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<strong>The next SPUD4STEEM power up event is only 10 days away.</strong>

<strong>The Steem Infinity Zone has launched its community bank.</strong>

<strong>Today's Steem News also includes news and updates about the Steem-Invoice Android App, Scribe V2, PLAY STEEM, the Cameroon Steemit Njangi, the WhereIN Airdrop, Designs for STEEM, some useful guides and how-to's, and many more contests...</strong>

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<h2>1. SPUD4STEEM Coming Soon with 21.5K SP</h2>

SPUD4STEEM organiser @kiwiscanfly has posted a reminder that the next power up event is coming up on 1 June.

Courtesy of the generous sponsors - @xpilar, @steem.history, @hingsten, @bippe, @kiwi-crypto, @steem-supporter, @steemchiller, @kiwiscanfly, @randulakoralage, @adeljose, @mariana4ve, @abuahmad - the prizes have increased again this month with 21,500 SP of delegation for the best power uppers...

* [**11 day COUNTDOWN to JUNE #SPUD4STEEM**](https://steemit.com/spud4steem/@kiwiscanfly/11-day-countdown-to-june-spud4steem)

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<h2>2. SIZ Exchange Launch</h2>

Community founder @cryptokraze has announced the launch of SIZ Exchange - the official Retail Exchange and Bank for the Steem Infinity Zone.

SIZ Exchange will provide inhouse exchange services for members who want to cash out STEEM or SBDs without incurring the usual external exchange costs.

> SIZ Exchange will be a Non-Profit Service and we will use the amount received on SIZ Exchange Account for supporting SIZ projects and Power UP our Official Community account...

* [**[Announcement] Launching SIZ Exchange | Community Official Retail Exchange and Bank | 50% to @siz-official**](https://steemit.com/hive-181430/@cryptokraze/announcement-launching-siz-exchange-or-community-official-retail-exchange-and-bank-or-50-to-siz-official)

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@thegreens have also recently launched a community bank for Steem Cameroon members...

* [**The Greens Steem Bank | A rapid exchange and banking service for Cameroonian steemians**](https://steemit.com/hive-195150/@thegreens/the-greens-steem-bank-or-a-rapid-exchange-and-banking-service-for-cameroonian-steemians)

* [**The Greens' Steemit Bank Weekly Report | cheap, rapid and reliable Steem exchange services/loans for Cameroonian steemians**](https://steemit.com/steemit/@thegreens/the-greens-steemit-bank-weekly-report-or-cheap-rapid-and-reliable-steem-exchange-services-loans-for-cameroonian-steemians)

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<h2>3. Steem-Invoice Android App</h2>

@sogata has now launched an Android app version of the Steem invoicing system he developed when he recently started accepting STEEM payments in his men's clothing store...

* [**Steem-Invoice Now launch Android App**](https://steemit.com/hive-153176/@sogata/steem-invoice-now-lounch-android-app)

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<h2>4. Post History Checking Tool - Scribe V2</h2>

Developer @starlord28 has developed a very useful tool for checking the history of a post on the blockchain.

Scribe V2 is inspired by an original Scribe tool built a couple of years or so ago...

* [**New Tool For Steem | Introducing Scribe V2**](https://steemit.com/hive-196725/@starlord28/new-tool-for-steem-or-introducing-scribe-v2)

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<h2>5. PLAY STEEM Update</h2>

Developer @etainclub has posted his 'To-Do' list of things to fix and further develop on the PLAY STEEM app...

* [**[PLAY STEEM] Todo List-Things to develop**](https://steemit.com/hive-101145/@etainclub/play-steem-todo-list)

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<h2>6. The Cameroon Steemit Njangi</h2>

@steem-cameroon have posted more details of the Cameroon Steemit Njangi.

Steem Cameroon have adapted the traditional Cameroon Njangi savings club model to help build their community curation account. They are targeting 100,000 SP within two years...

* [**The Cameroon Steemit Njangi: a steem program to retain/reward steemians and power up steem-cameroon to 100k SP**](https://steemit.com/hive-195150/@steem-cameroon/3daxzl-the-cameroon-steemit-njangi-a-steem-program-to-retain-reward-steemians-and-power-up-steem-cameroon-to-100k-sp)

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<h2>7. WhereIN Airdrop</h2>

@wherein has given an update on their next PNUT airdrop.

