10HP powerup, but I'm sure with my continued efforts to blog with 100% powered up to HIVE, I will be able to grow my Hive Power even more!
Using https://hivestats.io/, I was able to pull out a chart showing my daily account growth for the past month too. Great to see that orange graph head upwards continually 📈😄! If only my stocks portfolio and the price of HIVE looked like that too 😂🤑.
💰💰💰💸💸💸🤑🤑🤑📈📈📈
As always, I usually make just the minimum powerup of 10 HIVE. This is because there are so many projects that I'm now invested in. The HIVE ecosystem is so much bigger than what I had thought it was when I first joined. I believe my constant allocation of most of my daily posts being 100% powered up is sufficient to grow my Hive Power daily. The rest of any funds from HIVE will usually be kept for other projects that are of interest to me (on HIVE of course 😁).
As always, I'll like to explain that the reason why I do not powerup every single bit of HIVE/HBD I get every month from my blogging is because I like to keep some liquidity around to invest in HIVE projects that I feel have some potential.
It is no secret by now that quite a bit of my extra funds lying around HIVE has been channelled into the Wrestling Organization Online aka WOO project! 🤑
After months of talking about WOO during my HPUD posts, I am glad to say that WOO has FINALLY launched the game proper! All players can use their WOO assets, play the game, and earn $WOO tokens. The game has not yet exploded in terms of player numbers since it is so new, but there are already launch campaigns to give it the boost it needs!
July was a packed month for WOO, with fans rallying hard behind the project on all fronts. The big push was all about getting WOO voted onto The Dapp List, a major spotlight for decentralized apps. The Hive community showed up in force, sharing tutorials, hyping each other up in Discord, and turning what could’ve been a simple vote into a full-blown digital wrestling spectacle. It wasn’t just about climbing rankings but showing the Web3 world that WOO doesn’t just play the game, it body-slams it.
Mid-month also brought a sudden, emotional twist with the news of Hulk Hogan’s passing. WOO responded fast, hosting a heartfelt live sitdown in Discord with Perry Saturn, giving fans a space to reflect and share memories. It showed the soul of the community — equal parts hype and heart. Between the voting campaign and the tribute event, July proved that WOO isn't just another project on Hive; it's the one that makes the ring shake, both in-game and in spirit.
I'll see you all again during the next Power Up Day next month with another update! Till then, See you and WAGMI! 💎🙌🏻🦍💪🏻
