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Applications are closing very soon for Season 21 of the newly rebranded Learning Challenge. MemeCoins are flourishing on Steem with PUSS.Coin and TipTag. Today's Steem News also includes news about TRX rewards, @the-gorilla's steemit modernisation, a Showcase Interview, Steem DeFi, Meetups, and Contests... --- ---

1. Learning Challenge Season 21 - Closing Soon

Following the successful introduction of the Teaching Teams, the Steemit Engagement Challenge has been renamed as the Steemit Learning Challenge. Steemit Inc is inviting applications for Season 21 of the rebranded Challenge. There are again no restrictions on Steem Power, Reputation, nationality, language or community affiliations for applicants. The closing date is 11:59 pm UTC, on Thursday 17 October 2024, so just a couple of hours to get your applications in... * [**Steemit Update [October 11th, 2024] : Steemit Learning Challenge - Applications Invited for Season 21**](https://steemit.com/steemit/@steemitblog/steemit-update-october-11th-2024-steemit-learning-challenge-applications-invited-for-season-21) There have been over 40 applications so far... * https://steemit.com/created/teachingteam --- ---

2. Meme Coins are Go !

PUSS.Coin, established by the Amar Bangla Blog Community and founder @rme is flourishing. The coin is now on the MEXC and AsendEX exchanges... * [**PUSS - MEXC Market Update**](https://steemit.com/hive-165987/@puss.coin/puss-mexc-market-update) * [**$PUSS now on AscendEX**](https://steemit.com/hive-165987/@puss.coin/usdpuss-now-on-ascendex) Find out more about PUSS at... * https://puss.meme/ --- @iguazi123 and the @nutbox team continue their development of TipTag. TipTag is a social layer based on the Steem blockchain, that works across EVM Blink and Twitter/X. It provides a MemeCoin launchpad. The first MemeCoin on TipTag to debut on a DEX is $Slime... * [**The MemeCoin Launch Platform Supporting the Steem Blockchain — TipTag | 支持 Steem 区块链的 MemeCoin 发射平台 —— TipTag**](https://steemit.com/tiptag/@tip-tag/the-memecoin-launch-platform-supporting-the-steem-blockchain-tiptag-or-steem-memecoin-tiptag) A full Operation Guide is available on GitBook... * https://coincidence.gitbook.io/coincidence/v/tiptag/operation-guide/create-tag-space-deploy-usdtagcoin --- --- ### _Pennsif the Witness_

_After almost 2000 days on Steem I decided it was time to take my contribution to the platform to the next level._ _I have therefore set up as a Steem witness... **@pennsif.witness**_ _**If anyone would like to support what I already do, and what I am planning to do, by giving one of their 30 witness votes to @pennsif.witness I would be hugely grateful.**_ _You can read my full witness announcement here..._ * [_**pennsif.witness Witness Campaign Post**_](https://steemit.com/witness/@pennsif.witness/pennsif-witness-witness-campaign-post) **@pennsif.witness is now at #21. Thank you to everyone who has voted to help get to this position.** --- ---

3. TRX

Top 20 witness @ety001 has confirmed that the TRX reward notifications have now been removed from the Steemit condenser and the Steemit wallet... * [**[Notice] The TRX Distribution Code has been removed**](https://steemit.com/steemit/@ety001/notice-the-trx-distribution-code-has-been-removed-in-wallet) --- ---

4. DAO Watch : The-Gorilla

@the-gorilla continues to post updates on his DAO funded protect to modernise steemit.com. He has recently been working on the settings and banners for communities... * [**Proposal-86 : Change Log - Community Banner & Settings**](https://steemit.com/hive-151113/@the-gorilla/proposal-86-change-log-community-banner-and-settings) --- ---

5. Showcase Interview

@ubongudofot continues with his Showcase interviews, this time talking with Ukrainian teacher and blogger @sergeyk. @sergeyk is currently running one of the Teaching Teams on programming... * [**The Interview Showcase 118 : Exclusive Talk with a Ukrainian teacher/ blogger**](https://steemit.com/hive-111300/@ubongudofot/the-interview-showcase-118-exclusive-talk-with-a-ukrainian-developer-blogger) --- ---

6. STEEM, Bridges & DeFI

@donekim has announced that the UPVU team is currently developing a service that allows STEEM to utilize bridges and DeFi... * [**What if STEEM could also use bridges and DeFi?**](https://steemit.com/steem/@donekim/steem-defi) --- ---

7. Meetup Calendar

Two more meetups are planned before the end of the year... ---

2 November - Venezuela

* [**Anuncio para el meet up centro-norte venezuela (Estado Aragua)**](https://steemit.com/hive-188619/@mile16/anuncio-para-el-meet-up-centro-norte-venezuela-estado-aragua) * [**We begin preparations for the Meet Up Aragua 2024**](https://steemit.com/hive-113376/@adriancabrera/iniciamos-los-preparativos-para-el-meet-up-aragua-2024)

30 November - Nigeria

* [**The Financial Update For The Upcoming National Meetup**](https://steemit.com/hive-147599/@goodybest/the-financial-update-for-the-upcoming-national-meetup) * [**T-shirt update in view of the upcoming National meetup for Nigerian steemians**](https://steemit.com/hive-147599/@ngoenyi/mhgiz-t-shirt-update-in-view-of-the-upcoming-national-meetup-for-nigerian-steemians) --- _If anyone knows of any other Meetups being planned anywhere in the world please post in the Comments._ --- ---

8. Contest Corner

@disconnect continues to publish his comprehensive daily list of current contests on Steem. There are 109 contests in the latest list with over 600 STEEM in prizes... * [**Contest Alerts : Active Contest List on 17th October 2024**](https://steemit.com/contestalerts/@disconnect/contest-alerts-active-contest-list-on-17th-october-2024) --- ---

KEY DATA [ from CoinMarketCap ]

STEEM price	US$ 0.18	17 Oct '24 8.21pm UTC
CoinMarketCap Ranking	#414	17 Oct '24 8.21pm UTC
SBD price	US$ 2.67	17 Oct '24 8.21pm UTC
Unique visitors (steemit.com)	136,625 / day	17 Oct '24 8.21pm UTC
Page views (steemit.com)	217,577 / day	17 Oct '24 8.21pm UTC

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