The Steem News @ 17 November 2021 - The Dolphins are Growing...

The Dolphins are still growing in number.

229,000 STEEM has been powered up through SPUD4STEEM in 2021.

Today's Steem News also includes news and updates about Steemit Crypto Academy, Steem Japan, Club5050 T-Shirts, World Smile Project, Comunidad Latina, Steemit-Garden, Steem Entrepreneurs and Contests on Steem...

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1. Dolphin Watch

There is still a good way to go to reach the Dolphin Challenge target of 1,500 Dolphins, but the numbers continue to edge up every day.

The total now stands at 1,239 - up from 1,226 at the beginning of the month.

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Recent #ClubDolphin recruits include @karianaporras, @jotase and @disconnect...

• clubdolphin -"Cumpliendo Sueños, Alcanzando Metas"

• The Diary Game - Día 120 (13 de noviembre) - "Matrimonio de Salomé y Jorge; llegando a Delfín en Steemit"

• Powered-UP 1000 STEEM to Join the clubdolphin | 3800 Steem Powered for last 16 days

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There have also been a number of 'multiple dolphins'.

@hassanabid has become a Double Dolphin...

• Double Dolphin Reached ! - 10,000+ Own Staked Steem Power

@olesia has become a Triple Dolphin...

• POWER UP 1️⃣5️⃣,4️⃣3️⃣4️⃣.9️⃣3️⃣8️⃣ STEEM CLUB5050 TRIPLE DOLPHIN

@simonjay has become a Quintuple Dolphin...

• I Powered-UP To Quintuple Dolphin 25000-SP !! - 12/11/2021

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2. SPUD4STEEM Powering Up & Up

#SPUD4STEEM organiser @kiwiscanfly has compiled the statisitics for all monthly Power Up events for 2021 to date.

A massive 229,000 STEEM has been powered up through the SPUD4STEEM's in 2021...

• SPUD4STEEM YTD STATS

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3. Steemit Crypto Academy - Season 4 Roundup

Crypto Professor @sapwood has compiled the statistics for Season 4 of the Crypto Academy that has recently finished.

Over 6,000 homework posts were submitted to the Academy Professors...

• Comprehensive Summary Sheet | Steemit Crypto Academy | Season-4

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@sapwood also announced the three 'Season Superstars' who received a large vote from @steemcurator01...

• @wentv (Beginner level), @nobby9b (Intermediate) and @whitestallion (Advanced).

Congratulations to all three.

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4. Steem Japan - Steem #club5050 Tag Checker

Steem Japan has developed a service for checking the #club5050 status of all people using the tag in a community...

• Steem Japan: Club5050 Tag Member Check For All Community

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5. Club5050 T-Shirts

@klen.civil has produced a T-shirt to promote #club5050...

• Submission of club5050 Tag T-shirts as a Real Campaign to Cross-Community Steemians

@masril was among the first to receive a #club5050 T-shirt...

• Receive a T-shirt tag campaign: club5050 to strengthen it as an ecosystem in steemit

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6. World Smile Project Update

WSP Founder @el-nailul has published a Completion Report for the 'House for Manuel' project.

The house built in Venezuela for Manuel and his family, cost around $7,500 in the end - all raised through beneficiaries and donations on Steem...

• Venezuela Housing Program Completion Report

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@klen.civil has posted a progress update on the Free Education Centre project in Indonesia...

• World Smile Project : Construction of Free Education Center - Update November 16, 2021

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@irawandedy has given an update on the finances of the @worldsmile charity account...

• GENERAL CASH BOOK - worldsmile ACCOUNT CHARITY | Second Week of November 2021 Publication

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7. Community Watch

Comunidad Latina are celebrating that their community account @cotina has reached 100,000 SP...

• ¡¡SUPERADOS LOS 100,000 STEEM POWER!! | Gran híto histórico dentro de la Comunidad Latina

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Steemit-Garden Community, founded by @vipnata, has recorded an increase in Active Users of over 250%...

• +255% INCREASE in the number of Active Users in Steemit-Garden Community 12.11.2021

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@harferri reports that Steem Entrepreneurs is giving special awards to members of its community that are successfully taking part in #club75 and #club100...

• A special award for participation with Label club75 in the Steem Entrepreneurs community | steemkindness20pc

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8. Contests on Steem

@disconnect continues to publish his comprehensive daily list of current contests on Steem.

There are 109 contests in the latest list with over 2,250 STEEM in prizes...

• Contest Alerts: Active Contest List on 17th Nov 2021 – Win 2250+ STEEM

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KEY DATA [ from CoinMarketCap ]

STEEM price	US$ 0.65	18 Nov '21 0.18am UTC
STEEM price	0.00001080 BTC	18 Nov '21 0.18am UTC
CoinMarketCap Ranking	#294	18 Nov '21 0.18am UTC
SBD price	US$ 7.38	18 Nov '21 0.18am UTC
Alexa rank (steemit.com)	#3,180	18 Nov '21 0.18am UTC
Unique visitors (steemit.com)	862,737 / day	18 Nov '21 0.18am UTC
Page views (steemit.com)	4,658,780 / day	18 Nov '21 0.18am UTC

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This is #417 (17 Nov '21) of this daily news service.

Steem News is sponsored by @stephenkendal.

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