Yep, @jk6276, I learned the lesson of "dry powder" during the split from ... "those other guys" ... and wrote a post about it.
I swore I would never make that mistake again. While always a bit of a balancing act, so far, so good!
P.S. I have also experimented on various ways to get "dry powder" in from outside Hive. I hope I live long enough to some true DexFi functionality here on our Hive blockchain, as that will be a red-letter day, for sure!
Yeah, the juggle is real, my biggest issue is in the Cosmos eco-system. I love the airdrops, but they all require keeping tokens staked, so while I have funds there, they are locked up usually for 21 days.
As for HIVE - It really does feel like a lot of HIVE likes how isolated it is. I don't get it, connecting - properly - to the bigger defi centers should be a no-brainer. Sadly, it is 2024 and the main way I bring funds to HIVE is still through a CEX - for me Binance. About the only thing I use any CEX for these days.
I'm watching the VSC project, and keeping my fingers crossed that it can be the option.