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SPUD4STEEM has had a good day of powering up. ACOM has launched a Steem dividend token. Today's Steem News also includes news and updates about PromoSteem, RUPA Bot, SUT, Project Affable, The Greens Steem Bank, Ghana Care, some Guides & How To's and many more contests... --- ---

1. Keep Buying STEEM & Powering Up

The monthly SPUD4STEEM event is just drawing to a close with organizer @kiwiscanfly reporting an impressive 18K SP being powered up... * [**18,000 Steem Powered up so far - THERE IS STILL TIME TO ENTER**](https://steemit.com/spud4steem/@kiwiscanfly/18-000-steem-powered-up-so-far-there-is-still-time-to-enter) Powering up shouldn't just be a once a month activity. People should be powering up continuously to build up their influence and curation power on the platform. As well as powering up the SBDs you earn, it is even better if you can buy some STEEM on an exchange. That helps increase the price of STEEM, and gives you a chance to enter @vipnata's latest 'BUY STEEM' contest with 30 STEEM to be won... * [**NEW CONTEST! "I BUY STEEM" (Competition announcement)**](https://steemit.com/contest/@vipnata/new-contest-i-buy-steem-competition-announcement) @remlaps has done some data analysis to calculate that there is currently over $100 million of STEEM powered up... * [**Steem Total Value Powered Up - $102 million**](https://steemit.com/steem/@remlaps-lite/steem-total-value-powered-up-usd102-million) --- ---

2. ACOM launches Steem Dividend Token

ADSactly's ACOM project has launched ACOM DVT - a new token on Steem-Engine that pays TRX dividends... * [**ACOM Launches New Steemit Dividend Token - ACOM DVT**](https://steemit.com/steemit/@acom/acom-launches-new-steemit-dividend-token-acom-dvt) Demand has been strong for the token with over 70% of the first batch already sold... * [**In Less Than 24 Hours We Have Sold 701 ACOM DVT Out Of 1000 Listed - Incredible!**](https://steemit.com/steemit/@acom/in-less-than-24-hours-we-have-sold-701-acom-dvt-out-of-1000-listed-incredible) @acom has also given its view on the current price progress of STEEM... * [**Current Performance Of Steem - Doing All It Can To Return To The Dollar Mark**](https://steemit.com/steemit/@acom/current-performance-of-steem) --- ---

3. PromoSteem Spreading

PromoSteem events are continuing to pop up all around the world. @nattybongo reports on his promotional meetup in a shopping mall in Kumasi in Ghana... * [**Steem Ghana Promoters Meetup at the Kumasi City Mall**](https://steemit.com/hive-153176/@nattybongo/steem-ghana-promoters-meetup-at-the-kumasi-city-mall) @event-horizon in Pakistan has been doing a live session with Instagrammers to promote Steem... * [**Live Session with Instagrammers (including bloggers and influencers) for Steemit Promotions and Guidance**](https://steemit.com/hive-153176/@event-horizon/live-session-with-instagrammers-including-bloggers-and-influencers-for-steemit-promotions-and-guidance-or-20-to-promo-steem) In the Philippines @jenesa has been introducing Steem to his senior high school students... * [**PROMOTING THE STEEM BLOCKCHAIN AT SCHOOL | INTRODUCING STEEMIT TO MY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS**](https://steemit.com/hive-153176/@jenesa/promoting-the-steem-blockchain-at-school-or-introducing-steemit-to-my-senior-high-school-students) And @arie.steem is continuing his Facebook advertising compaign in Indonesia... * [**Day 24 Update - Steemit Campaign On Facebook 2 ( 38,615 Reach - 1,337 Click - 17 User Response ) **](https://steemit.com/hive-153176/@arie.steem/day-24-update-steemit-campaign-on-facebook-2-38-615-reach-1-337-click-17-user-response-10-to-steem-amal-and-promosteem-com) --- ---

4. Development Growing

Witness @steem-supporter is bringing back the RUPA Discord notification bot... * [**RUPA BOT IS BACK**](https://steemit.com/steem/@steem-supporter/rupa-bot-is-back) --- Developer and Country Rep @neerajkr03 has been adding more countries to the Steemit New User Tracking system... * [**SUT - Steemit New User Tracking - Adding Remaining Countries To Track Newcomers' Activity/List**](https://steemit.com/hive-192037/@neerajkr03/sut-steemit-new-user-tracking-adding-remaining-countries-to-track-newcomers-activity-list) --- @starlord28 has been making refinements to automate @sapwood's Project Affable system... * [**Project Affable Participants List Automation Tool Deployed!**](https://steemit.com/hive-196725/@starlord28/project-affable-participants-list-automation-tool-deployed) --- And @roadofrich's SteemField and @etainclub's [PLAY STEEM] are both making good development progress as well. --- ---

5. Africa Blooming

In Cameroon @thegreens are launching a bank to provide exchange and banking services to local Steemians... * [**The Greens Steem Bank | A rapid exchange and banking service for Cameroonian steemians**](https://steemit.com/hive-195150/@thegreens/the-greens-steem-bank-or-a-rapid-exchange-and-banking-service-for-cameroonian-steemians) --- Steem Ghana has set up the Ghana Care Charity Foundation to carry out humanitarian projects in the local community... * [**INTRODUCING GHANA CARE CHARITY FOUNDATION**](https://steemit.com/hive-187593/@ghanacare/introducing-ghana-care-charity-foundation) Country Rep @njaywan reports on Ghana Care's first project to provide mosquito nets to households in Navrongo... * [**ACTS OF KINDNESS - GIVING OUT MOSQUITO NETS TO HOUSEHOLDS IN NAVRONGO**](https://steemit.com/hive-187593/@njaywan/acts-of-kindness-giving-out-mosquito-nets-to-households-in-navrongo-10-to-ghanacare) --- ---

6. Guides & How To's

As part of his Steemit Education Series @cryptokraze has posted a useful guide on how to power up your STEEM... * [**Steemit Education Series | How to Power Up using Steem**](https://steemit.com/hive-181430/@cryptokraze/steemit-education-series-or-how-to-power-up-using-steem) --- ---

7. Contests, Contests, Contests...

**As an offshoot of Steem News @pennsif now publishes a daily listing of the 'soon to close' contests on Steem...** * [**WIN WITH STEEM : Contests closing in the next two days @ 1 May 2021 - $800 to be won**](https://steemit.com/winwithsteem/@pennsif/win-with-steem-contests-closing-in-the-next-two-days-1-may-2021-usd800-to-be-won) --- @habercitr who runs the Steemit Contest Club Community has produced a compilation of current contests on Steem... * [**Active Competitions / Steemit Contest Club Community (28.04.2021)**](https://steemit.com/hive-189521/@habercitr/active-competitions-steemit-contest-club-community-habercitr-28-04-2021) --- ---

KEY DATA [ from CoinMarketCap ]

STEEM price	US$ 0.93	2 May '21 5.07am UTC
STEEM price	0.00001639 BTC	2 May '21 5.07am UTC
CoinMarketCap Ranking	#160	2 May '21 5.07am UTC
SBD price	US$ 7.62	2 May '21 5.07am UTC
Alexa rank (steemit.com)	#21,515	2 May '21 5.07am UTC
Unique visitors (steemit.com)	182,407 / day	2 May '21 5.07am UTC
Page views (steemit.com)	583,703 / day	2 May '21 5.07am UTC

--- --- This is #346 (1 May '21) of this daily news service. --- --- [ graphics & images by @pennsif ]