This is the second issue of The Daily Steem! Its all about what's been happening at Steemit, a rundown of the big accounts, the trading activity, hot posts, and anything else I can think to add at the time. I'm looking to improve this report by adding more data etc...but it really depends what people want to see, so if you enjoy it please give me feedback ( Hive account@moneybags ) on how to improve it.

Before I go any further, I would like to thank those who supported the first issue of The Daily Steem, Hive account@extrospect Hive account@rubenalexander Hive account@evanfravert Hive account@whatisnew Hive account@grapthar Hive account@teamo Hive account@omertality . One day I will repay the support in spades, but until then all I have to offer is new versions of the publication. Cheers to you all

One last piece of housekeeping, i'll be enjoying the summer at the cottage for the next four days, so no Daily Steem editions, but i've got some new ideas and when its resumed next week, it will be bigger, better, and more informative.

STEEM/BTC Market Performance Over the Past 24 Hours

Steem has not been doing well over the past 24 hours, but no fears, this is simply a buying opportunity. Or do you have a different view?

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Todays Top Authors

The top earner was Hive account@penguinpablo with 305 SP, well below yesterdays 522 SP, but still not bad for a days work. We had seven Steemians earn over 200 SP over the past 24 hours by authoring content. If you know of an author who didn't earn anything close to this amount, but think they should have, then please link to their blog below and we'll consider adding a top list for the next edition of The Daily Steem.

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Todays Top Curators

Posting blogs isn't the only way to strike it rich, these content curators took home some massive rewards as well, especially Hive account@abit who has taken the lead spot for the second day in a row, this buy is a whale! You'll need a large account to score well in curation rewards though, as whales beget whales here.

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What Activities Generate the Most Steem?

Well hands down the answer is authorship, writing blogs is key if you want to grow in the community, but on top of just publishing content, you also need to grow your own power, network, and community in order to have people help curate your posts towards the Hot and Trending areas where most of the magic happens. So keep on blogging, even if you aren't getting traction, you will, hang in there!
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Todays Biggest Power Ups

And welcoming some new whales today, and some that are just growing, here are the 10 biggest power ups from the past 24 hours. Great to see some new big money entering the Steem economy.

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The 25 Richest Whales

Seven of the top 25 richest whales are currently powering down. The poorest of these whales still has an account valued at $1. 6 million, must be nice! And six of them are powering down, no judgement.

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Questions, comments, feedback? We want to hear from you #dailysteem Hive account@moneybags