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<strong>Applications for Crypto Academy Professors and Promoters close today.</strong>

<strong>And the Season 3 Academy Superstars have been revealed.</strong>

<strong>Today's Steem News also includes news and updates about SPUD4STEEM, the World Smile Project, Cotina.Charity, Powered Up STEEM, the first Steem Archery Competition, SteemContest.com, and many more contests...</strong>

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<h2>1. Crypto Academy Recruiting Professors & Promoters</h2>

Steemit announced earlier in the week that they are recruiting more Professors for Season 4 that will be starting in a couple of weeks.

They are also recruiting for the new role of Crypto Academy Promoter.

Applications for both roles are closing today (Saturday, August 28th) at 11pm UTC.

So make sure you get your applications in quickly for a chance to join the Steemit Crypto Academy team...

* [**Steemit Crypto Academy Weekly Update [ August 23rd, 2021 ] - Recruiting Professors and Promoters**](https://steemit.com/hive-108451/@steemitblog/steemit-crypto-academy-weekly-update-august-23rd-2021-recruiting-professors-and-promoters)

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Crypto Academy Professor @sapwood has posted a full summary and analysis of Season 3.

The post includes the 'Season Superstars' for each of the three levels - @reddileep (Beginners),  @beckie96830 (Intermediate) and @fredquantum (Advanced)...

* [**Comprehensive Summary Sheet | Steemit Crypto Academy | Season-3**](https://steemit.com/hive-108451/@sapwood/comprehensive-summary-sheet-or-steemit-crypto-academy-or-season-3)

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<h2>2. SPUD4STEEM Coming Soon...</h2>

Organiser @kiwiscanfly has posted a reminder that the next Steem Power Up event is taking place on 1 September.

There is now a massive 26,000 SP in delegations for the best power uppers...

* [**7 day COUNTDOWN to SPUD4STEEM September**](https://steemit.com/spud4steem/@kiwiscanfly/7-day-countdown-to-spud4steem-september)

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<h2>3. World Smile Project House Progress</h2>

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Good progress is being made on the World Smile Project house for Manuel and his family in Venezuela. 

Funds are being raised, plans for the house have been prepared by @klen.civil and @sofian88, and the ground for the house has been cleared by members of Crypto.Kids.

Venezuela project coordinator @Mariana4ve has posted an update...

* [**Avances del Programa UNA CASA PARA MANUEL WorldSmileProject50pc**](https://steemit.com/hive-198626/@hive-198626/avances-del-programa-una-casa-para-manuel-worldsmileproject50pc)

@migue14 from Crypto.Kids posted about the clearance of the land...

* [**1-Report of the land of Manuel's house**](https://steemit.com/hive-198626/@migue14/1-report-of-the-land-of-manuel-s-house)

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@mariana4ve also reports on the delivery of the rest of the medical equipment bought for the local community through the World Smile Project...

* [**The Diary Game 08/26/2021 (194) "Delivering the rest of the Medical Teams" worldsmileproject50pc**](https://steemit.com/hive-198626/@mariana4ve/el-juego-del-diario-26-08-2021-194-entregando-el-resto-de-los-equipos-medicos-worldsmileproject50pc)

* [**El Programa de Prestamos de Equipos Médicos INICIÓ**](https://steemit.com/hive-198626/@hive-198626/el-programa-de-prestamos-de-equipos-medicos-inicio)

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<h2>4. Cotina.Charity</h2>

Comunidad Latina have launched a community charity @cotina.charity.

The charity, initially funded mainly by the @symbionts and @cotina team, have identified a first project to support an orphanage in Venezuela...

* [**ANUNCIO: Primeras actividades para el cotina.charity | ANNOUNCEMENT: First activities for cotina.charity | ANÚNCIO: Primeiras atividades para cotina.charity [ESP-ENG-PORT]**](https://steemit.com/hive-188619/@cotina/anuncio-primeras-actividades-para-el-cotina-charity-or-announcement-first-activities-for-cotina-charity-or-anuncio-primeiras)

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<h2>5. Powered Up STEEM continues to grow</h2>

@remlaps has published another update on the amount of STEEM that is powered up.

This past week has seen another impressive rise of almost 2 million to 135,539,430 STEEM powered up, equivalent to a value of $79,908,490.

Powered-up STEEM has now been increasing for 44 consecutive days...

* [**Steem Total Value Powered Up - $80 million - August 27, 2021**](https://steemit.com/steem/@remlaps-lite/steem-total-value-powered-up-usd80-million-august-27-2021)

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<h2>6. Steem Archery Competition</h2>

Long time Steem Promoter @stephenkendal is sponsoring the first Steem Archery Competition.

