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Steem is Powering Up - and the Dolphins are multiplying ! And Powered Up STEEM continues to grow. Today's Steem News also includes news and updates about Club5050, SPUD4STEEM, World Smile Project, Steem Amal, Steem Meetups Program, and World of Xpilar... --- ---

1. Steem is Powering Up - especially the Dolphins !

It looks like Steemit's #Club5050 initiative is working. The latest stats from @steemchiller show a continued growth in the number of Minnows and Dolphins over the last couple of weeks. This is especially good as in the last update there had been a decline in the number of Dolphins. Considering #Club5050 has only been running for a couple of weeks this is a good result. Minnow and Dolphin numbers are most likely to benefit from the initiative - it might be a bit too hopeful to expect to see a rise in Orcas as well. It will be interesting to see the numbers after Club5050 has been running for a couple of months. --- Category | SP | 10 Oct '21 | 26 Oct '21 | % --- | --- | --- | --- | --- Redfish | under 500SP | 1,599,499 | 1,610,949 | + 0.72% Minnows | 500SP - 4,999SP | 6,196 | 6,223 | + 0.44% Dolphins | 5,000SP - 49,999SP | 1,210 | 1,223 | + 1.07% Orcas | 50,000SP - 499,999SP | 268 | 264 | - 1.49% Whales | over 500,000SP | 30 | 30 | + 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._ --- ---

2. Powered Up STEEM continues to grow

The latest stats from @remlaps show continued growth in the amount of STEEM that is powered up. The past week has seen continual growth of another half million to 142,584,138 STEEM powered up, equivalent to a value of $83,415,142... * [**Steem Total Value Powered Up - $83 million - October 24, 2021**](https://steemit.com/steem/@remlaps-lite/steem-total-value-powered-up-usd83-million-october-24-2021) --- ---

3. Club5050 gains momentum

The #Club5050 initiative to encourage people to power-up rather than cash out their STEEM continues to gain momentum on the platform. This week's Crypto Academy update shows that participation in #Club5050 will be having an increasing influence on how the votes of @steemcurator01 and @steemcurator02 are allocated... * [**Steemit Crypto Academy Update [ October 25th, 2021 ] - Season 4 : Week 8 Courses**](https://steemit.com/hive-108451/@steemitblog/steemit-crypto-academy-update-october-25th-2021-season-4-week-8-courses) --- For anyone unsure about how to check their power-ups and withdrawals @alikoc07 has made a very useful post explaining how to use the tools in @steemchiller's Steemworld.org to keep track... * [**To Easily Review 7 Days of Activity in Your Wallet: Two App Tips - For club5050 Tag**](https://steemit.com/club5050/@alikoc07/to-easily-review-7-days-of-activity-in-your-wallet-two-app-tips-for-club5050-tag) --- #Club5050 themed contests are proving to be very popular in many communities. Here are a couple of examples from @steemkidss, and from @irawandedy of Steem for Better Life... * [**STEEMKIDSS JUST POWERED UP 400 TO ENCOURAGE USERS TO REMAIN IN CLUB5050 || OUR SAVE BY POWER UP CONTEST IS HERE AGAIN, COME SUNDAY 24TH OCTOBER, 2021**](https://steemit.com/hive-139765/@steemkidss/steemkidss-just-powered-up-more-than-400-to-encourage-users-to-remain-in-club5050-or-or-our-save-by-power-up-contest-is-here) * [**Five club5050 Campaign Programs in Steem For Betterlife Community**](https://steemit.com/hive-153970/@irawandedy/five-club5050-campaign-programs-in-steem-for-betterlife-community) --- ---

4. SPUD4STEEM Guidelines

The next Steem Power Up event is coming up in just a few days time. Organiser @kiwiscanfly has posted a reminder of the rules to follow if you are entering the contest. It is well worth entering if you can as there is now 28,500 SP in delegations for the best power uppers... * [**SPUD4STEEM guidelines**](https://steemit.com/spud4steem/@kiwiscanfly/spud4steem-guideline-s) --- ---

5. World Smile Project Updates

The construction of the house for Manuel and his family in Venezuela is now nearing completion... * [**CONSTRUCTION PROGRESS UPDATES : A HOUSE FOR MANUEL FROM WORLD SMILE PROJECT - OCTOBER 24, 2021**](https://steemit.com/hive-153970/@klen.civil/construction-progress-updates-a-house-for-manuel-from-world-smile-project-october-24-2021) * [**REPORTE SEMANAL de POST - Construcción de UNA CASA PARA MANUEL (últimas imágenes oficiales)**](https://steemit.com/hive-153970/@hive-198626/reporte-semanal-de-post-construccion-de-una-casa-para-manuel-ultimas-imagenes-oficiales) --- The World Smile Project's other main current activity - the Free Education Centre in Aceh, Indonesia - is also progressing well as @sofian88 and @klen.civil report... * [**CONSTRUCTION PROGRESS UPDATE 35%: FREE EDUCATION CENTER - WORLD SMILE PROJECT PROGRAMS - OCTOBER 24, 2021**](https://steemit.com/hive-153970/@sofian88/construction-progress-update-35-free-education-center-world-smile-project-programs-october-24-2021) * [**World Smile Project : Construction of Free Education Center - Update October 24, 2021**](https://steemit.com/hive-153970/@klen.civil/world-smile-project-construction-of-free-education-center-update-october-23-2021) --- ---

6. Steem Amal Update

The Steem Amal charitable organisation in Indonesia has announced a change in its structure and ways of working. It is disbanding its Board and will be working through a network of volunteers... * [**Disbandment of Board Members and Guidelines for Volunteers**](https://steemit.com/hive-103393/@steem.amal/pembubaran-board-member-dan-pedoman-bagi-relawan) --- ---

7. Steem Meetups Program in Venezuela

@oscarcc89 and @saracampero have set up a Steem Meetups Program to give support to people wanting to run meetups in Venezuela. The first Meetup under this program is being organised by @alannaycrist03 in Anzoátegui on Friday 29 October... * [**Announcement: 1st Steem Meetup Venezuela Lecheria, Anzoátegui. | 50 STEEM to support**](https://steemit.com/hive-153176/@oscarcc89/announcement-1st-steem-meetup-venezuela-lecheria-anzoategui-or-50-steem-to-support) --- ---

8. World of Xpilar reaches 15K

The World of Xpilar Community has reached the major milestone of 15,000 subscribers... * [**IT'S AMAZING, WE ARE NOW 15000 SUBSCRIBERS IN THE WORLD OF XPILAR COMMUNITY**](https://steemit.com/hive-185836/@xpilar/it-s-amazing-we-are-now-15000-subscribers-in-the-world-of-xpilar-community) --- ---

KEY DATA [ from CoinMarketCap ]

STEEM price	US$ 0.60	26 Oct '21 0.19am UTC
STEEM price	0.00000944 BTC	26 Oct '21 0.19am UTC
CoinMarketCap Ranking	#196	26 Oct '21 0.19am UTC
SBD price	US$ 7.54	26 Oct '21 0.19am UTC
Alexa rank (steemit.com)	#3,275	26 Oct '21 0.19am UTC
Unique visitors (steemit.com)	838,087 / day	26 Oct '21 0.19am UTC
Page views (steemit.com)	4,609,481 / day	26 Oct '21 0.19am UTC

--- --- This is #409 (25 Oct '21) of this daily news service. Steem News is sponsored by @stephenkendal. --- --- [ graphics & images by @pennsif & @stephenkendal ]