After a difficult start to the week Steem is settling snuggly into the new era of #newsteem.
Steemit Inc have posted their retrospective of recent events.
3Speak has announced a burn initiative, the delegation applications keep coming and 
And there is also news from Dporn, OCD, 
1. Steemit Inc Update and Look Back
Steemit Inc have posted their retrospective for August, and for the Hardforks 21 & 22 - what went well and what didn't, what could have gone better and what lessons have been learnt...
Meanwhile 
2. 3Speak announces burn initiative
Steem based video platform 3Speak have announced a new initiative to help reduce the inflation of the platform, and hopefully improve the price of STEEM.
They will be burning 3% of all post rewards on 3Speak videos by setting a 3% beneficiary to 
Steem commentator 
Meanwhile 3Speak have just launched an account on Twitter. Give them a follow to keep up to keep to date with new developments...
3. Delegation Applications
Several more applications for delegations have been submitted to the 
4. representing Steem at Anarchadelphia
Leading Steem advocate
She is giving a main stage presentation, appearing on a crypto panel and teaching a Steem workshop...
5. Dporn's Vision
Steem's adult content app 
6. New Venezuelan curation project
OCD co-witness 
The curation will be led by 
7. The Account Creation Problem - a solution?
D-Lux co-founder
8. Splinterlands Fantasy Story and Music Contest
Splinterlands (
The prize pool is 15 Booster Packs...
9. PYPT Monthly Points Contest
Co-ordinator of the long running Pimp Your Post Thursday show 
10. Advertisting Steem
Game developer
KEY DATA [ from CoinMarketCap & 
]
(change on previous day in brackets // n/c = no change)
| Steem price | US$ 0.166 | 09 Sep '19 01:57am UTC |
| SBD price | US$ 0.808 | 09 Sep '19 01:57am UTC |
| CoinMarketCap Ranking | #78 (+3) | 09 Sep '19 01:57am UTC |
| FCAS Score | 802 (-5) / A / #19 | 09 Sep '19 01:57am UTC |
| No. of Whales | 37 (n/c) | 07 Sep '19 |
| No. of Orcas | 340 (+1) | 07 Sep '19 |
| No. of Dolphins | 2118 (+8) | 07 Sep '19 |
| No. of Minnows | 9274 (-2) | 07 Sep '19 |
| Alexa rank (steemit.com) | #6,487 (-259) | 09 Sep '19 01:57am UTC |
| Unique visitors (steemit.com) | 207,000 / day | 09 Sep '19 01:57am UTC |
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This is #168 (08 Sep '19) of this daily news service.
Please note - before the break in publishing the last edition of The Steem News was #153 which was published on 6 May 2019.
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