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Steem keeps on Powering Up with Minnows, Dolphins and Orcas all growing. And the total Powered Up STEEM continues to grow as well. Today's Steem News also includes news and updates about World Smile Project, Robinia Swap Yield Farm DeFi, AVLE, Steem Infinity Zone, Steem Sri Lanka Anniversary Meetup, and SteemKids Cardboard Contest... --- ---

1. Steem Keeps on Powering Up !

The Steem Community is still powering up. SPUD4STEEM and the many community power up contests are having the desired effect. The latest stats from @steemchiller show a continued growth in the number of Minnows, Dolphins and Orcas over the last couple of weeks... --- Category | SP | 19 Aug '21 | 04 Sep '21 | % --- | --- | --- | --- | --- Redfish | under 500SP | 1,568,317 | 1,576,376 | + 0.51% Minnows | 500SP - 4,999SP | 6,179 | 6,199 | + 0.32% Dolphins | 5,000SP - 49,999SP | 1,186 | 1,202 | + 1.35% Orcas | 50,000SP - 499,999SP | 252 | 255 | + 1.19% Whales | over 500,000SP | 29 | 29 | + 0% --- _Please also note that in the table above the Steem Power values for each 'sea creature category' are only approximate, as the 'raw data' supplied by @steemchiller is based on Vests not SP._ _For example 'Minnows' refer to those people with 1,000,000 - 9,999,999 Vests, and 'Dolphins' refers to those with 10,000,000 - 99,999,999 Vests._ --- ---

2. Powered Up STEEM continues to grow

The rise in Powerups is also reflected in the latest stats from @remlaps on the amount of STEEM that is powered up. This past week has seen another rise of over a million to 136,662,881 STEEM powered up, equivalent to a value of $88,640,911. Powered-up STEEM has now been increasing for 51 consecutive days... * [**Steem Total Value Powered Up - $89 million - September 3, 2021**](https://steemit.com/steem/@remlaps-lite/steem-total-value-powered-up-usd89-million-september-3-2021) --- ---

3. World Smile Project Update

Founder @el-nailul has posted an update on current plans and progress for the World Smile Project. The main project is the building of a house for Manuel and his family in Venezuela. The budget for the construction will be around 1,000 SBD. Fundraising is going well and the project will be starting shortly. As well as the existing Free Education Program, @el-nailul gives some details of two new programs - the World Carbon Program and the Aquaculture and Fisheries Program... * [**WORLD SMILE PROJECT OFFICIAL REPORT: PROGRAM PREPARATION STAGE AND DESIGN**](https://steemit.com/hive-100004/@el-nailul/world-smile-project-official-report-program-preparation-stage-and-design) --- ---

4. Robinia Swap Yield Farm DeFi with STEEM

The Blokfield (Road of Riches) team have launched Robinia that provides Swap Yield Farm DeFi for STEEM... * [**Introducing Robinia Swap Yield Farm DeFi with STEEM**](https://steemit.com/robinia/@robinia/introducing-robinia-swap-yield-farm-defi-with-steem) --- ---

5. AVLE Update

Developer @etainclub continues to report on progress on his new AVLE dApp... * [**[AVLE] Profile - Top Posts, Categories, Bookmarks**](https://steemit.com/hive-192037/@etainclub/avle-profile-top-posts-categories-bookmarks) * [**[AVLE] Markdown Editor for Posting and Commenting**](https://steemit.com/hive-192037/@etainclub/avle-markdown-editor-for-posting-and-commenting) * [**[AVLE] One of Core Functions of AVLE Dapp - Profile**](https://steemit.com/hive-192037/@etainclub/avle-one-of-core-functions-of-avle-dapp-profile) --- ---

6. Steem Infinity Zone Refocuses

Steem Infinity Zone (SIZ) have announced that they are refining the focus of their community to only include tutorials and courses on IT and Tech... * [**Focusing on Community Content by Educating through IT/Tech Tutorials & Courses**](https://steemit.com/hive-181430/@siz-official/focusing-on-community-content-by-educating-through-it-tech-tutorials-and-courses) --- An example has come from @arie.steem with his Adobe Premiere Pro tutorial... * [**SIZ Tutorials 1 || How To Start Project & Create Sequence [Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2019]**](https://steemit.com/hive-181430/@arie.steem/siz-tutorials-1-or-or-how-to-start-project-and-create-sequence-adobe-premiere-pro-cc-2019) --- ---

7. Steem Sri Lanka Anniversary Meetup

The Steem Sri Lanka Community is hosting a virtual Anniversary Celebration Meetup on Sunday 12 September... * [**Steem Sri Lanka Anniversary Celebration Meetup | Save the Date**](https://steemit.com/hive-133716/@steem-sri.lanka/steem-sri-lanka-anniversary-celebration-meetup-or-save-the-date) --- ---

8. SteemKids Cardboard Contest

SteemKids Venezuela Moderator @saracampero has posted a contest just for children all about Cardboard. There is 50 STEEM in prizes and the contest runs until 12 September... * [**Steem Kids Contest | Developing children's creativity: Cardboard - week 1**](https://steemit.com/hive-139765/@saracampero/steem-kids-contest-or-developing-children-s-creativity-cardboard-week-1) --- ---

KEY DATA [ from CoinMarketCap ]

STEEM price	US$ 0.73	4 Sep '21 9.05pm UTC
STEEM price	0.00001448 BTC	4 Sep '21 9.05pm UTC
CoinMarketCap Ranking	#181	4 Sep '21 9.05pm UTC
SBD price	US$ 9.03	4 Sep '21 9.05pm UTC
Alexa rank (steemit.com)	#4,029	4 Sep '21 9.05pm UTC
Unique visitors (steemit.com)	690,190 / day	4 Sep '21 9.05pm UTC
Page views (steemit.com)	3,312,910 / day	4 Sep '21 9.05pm UTC

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