Before the July period, the top daily curation lists took about an average of $50-60 per listed entry.

I'm not sure what this means. Before July, I don't remember any real curation lists at all. I know @arhag made a few custom lists of rewards, but that was about it. So I'm not sure what you are describing.

Some of the things you mentioned seem a bit possibly overinvested to me. That may have made sense with 20x the reward pool but given the current size of the economy I'm not sure it really supports that level of 24/7 staffing, layers of vouching, etc. Just a thought, I don't know the details of your business model. Could be time to go leaner though, and try to keep the best of the positive impact that can be delivered with a lower footprint.