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SPUD4STEEM is only three days away on 1 July. Season 3 of the Steemit Crypto Academy is underway. Today's Steem News also includes news and updates about the the first Steem Mart, Steemit Weekly, Steem Business Magazine, Steem Meetups in Nigeria and Indonesia, PLAY STEEM, Steemit Iron Chef, the Steem.Amal Housing Project, some useful guides and how-to's, and many more contests... --- ---

1. SPUD4STEEM on 1 July

Organiser of SPUD4STEEM, @kiwiscanfly, has posted a reminder that the July power up event is only a few days away. Thanks to the generous sponsors the prize pool now stands at 24,000 SP of delegation... * [**Four Days till July SPUD4STEEM**](https://steemit.com/spud4steem/@kiwiscanfly/four-days-till-july-spud4steem) @kiwiscanfly has also published the current rules and guidelines again for those taking part... * [**SPUD4STEEM GUIDELINES/RULES**](https://steemit.com/spud4steem/@kiwiscanfly/spud4steem-guidelines-rules) --- --- ### CONTEST ALERTS from @disconnect

_Disconnected Rat is doing an excellent job compiling a comprehensive list of all the many contests appearing on Steem every day._ _There are currently almost 100 active contests with over 2300 STEEM on offer..._ * [**Contest Alerts: Active Contest List on 28th June 2021 – Win 2300+ STEEM**](https://steemit.com/contestalerts/@disconnect/contest-alerts-active-contest-list-on-28th-june-2021-win-2300-steem) _@adollaraday is delighted to have the support of @disconnect as an official fundraising partner._ --- ---

2. Crypto Academy Season 3

Season 3 of the Steemit Crypto Academy has got off to a good start with the new Beginners Level Introductory Courses. These are open to anyone with a Reputation of 50+, who has at least 125 SP and who has completed Achievement Task 4 in the Newcomers Community... * [**The Steemit Crypto Academy : Season 3 : Beginners Level Introductory Courses**](https://steemit.com/hive-108451/@steemitblog/the-steemit-crypto-academy-season-3-beginners-level-introductory-courses) The regular weekly Academy Courses for all three levels - Beginners, Intermediate and Advanced - begin tomorrow. --- ---

3. The First Steem Mart is Open

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@milakz has rebranded her store in Kazakhstan as the first Steem Mart shop in the world. As well as having the new Steem name and logo, and accepting payment in STEEM / SBD, the shop is a great way to promote the platform and encourage people to sign up... * [**First STEEM-MART SHOP IS OPENED NOW. FIRST CLIENTS of STEEM-MART. 10% payout TO PROMOSTEEM.COM. Adollaraday**](https://steemit.com/hive-153176/@milakz/first-steem-mart-shop-is-opened-now-first-clients-of-steem-mart-10-payout-to-promosteem-com) --- ---

4. Steem Magazines

@papi.mati has published the second edition of the Steemit Weekly... * [**Steemit Weekly N°2/2021**](https://steemit.com/hive-185837/@papi.mati/steemit-weekly-n-2-2021) --- @oscarcc89 has produced the second edition of the Steem Business Magazine... * [**Steem Business Magazine | Edition 02 / June**](https://steemit.com/hive-165917/@oscarcc89/steem-business-magazine-or-edition-02-june) --- ---

5. Steem Meetups

SteemAlive City Coordinator @talktofaith reports on a successful Steem Meetup in Lagos, Nigeria with over 20 people attending... * [**Hurreeyyy! Lagos City Steemit Meetup Was A Huge Success || I Am Happy To Be A Steemit Promoter || Meetup Hosted By Talktofaith**](https://steemit.com/hive-153176/@talktofaith/hurreeyyy-lagos-city-steemit-meetup-was-a-huge-success-or-or-i-am-happy-to-be-a-steemit-promoter-or-or-meetup-hosted-by) --- Indonesia Country Reps @radjasalman and @heriadi held a meetup of Steemians in Lhokseumawe City in Aceh... * [**Meetup Steemian Matang Kuli and Lhokseumawe**](https://steemit.com/hive-119463/@radjasalman/meetup-steemian-matang-kuli-dan-lhokseumawe) --- ---

