Well this thread sure is quiet! It sure has been ages since I poked my head around BitcoinTalk. Figured it was worth mentioning that 'supernode' rewards have been restored for NEM! In the past there was a very high minimum XEM holding threshold for rewards that excluded most people from participating, but it has now been lowered to a mere 10k XEM!

If you have 10k XEM and any experience hosting a node / IT aptitude, it's worth looking into - https://nem.io/supernode/

I'm also surprised how many people seem to think NEM is bankrupt -- NGL and the NEM Foundation are no longer operational, but a substantial treasury remains and most of the OG NEM devs are still actively working on both NEM and Symbol(XYM). Focus has shifted to the Japanese market, where XEM and XYM got the most traction.