You do pay a fee of a fraction of a percent to move from native Hive to Hive-Engine Hive
That is not a trading fee. It is a deposit/withdrawal fee. The lowest I know comes from HivePay](https://hivepay.io/swap) which is 0.2%
I have most of my cryptocurrency earning some form of a yield. The tiny bits I have liquid becomes useful when I want to have some flexibility with my finances.
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