6. PLAY STEEM Updates

Developer @etainclub continues to post regular updates on PLAY STEEM's progress... * [**[PLAY STEEM] Improving Comment Fetching**](https://steemit.com/hive-192037/@etainclub/play-steem-improving-comment-fetching) * [**[PLAY STEEM] New Feature is Coming - New Post Push**](https://steemit.com/hive-192037/@etainclub/play-steem-new-feature-is-coming-new-post-push) * [**[PLAY STEEM] Auto Voting is Working!**](https://steemit.com/hive-192037/@etainclub/play-steem-auto-voting-is-working) --- ---

7. Steemit Iron Chef Winners

@progressivechef has announced the winners of Round 6 of Steemit Iron Chef. Congratulations to @crisvera, @yolimarag, @niven, @sanuri, @roquiro, @joelqui, @kejopo13, @elianisa09, @brigida-guerra and @elide for your delicious looking orange recipes... * [**WINNERS ANNOUNCEMENT : STEEMIT IRON CHEF 2021 ACT 1 ROUND 06 - ORANGE THEME!!! Congratulations Everyone!**](https://steemit.com/hive-180301/@progressivechef/winners-announcement-steemit-iron-chef-2021-act-1-round-06-orange-theme-congratulations-everyone) This week's round of the cooking contest focuses on Cucumbers... * [**STEEMIT IRON CHEF ACT 1 ROUND 07 : Contest now open!!! 25 STEEM to win this week + Grand Reward Pool over 123 STEEM already and growing! Join to win!**](https://steemit.com/hive-180301/@progressivechef/steemit-iron-chef-act-1-round-07-contest-now-open-25-steem-to-win-this-week-grand-reward-pool-over-123-steem-already-and-growing) --- ---

8. Steem.Amal Housing Project

Steem.Amal Program Manager @el-nailul reports on the great progress on building their first Steem funded house, including 3-D models produced by @sofian88... * [**STEEM.AMAL OFFICIAL REPORT: 3D complete modeling of Steem.amal housing Project**](https://steemit.com/hive-103393/@el-nailul/steem-amal-official-report-3d-complete-modeling-of-steem-amal-housing-project) Steem.Amal Engineering Specialist @klen.civil gives a further update on the house construction... * [**UPDATE PROGRESS 18% : STEEM AMAL HOUSING PROJECT BY ENGINEER SPECIALIST (JUNE 25, 2021)**](https://steemit.com/hive-103393/@klen.civil/update-progress-18-steem-amal-housing-project-by-engineer-specialist-june-25-2021) @miftahuddin has posted an update on the finances of the project... * [**Update the Financial Realization Report of the Steem.Amal Housing Project Phase III 29%**](https://steemit.com/hive-103393/@miftahuddin/update-the-financial-realization-report-of-the-steem-amal-housing-project-phase-iii-29) --- ---

9. Guides & How To's

@alejos7ven has posted details of what HTML code can be used on Steemit... * [**¿Que Códigos HTML puedes utilizar en Steemit? Guía Markdown para mejorar tus post**](https://steemit.com/hive-139293/@alejos7ven/que-codigos-html-puedes-utilizar-en-steemit-guia-markdown-para-mejorar-tus-post) --- @ponpase gives details of how he bought STEEM with HIVE on Hive Engine... * [**I Bought STEEM With HIVE on HIVE ENGINE And Power Up | Guides And Tutorials [PromoSteem]**](https://steemit.com/hive-153176/@ponpase/i-bought-steem-with-hive-on-hive-engine-and-power-up-or-guides-and-tutorials-promosteem) --- Steem Infinity Zone founder @cryptokraze has produced a compilation of all his very useful Steemit Education tutorials... * [**SIZ Official Tutorials Compilation | Steemit Education Series**](https://steemit.com/hive-181430/@cryptokraze/siz-official-tutorials-compilation-or-steemit-education-series) --- ---

KEY DATA [ from CoinMarketCap ]

STEEM price	US$ 0.25	28 Jun '21 0.43am UTC
STEEM price	0.00000718 BTC	28 Jun '21 0.43am UTC
CoinMarketCap Ranking	#195	28 Jun '21 0.43am UTC
SBD price	US$ 4.14	28 Jun '21 0.43am UTC
Alexa rank (steemit.com)	#9,677	28 Jun '21 0.43am UTC
Unique visitors (steemit.com)	345,095 / day	28 Jun '21 0.43am UTC
Page views (steemit.com)	1,483,908 / day	28 Jun '21 0.43am UTC

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