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Applications for January Community Curators are closing tomorrow. Pennsif is launching The Big 80 Challenge with 80,000 SP in prizes. Today's Steem News also includes news and updates about the Steemit Engagement Challenge, World Smile Project, Burning Steem, SteemdApps, a Steem Meetup in Korea, a Steem Bangladesh Online Meeting, and Contests on Steem... --- ---

1. Community Curators for January - Closing Tomorrow

Steemit is inviting applications from anyone who would like to become a Community Curator for January. Applications are closing tomorrow at 11:59 pm UTC, on Tuesday 27 December 2022... * [**Steemit Update [Dec 19th, 2022]: Community Curators for January - Applications Open**](https://steemit.com/steem/@steemitblog/steemit-update-dec-19th-2022-community-curators-for-january-applications-open) --- There have been 39 applications so far... * https://steemit.com/created/curatorapplication --- ---

2. The Big 80 - 80,000 SP in Prizes

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Community Witness @pennsif is launching a major new challenge on Steem. The Big 80 will run over 80 days, it will have 80 chances to win, and there will be a total prize fund of 80,000 SP in delegations. Stay tuned for more news... * [**[CONTEST] THE BIG 80 : 80,000 SP to be won - COMING SOON...**](https://steemit.com/contest/@pennsif/contest-the-big-80-80-000-sp-to-be-won-coming-soon) --- --- ### _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 has now reached #20. Thank you to everyone who has voted to help get to this position.** --- ---

3. Engagement Challenge - Season 6 Week 6

The Steemit Engagement Challenge has now moved on to the final week of Season 6. The 6th week of Season 6 has contests about New Year celebrations, gratitude, relationships, the role of witnesses, resolutions, memorable events of 2022, and Security Token Offerings... * [**Steemit Update [Dec 26th, 2022]: Steemit Engagement Challenge Season 6 - Week 6**](https://steemit.com/steem/@steemitblog/steemit-update-december-26th-2022-steemit-engagement-challenge-season-6-week-6) ---

4. Engagement Challenge Season 7

Steemit Inc is inviting communities to apply for Season 7 of the Engagement Challenge. The closing date for applications is 11:59 pm UTC, on Thursday 29 December... * [**Steemit Update [Dec 22nd, 2022] : Steemit Engagement Challenge - Applications Invited for Season 7**](https://steemit.com/steem/@steemitblog/steemit-update-dec-22nd-2022-steemit-engagement-challenge-applications-invited-for-season-7) So far there have been no applications... * https://steemit.com/created/engagementapplication --- ---

5. World Smile Project Updates

The World Smile Solar PV project run by @ubongudofot in Nigeria is making good progress in its fundraising. Funds will be considerably increased in the next few days following the significant donations from their Steemit Awards prize votes by @pennsif and @ubongudofot... * [**5,348 STEEM needed to complete the budget, let's keep donating !**](https://steemit.com/hive-153970/@ubongudofot/5-348-steem-needed-to-complete-the-budget-let-s-keep-donating) * [**WSP FINANCIAL REPORT - Account Income Progress [22nd December, 2022]**](https://steemit.com/hive-153970/@smilenigeria/wsp-financial-report-account-income-progress-22nd-december-2022) --- International Manager @irawandedy has posted an update on the general finances of the World Smile Project... * [**General Cash Book Update worldsmile Charity Account - End of Year 2022**](https://steemit.com/hive-153970/@irawandedy/general-cash-book-update-worldsmile-charity-account-end-of-year-2022) --- ---

6. Burning Steem

@remlaps continues to track the impact of Steemit's burnsteem25 campaign encouraging people to set a 25% beneficiary to @null to reduce the amount of STEEM, which potentially will increase its value. In the past week there have been 873 _burnsteem25_ posts. The total burnt since June has now exceeded 201K SP... * [**Burned tokens, rewards, and inflation summary December 24, 2022 - Total burn estimates : 201K STEEM/SP and 64 SBD**](https://steemit.com/blockchain-metrics/@remlaps-lite/burned-tokens-rewards-and-inflation-summary-december-24-2022-total-burn-estimates-201k-steem-sp-and-64-sbd) --- ---

7. SteemdApps Now Live

The SteemdApps website listing Steem Apps and dApps is now live. The site, based on an idea from @ponpase, has been built by @blockseater of the @stmpak.wit witness team with funding support from @rme... * [**steemdApps Live now. Happy Xmas !**](https://steemit.com/hive-151113/@steem.dapps/steemdapps-live-now-happy-xmas) The site can be viewed at... * http://steemdapps.com/ --- ---

8. Steem Meetup in South Korea

@support-kr has announced that a Steem Meetup will be taking place in Busan in South Korea on Saturday 4 February. The venue and time will be announced nearer the date... * [**Meetup in Busan: 2/4 (Sat)**](https://steemit.com/hive-101145/@support-kr/in-2-7) --- ---

9. Steem Bangladesh Online Meeting

Country Rep @msharif has announced that there will be an online meeting on Tuesday 27 December to discuss Steem Growth in Bangladesh... * [**Steemgrowth online meeting Bangladesh - 04 - Tuesday - 27 December at 9 pm, 2022 || We will talk about the progress of Steemit in Bangladesh**](https://steemit.com/hive-170554/@msharif/steemgrowth-online-meeting-bangladesh-04-tuesday-27-december-at-9-pm-2022-or-or-we-will-talk-about-the-progress-of-steemit-in) --- ---

10. Contests on Steem

@disconnect continues to publish his comprehensive daily list of current contests on Steem. There are 68 contests in the latest list with over 2200 STEEM in prizes... * [**Contest Alerts: Active Contest List on 26th Dec 2022 – Win 2200+ STEEM**](https://steemit.com/contestalerts/@disconnect/contest-alerts-active-contest-list-on-26th-dec-2022-win-2200-steem) --- ---

KEY DATA [ from CoinMarketCap ]

STEEM price	US$ 0.16	26 Dec '22 9.25am UTC
STEEM price	0.0000933 BTC	26 Dec '22 9.25am UTC
CoinMarketCap Ranking	#262	26 Dec '22 9.25am UTC
SBD price	US$ 2.17	26 Dec '22 9.25am UTC
Unique visitors (steemit.com)	147,720 / day	26 Dec '22 9.25am UTC
Page views (steemit.com)	282,146 / day	26 Dec '22 9.25am UTC

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