He is supporting archery expert @akbar2468 to run the Steem Archery Competition in Indonesia on 5 September...

* [**STEEM ARCHERY COMPETITION CHAMPIONSHIP - Sponsorship Agreement with akbar2468 to Sponsor the first Steem Archery Competition Championship in Indonesia**](https://steemit.com/promo-steem/@stephenkendal/steem-archery-competition-championship-sponsorship-agreement-with-akbar2468-to-sponsor-the-first-steem-archery-competition)

* [**PROMO-STEEM || Archery Competition Championship, Sponsorship SK || by akbar2468**](https://steemit.com/hive-153176/@akbar2468/promo-steem-or-or-archery-competition-championship-sponsorship-sk-or-or-by-akbar)

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<h2>7. SteemContest.com</h2>

@arie.steem and @sogata are working together on a new website to promote contests on Steem...

* [**STEEMCONTEST.COM - Introduction (a platform that provide all contest informations on steemit)**](https://steemit.com/hive-153176/@arie.steem/steemcontest-com-introduction-a-platform-that-provide-all-contest-informations-on-steemit)

* [**How does it work and how to upload the contest and what technology is used on steemcontest.com**](https://steemit.com/hive-153176/@sogata/how-does-it-work-and-how-to-upload-the-contest-and-what-technology-is-used-on-steemcontest-com)

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<h2>8. Contests</h2>

Comunidad Latina has a new contest for dreamers.

There is 30 STEEM in prizes, and entries must be in by 31 August...

* [**Concurso COTINA : Notas de un soñador Edición 1 / Notas de um Dreamer Edição 1 [PORT-ESP]**](https://steemit.com/hive-188619/@cotina/concurso-cotina-notas-de-un-sonador-edicion-1-notas-de-um-dreamer-edicao-1-port-esp)

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In Draft Crearte @deisip67 is running a contest for children all about 'The Tiger and the Hare'.

There is 30 STEEM in prizes, and entries must be in by 31 August...

* [**Creartekids-Workshop - 03 /Read and let your imagination fly. / ¡30 STEEM in prizes ! [Español /English]**](https://steemit.com/hive-109427/@deisip67/creartekids-workshop-03-read-and-let-your-imagination-fly-30-steem-in-prizes-espanol-english)

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The Writing & Reviews Community wants to know about your Paranormal Experiences in their latest contest.

There is  50 STEEM in prizes, and you have until 30 August to enter...

* [**THIS WEEK'S CONTEST: Paranormal experiences - 50 STEEMS IN PRIZES // CONCURSO SEMANAL: Experiencias paranormales - 50 STEEMS EN PREMIOS**](https://steemit.com/hive-111825/@writingnreviews/this-week-s-contest-paranormal-experiences-50-steems-in-prizes-concurso-semanal-experiencias-paranormales-50-steems-en-premios)

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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$ 0.58</td>
<td style="width: 33.3333%; height: 22px;">28 Aug '21  9.29am UTC</td>
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<td style="width: 33.3333%; height: 22px;">STEEM price</td>
<td style="width: 33.3333%; height: 22px;">0.00001189 BTC</td>
<td style="width: 33.3333%; height: 22px;">28 Aug '21  9.29am UTC</td>
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<td style="width: 33.3333%; height: 22px;">CoinMarketCap Ranking</td>
<td style="width: 33.3333%; height: 22px;">#184</td>
<td style="width: 33.3333%; height: 22px;">28 Aug '21  9.29am UTC</td>
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<td style="width: 33.3333%; height: 22px;">SBD price</td>
<td style="width: 33.3333%; height: 22px;">US$ 7.98</td>
<td style="width: 33.3333%; height: 22px;">28 Aug '21  9.29am 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;">#4,336</td>
<td style="width: 33.3333%; height: 22px;"><a href="https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/steemit.com">28 Aug '21  9.29am 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;">690,190 / day</td>
<td style="width: 33.3333%; height: 22px;"><a href="https://hypestat.com/info/steemit.com">28 Aug '21  9.29am 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;">3,243,891 / day</td>
<td style="width: 33.3333%; height: 22px;"><a href="https://hypestat.com/info/steemit.com">28 Aug '21  9.29am UTC</a></td>
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This is #397 (28 Aug '21) of this daily news service.

Steem News is sponsored by @stephenkendal.

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<em>[ graphics & images by @pennsif & @stephenkendal  //  World Smile Project ]</em>