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Steemit have announced seven new Crypto Professors. Power Ups are working and the Dolphins are still growing. Today's Steem News also includes news and updates about SPUD4STEEM, Steemit Weekly, Steem Business Magazine, Steemit Pakistan, PLAY STEEM, SteemAuto, SteemCoffee Shop, some useful guides and how-to's, and many more contests... --- ---

1. Steemit Crypto Academy - new Professors

Steemit has announced seven new Professors for the Crypto Academy. @allbert (Venezuela), @asaj (Ukraine), @awesononso (Nigeria), @cryptokraze (Pakistan), @lenonmc21 (Venezuela), @reminiscence01 (Nigeria) and @wahyunahrul (Indonesia) will be joining the team for Season 3 which starts next week... * [**The Steemit Crypto Academy : Appointment of new Crypto Professors [ June 16th, 2021 ]**](https://steemit.com/hive-108451/@steemitblog/the-steemit-crypto-academy-appointment-of-new-crypto-professors-june-16th-2021) --- ---

2. Power Ups are Working !

Power up are still going strong and #welovepowerups is a common sight. This is definitely working as the latest stats from @steemchiller show. Minnows, Dolphins and Orcas are still increasing... --- Category | SP | 02 Jun '21 | 14 Jun '21 | % --- | --- | --- | --- | --- Redfish | under 500SP | 1,534,110 | 1,544,425 | + 0.67% Minnows | 500SP - 4,999SP | 5,927 | 5,994 | + 1.13% Dolphins | 5,000SP - 49,999SP | 1,088 | 1,106 | + 1.65% Orcas | 50,000SP - 499,999SP | 221 | 224 | + 1.36% Whales | over 500,000SP | 26 | 26 | + 0.00% --- _Please also note that in the table above the Steem Power values for each 'sea creature category' are only approximate, as the 'raw data' supplied by @steemchiller is based on Vests not SP._ _For example 'Minnows' refer to those people with 1,000,000 - 9,999,999 Vests, and 'Dolphins' refers to those with 10,000,000 - 99,999,999 Vests._ --- Many individuals and communities are holding contests to encourage people to power up. @irawandedy, for example, runs a weekly Steem Investing Contest with a 30 STEEM prize pool... * [**STEEM Investing Contest 4th Edition [Billingual]**](https://steemit.com/hive-103393/@irawandedy/steem-investing-contest-4th-edition-billingual) @irawandedy also regularly posts the 'Steem Investing and Power Up News'... * [**STEEM INVESTING AND POWER UP NEWS - 545 Power Up | History Date June 14, 2021**](https://steemit.com/hive-103393/@irawandedy/steem-investing-and-power-up-news-545-power-up-history-date-june-14-2021) --- ---

3. SPUD4STEEM gets bigger...

Organiser @kiwiscanfly has announced the 1 July Steem Power Up event will have an even bigger prize pool. @alejos7ven and @fjjrg have joined as sponsors and @randulakoralage has increased her prize delegation. The total prize pool now stands at 23,500 SP... * [**SPUD4STEEM Prize Pool Increase's AGAIN**](https://steemit.com/spud4steem/@kiwiscanfly/spud4steem-prize-pool-increase-s-again) * [**SPUD4STEEM PRIZE POOL GROWING +22K**](https://steemit.com/spud4steem/@kiwiscanfly/spud4steem-prize-pool-growing-22k) --- ---

4. Steemit Magazines

@papi.mati has released the first edition of his promotional Steemit Weekly... * [**1st edition of Steemit Weekly**](https://steemit.com/hive-185837/@papi.mati/1st-edition-of-steemit-weekly) He also running a contest for people to help promote the magazine... * [**Mini contest - share the newspaper in social media**](https://steemit.com/hive-185837/@papi.mati/mini-contest-share-the-newspaper-in-social-media) --- Promo-Steem Promoter @oscarcc89 has also just released the first issue of his new Steem Business Magazine... * [**Steem Business Magazine | Edition 01 / June**](https://steemit.com/hive-165917/@oscarcc89/steem-business-magazine-or-edition-01-june) --- _Maybe @papi.mati and @oscarcc89 could collaborate on a joint magazine...?_ --- ---

