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Steemit Inc has announced the new Community Curator teams for June. Top 20 witness @pennsif has launched Steem Debates. Today's Steem News also includes news and updates about the STEEM v HIVE price, Steem Electricals, Steem Silver Rounds, SteemWatcher Portal, a Showcase Interview, and Contests on Steem... --- ---

1. Community Curators for June

Steemit has announced the Community Curators for June. This will be the first month with the new format of teams of three. Twenty teams applied and seven teams were selected. The team of @kouba01, @irawandedy and @steemdoctor1 have been allocated the @steemcurator03 account with 1.2M SP... * [**Steemit Update [ May 29th, 2024 ] : Community Curators for June**](https://steemit.com/steemit/@steemitblog/steemit-update-may-29th-2024-community-curators-for-june) --- ---

2. Steem Debates

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Top 20 witness @pennsif has launched a series of discussion posts looking at all the areas where Steemit Inc supports the community. The topics to be considered include the Club System, Burnsteem25, Engagement Challenges, Newcomers Achievements, Community Curators, Steem Reps, Booming... * [**Steem Debates : Do We Want Change?**](https://steemit.com/steem/@pennsif/steem-debates-do-we-want-change) First up is the Club System - join in the debate and give your views in the comments... * [**Steem Debates 1 : The Club System**](https://steemit.com/hive-127586/@pennsif/steem-debates-1-the-club-system) Steem Reps @o1eh and @alejos7ven have contributed to the Debate with posts of their own... * [**Steem Debates**](https://steemit.com/hive-127586/@o1eh/steem-debates) * [**What should change the Steemit Team? My opinion**](https://steemit.com/steem/@alejos7ven/what-should-change-the-steemit-team-my-opinion) --- --- ### _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 is now at #18. Thank you to everyone who has voted to help get to this position.** --- ---

3. STEEM v HIVE : Levelling Up

For the second time this month the price of STEEM overtook the price of HIVE for a short while last night, with the STEEM price peaking at $0.334. They are now running neck and neck with both around $0.30. For much of the time since the 'Big Split' the price of HIVE has been well above that of STEEM - as much as double for a long period of time. However over the last year or so the gap between STEEM and HIVE has been closing... * [**STEEM is higher than HIVE - Bullish!**](https://steemit.com/crypto/@justyy/steem-is-higer-than-hive-bullish) This closing of the prices is most likely due to the large amounts that flow out from the Hive DAO, and also the much higher value of SBDs over HBDs which makes Steem a more attractive platform for investors. --- The current price of STEEM is... * https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/steem/ The current price of HIVE is... * https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/hive-blockchain/ --- ---

4. Steem Electricals to take STEEM payments

Solar entrepreneur @ubongudofot is launching his new Steem Electricals business this coming Saturday. His new solar and electricals shop is in Uyo, Nigeria, and @ubongudofot is offering 10% discount vouchers for anyone attending the opening event. Steem Electricals is hoping to attract business from local Steemians by accepting payments for goods and services in STEEM... * [**Steem is accepted at Steem solar & electricals shop!**](https://steemit.com/steemelectric/@ubongudofot/steem-is-accepted-at-steem-solar-and-electricals-shop) --- _[ Editor : does anyone know of any other shops or businesses around the world that accept STEEM payments? ]_ --- ---

5. Steem Silver Rounds

@welshstacker and @xpilar are continuing to explore the possibilities for minting a new Steem Silver Round - "a 1oz silver coin that celebrates all things Steem". Three previous Steem Silver Rounds have been issued and they are all now collectors items. At least a thousand of the Rounds would need to be bought to make the economics of a new minting viable... * [**SteemSilverRound: A Blockchain-Powered Community Coin...**](https://steemit.com/steemsilvergold/@welshstacker/steemsilverround-a-blockchain-powered-community-coin) * [**SteemSilverRound: A Blockchain-Powered Community Coin...**](https://steemit.com/hive-185836/@xpilar/steemsilverround-a-blockchain-powered-community-coin) --- ---

6. SteemWatcher Portal

Lead developer @bountyking5 has announced that the login authentication system of the SteemWatcher Portal is being changed from a centralised system to a decentralised system. The team is working to integrate the login authentication of SteemWatcher with SteemConnect AUTH using Steem JS lib... * [**Development Progress on Decentralized Login Auth - SteemWatcher New Update**](https://steemit.com/hive-151113/@bountyking5/development-progress-on-decentralized-login-auth-steemwatcher-new-update) --- ---

7. Showcase Interview with @okere-blessing

@ubongudofot continues with his Showcase interviews, this time talking with Nigerian teacher and blogger @okere-blessing... * [**The Interview Showcase 97 - Exclusive Talk with a Nigerian teacher/blogger**](https://steemit.com/hive-111300/@ubongudofot/the-interview-showcase-97-exclusive-talk-with-a-nigerian-teacher-blogger) --- ---

8. Contests on Steem

@disconnect continues to publish his comprehensive daily list of current contests on Steem. There are 92 contests in the latest list with over 600 STEEM in prizes... * [**Contest Alerts : Active Contest List on 30th May 2024**](https://steemit.com/contestalerts/@disconnect/contest-alerts-active-contest-list-on-30th-may-2024) --- ---

KEY DATA [ from CoinMarketCap ]

STEEM price	US$ 0.30	30 May '24 5.46pm
CoinMarketCap Ranking	#389	30 May '24 5.46pm
SBD price	US$ 3.67	30 May '24 5.46pm
Unique visitors (steemit.com)	169,839 / day	30 May '24 5.46pm
Page views (steemit.com)	271,142 / day	30 May '24 5.46pm

--- --- This is #533 (30 May '24) of this news service. --- --- [ graphics by @pennsif ]