Seventy users have so far received the airdrop; a further 220 still need to register their Tron ID to receive their airdrop...

* [**WhereIN Airdrop and The New Airdrop UI**](https://steemit.com/hive-155234/@wherein/wherein-airdrop-and-the-new-airdrop-ui)

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<h2>8. Designs for STEEM</h2>

Graphic Designer @lopzdaniel is now offering his services for payment in STEEM or SBD.

His design work includes posters, logos, illustrations for T-shirts etc...

* [**Solicita tu servicio de diseño gráfico y paga en SBD o STEEM!**](https://steemit.com/hive-193637/@lopzdaniel/solicita-tu-servicio-de-diseno-grafico-y-paga-en-sbd-o-steem)

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<h2>9. Guides & How To's</h2>

Colombia-Original Community Moderator @josevas217 has produced a guide to the different Steem keys...

* [**APRENDAMOS A UTILIZAR LAS CLAVES EN STEEMIT**](https://steemit.com/hive-113376/@josevas217/aprendamos-a-utilizar-las-claves-en-steemit)

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<h2>10.  Contests, Contests, Contests...</h2>

**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 two days @ 20 May 2021 - $370 to be won**](https://steemit.com/winwithsteem/@pennsif/win-with-steem-contests-closing-in-the-next-two-days-20-may-2021-usd370-to-be-won)

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@masumrbd has produced a compilation of current contests on Steem...

* [**Compilation of Ongoing Contests on Steemit - 17 May 2021 - 5% of this post will go to BD Charity**](https://steemit.com/hive-138339/@masumrbd/compilation-of-ongoing-contests-on-steemit-17-may-2021-5-of-this-post-will-go-to-bd-charity)

@shahriar33 has also compiled a list of contests organised in communities...

* [**Steem Journal | Steem Community Contests Status**](https://steemit.com/hive-145160/@shahriar33/steem-journal-or-steem-community-contests-status)

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<h4>KEY DATA  [ from <a href="https://coinmarketcap.com/">CoinMarketCap</a> ]</h4>

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<td style="width: 33.3333%; height: 22px;">STEEM price</td>
<td style="width: 33.3333%; height: 22px;">US$ 0.73</td>
<td style="width: 33.3333%; height: 22px;">21 May '21 3.41am UTC</td>
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<td style="width: 33.3333%; height: 22px;">STEEM price</td>
<td style="width: 33.3333%; height: 22px;">0.00001803 BTC</td>
<td style="width: 33.3333%; height: 22px;">21 May '21 3.41am UTC</td>
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<td style="width: 33.3333%; height: 22px;">CoinMarketCap Ranking</td>
<td style="width: 33.3333%; height: 22px;">#148</td>
<td style="width: 33.3333%; height: 22px;">21 May '21 3.41am UTC</td>
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<td style="width: 33.3333%; height: 22px;">SBD price</td>
<td style="width: 33.3333%; height: 22px;">US$ 8.66</td>
<td style="width: 33.3333%; height: 22px;">21 May '21 3.41am UTC</td>
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<td style="width: 33.3333%; height: 22px;">Alexa rank (steemit.com)</td>
<td style="width: 33.3333%; height: 22px;">#17,199</td>
<td style="width: 33.3333%; height: 22px;"><a href="https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/steemit.com">21 May '21 3.41am UTC</a></td>
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<td style="width: 33.3333%; height: 22px;">Unique visitors (steemit.com)</td>
<td style="width: 33.3333%; height: 22px;">216,917 / day</td>
<td style="width: 33.3333%; height: 22px;"><a href="https://hypestat.com/info/steemit.com">21 May '21 3.41am UTC</a></td>
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<td style="width: 33.3333%; height: 22px;">Page views (steemit.com)</td>
<td style="width: 33.3333%; height: 22px;">867,667 / day</td>
<td style="width: 33.3333%; height: 22px;"><a href="https://hypestat.com/info/steemit.com">21 May '21 3.41am UTC</a></td>
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This is #359 (20 May '21) of this daily news service.

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