5. Pakistan Developments

Country Rep @haidermehdi reports on significant new developments for Steem in Pakistan. He has opened a Steem office and secured agreement to use a large hall for meetups. New City Representatives have also been appointed - @jawad101 (Rawalpindi), @salmanwains (Lahore) and @dabeerahmed (Karachi)... * [**Weekly Report by Country Representative Pakistan! New-Office and Hall Under Construction!||Announcing City Representatives || STEEM PROMOTION ON THE WAY!**](https://steemit.com/hive-166405/@haidermehdi/reposting-the-weekly-report-by-country-representative-pakistan-new-office-and-hall-under-construction-or-or-announcing-city) --- ---

6. PLAY STEEM iOS News

Developer @etainclub has posted to inform iPhone users that the iOS version of the app is not currently available as it has expired. A new edition with added features will be made available shortly... * [**[PLAY STEEM] Urgent Notice for iPhone Users**](https://steemit.com/hive-192037/@etainclub/play-steem-urgent-notice-for-iphone-users) --- ---

7. SteemAuto Update

@xpilar has posted clarification about the use of active keys when using the SteemAuto service that he has recently taken over... * [**There have been questions about the use of *active keys* when using SteemAuto, We will explain it**](https://steemit.com/hive-185836/@xpilar/there-have-been-questions-about-the-use-of-active-keys-when-using-steemauto-we-will-explain-it) --- ---

8. SteemCoffee Shop

Project Advisor @el-nailul has published an update on progress with the SteemCoffee Shop. The second adjoining piece of land that they wanted to rent is no longer available. Instead they have switched to a separate third patch of adjoining land. They will now be getting started with the construction of the Coffee Shop... * [**Official Report : Steemcoffeeshop Progress Update - New Land**](https://steemit.com/hive-153176/@steemcoffeeshop/official-report-steemcoffeeshop-progress-update-new-land) --- ---

9. Guides & How To's

Witness @unbiasedwriter has posted about how you can schedule posts using @xpilar's new SteemAuto service... * [**Do not forget that you can schedule posts, also on the Steem blockchain!**](https://steemit.com/steem/@unbiasedwriter/do-not-forget-that-you-can-schedule-posts-also-on-the-steem-blockchain-1623152906) --- Uganda Country Rep @yohan2on has given details of how to do various operations in the Steemit wallet... * [**All you need to know about the Steemit wallet (Transfering steem and SBDs, buying and Selling Steem, Powering up your steem)**](https://steemit.com/hive-175065/@yohan2on/all-you-need-to-know-about-the-steemit-wallet-transfering-steem-and-sbds-buying-and-selling-steem-powering-up-your-steem) --- @cherub27 has published a step-by-step guide of how to buy Steem on Binance and transfer it to your Steemit wallet... * [**HOW TO TRANSFER STEEM FROM BINANCE TO STEEMIT WALLET**](https://steemit.com/hive-142140/@cherub27/how-to-transfer-steem-from-binance-to-steemit-wallet) --- ---

10. Contests, Contests, Contests...

@masumrbd has produced a compilation of current contests on Steem... * [**Compilation of Ongoing Contests on Steemit - 14 June 2021**](https://steemit.com/hive-138339/@masumrbd/compilation-of-ongoing-contests-on-steemit-14-june-2021) --- ---

KEY DATA [ from CoinMarketCap ]

STEEM price	US$ 0.41	16 Jun '21 7.27pm UTC
STEEM price	0.00001063 BTC	16 Jun '21 7.27pm UTC
CoinMarketCap Ranking	#179	16 Jun '21 7.27pm UTC
SBD price	US$ 6.26	16 Jun '21 7.27pm UTC
Alexa rank (steemit.com)	#12,234	16 Jun '21 7.27pm UTC
Unique visitors (steemit.com)	276,076 / day	16 Jun '21 7.27pm UTC
Page views (steemit.com)	1,187,126 / day	16 Jun '21 7.27pm UTC

--- --- This is #370 (16 Jun '21) of this daily news service. --- --- [ graphics & images by @pennsif ]