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The SPUD4STEEM power up event is now only a couple of days away. The Steemit Iron Chef cooking contest broke all records for Round 2. Round 3 has now started. Today's Steem News also includes news and updates about Steem Skillshare, Crypto Trading Training, Steem in Thailand, Promo Steem, German Communities, Total Powered Up Steem, some useful guides and how-to's, and many more contests... --- ---

1. SPUD4STEEM only 3 days away

Organiser @kiwiscanfly has posted a reminder about the upcoming Steem Power Up Day on 1 June. This is a great opportunity to grow your influence on Steem, increase your curation rewards and be in with a chance of winning a share of the 21K SP of delegation donated by generous sponsors as prizes for the best power-uppers... * [**3 days until next SPUD4STEEM**](https://steemit.com/spud4steem/@kiwiscanfly/3-days-until-next-spud4steem) --- On the subject of powering up @irawandedy has started publishing the 'Steem Investing and Power Up News'... * [**STEEM INVESTING AND POWER UP NEWS - 1**](https://steemit.com/hive-103393/@irawandedy/steem-investing-and-power-up-news-1) He has also just announced the winners of his latest Steem Investing Contest... * [**Winner STEEM Investing Contest Edition 2**](https://steemit.com/hive-103393/@irawandedy/winner-steem-investing-contest-edition-2) --- ---

2. Full Steam Ahead for Steemit Iron Chef

There were a record 97 entries for Round 2 of Steemit Iron Chef. The top spot for this carrot round was shared between @reneepineda and @niven. Other prizes went to @crisvera (3rd), @heedysguevara (4th), @brigida-guerra (5th), @kejopo13 (6th), and @rosmerysanchez (7th=) and @midulceblog (7th=)... * [**WINNERS ANNOUNCEMENT : STEEMIT IRON CHEF 2021 ACT 1 ROUND 02 - CARROT THEME! Congratulations Everyone!**](https://steemit.com/hive-180301/@progressivechef/winners-announcement-steemit-iron-chef-2021-act-1-round-02-carrot-theme-congratulations-everyone) --- Round 3 of Steemit Iron Chef has now started. It runs until Friday and this week the theme is apples... * [**STEEMIT IRON CHEF ACT 1 ROUND 03 : Contest now open!!! 25 STEEM to win this week + Grand Reward Pool at 58 STEEM already and growing!**](https://steemit.com/hive-180301/@progressivechef/steemit-iron-chef-act-1-round-03-contest-now-open-25-steem-to-win-this-week-grand-reward-pool-at-58-steem-already-and-growing) --- ---

3. Steem Skillshare off to a great start

Steem Skillshare, the new community that matches tutors with students, has got off to good start. There is already someone offering Spanish lessons (@willeusz), as well as people looking for tuition and help with English conversation (@vik24), Japanese (@nyuywir-frank) and Chess (@natulya21)... * https://steemit.com/trending/hive-197809 --- Community founder @milakz has now set up a community account... * [**Steem Skillshare Community Account is created**](https://steemit.com/hive-197809/@milakz/steem-skillshare-community-account-is-created) --- ---

4. Crypto Trading & Crypto Training

Steem Infinity Zone Founder and professional Forex Trader and Trainer @cryptokraze is looking for ideas on what people would like to learn about Crypto Trading... * [**Brainstorming Ideas for Training on Crypto Trading by cryptokraze**](https://steemit.com/hive-136998/@cryptokraze/brainstorming-ideas-for-training-on-crypto-trading-by-cryptokraze) He has just delivered a first course on Risk Management to over 40 students via Zoom... * [**STEEMIT PAKISTAN Schooling - Crypto Training by Cryptokraze | How to Plan your Risk Management**](https://steemit.com/hive-136998/@cryptokraze/steemit-pakistan-schooling-crypto-training-by-cryptokraze-or-how-to-plan-your-risk-management) https://youtu.be/_vkxptusf2o --- ---

5. Steem Taking Off in Thailand

With support from @anroja and @nazarul of the Steem SEA team, @linlada639 and @pichat are working hard to grow the Steem community in Thailand... * [**The first communication I would like to share with Thai brothers and sisters in steemit**](https://steemit.com/hive-103393/@steemthai/steemit) * [**มาร่วมกันสร้างสังคมแห่งการแบ่งปันร่วมกันครับ**](https://steemit.com/hive-103393/@pichat/5ythgy) --- @el-nailul has also announced two new Mods for the Steem SEA Community - @linlada639 (Thailand) and @traderpaw (the Philippines)... * [**Official Announcement: 2 New MOD for SteemSEA Community from Thailand and Philippine**](https://steemit.com/hive-103393/@el-nailul/official-announcement-2-new-mod-for-steemsea-community-from-thailand-and-philippine) They join two other newly recruited Mods for Steem SEA - @heriadi and @herimukti - both from Indonesia... * [**Hadirnya Moderator Baru Untuk Steem SEA**](https://steemit.com/hive-103393/@anroja/hadirnya-moderator-baru-untuk-steem-sea) --- ---

6. Promo Steem Roundup

In Indonesia @naufal has been holding a meetup in a cafe to teach Steem basics to members of the Sahara Club literary community... * [**Meet Newcomers to Teach Directly The Basics of Steemit: A Guide for Newcomers**](https://steemit.com/hive-153176/@naufal/meet-newcomers-to-teach-directly-the-basics-of-steemit-a-guide-for-newcomers-50-steemcoffeeshop-steem-amal) --- In Ghana @magcarnie is working to establish a Steem Tech Club as part of Campus Connect Ghana to teach about Steem alongside basic IT skills. This is particularly targeting women, although men can join as well... * [**Promoting Steemit Through Steem Tech Club: Equipping Businesses With Basic Technology Needs And Signing Them Up On Steemit**](https://steemit.com/hive-153176/@magcarnie/promoting-steemit-through-steem-tech-club-equipping-businesses-with-basic-technology-needs-and-signing-them-up-on-steemit) --- In Cameroon @thegreens and @yeesja have been promoting Steem through a football match between their team Abakwa Entrepreneurs FC and a local team CAMSCI Freestyle FC... * [**Promoting Steemit Through Steem Tech Club: Equipping Businesses With Basic Technology Needs And Signing Them Up On Steemit**](https://steemit.com/hive-153176/@magcarnie/promoting-steemit-through-steem-tech-club-equipping-businesses-with-basic-technology-needs-and-signing-them-up-on-steemit) Abakwa Entrepreneurs won their previous encounter 1-0. We await to hear the result of this latest match... --- ---

7. German Communities

@greece-lover has started a community for Steemians in Germany... * [**[ENG / DEU] Steem-Germany starts - become a member and win 10 Steem ! | Steem-Germany geht an den Start - werde Mitglied und gewinne 10 Steem !**](https://steemit.com/hive-199722/@greece-lover/eng-deu-steem-germany-starts-become-a-member-and-win-10-steem-or-steem-germany-geht-an-den-start-werde-mitglied-und-gewinne-10) --- For German speakers in any country there is also the recently established Deutsch Unplugged community set up by @chriddi ... * [**Who is Who... in DEUTSCH UNPLUGGED**](https://steemit.com/hive-146118/@deutschunplugged/who-is-who-in-deutsch-unplugged) --- ---

8. Steem Powered Up

@remlaps has produced the latest stats for the total amount of powered up Steem. It has again reached a new high since @remlaps started recording of 118,295,620 Steem Power, with an approximate market value of $64 million. This is up from 117,542,190 Steem Power last week... * [**Steem Total Value Powered Up - $64 million - May 28, 2021**](https://steemit.com/steem/@remlaps-lite/steem-total-value-powered-up-usd64-million-may-28-2021) --- ---

9. Guides & How To's

Steemit-Türkiye Community Mod @habercitr has posted a guide to Steem Keychain... * [**Steem Keychain Nedir Nasıl Kurulur? What is Steem Keychain and How to Install it?**](https://steemit.com/hive-179764/@habercitr/steem-keychain-nedir-nasil-kurulur-what-is-steem-keychain-and-how-to-install-it) --- Founder and Admin of the new Steem Germany Community @greece-lover has produced a list of resources for German speaking newcomers to the platform.. * [**Support für deutschsprachige Mitglieder**](https://steemit.com/hive-172186/@greece-lover/support-fuer-deutschsprachige-mitglieder-version-in-english-nights-week) --- ---

10. 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 3 days @ 28 May 2021 - $530 to be won**](https://steemit.com/winwithsteem/@pennsif/win-with-steem-contests-closing-in-the-next-3-days-28-may-2021-usd530-to-be-won) --- @habercitr and @masumrbd have both produced compilations of current contests on Steem... * [**Active Competitions//Steemit Activity Club Community // (26.05.2021)**](https://steemit.com/hive-189521/@habercitr/active-competitions-steemit-activity-club-community-habercitr-26-05-2021) * [**Compilation of Ongoing Contests on Steemit - 24 May 2021**](https://steemit.com/hive-138339/@masumrbd/compilation-of-ongoing-contests-on-steemit-24-may-2021) --- ---

KEY DATA [ from CoinMarketCap ]

STEEM price	US$ 0.52	29 May '21 4.42pm UTC
STEEM price	0.00001492 BTC	29 May '21 4.42pm UTC
CoinMarketCap Ranking	#159	29 May '21 4.42pm UTC
SBD price	US$ 7.05	29 May '21 4.42pm UTC
Alexa rank (steemit.com)	#16,272	29 May '21 4.42pm UTC
Unique visitors (steemit.com)	216,917 / day	29 May '21 4.42pm UTC
Page views (steemit.com)	911,050 / day	29 May '21 4.42pm UTC

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