Actifit are going from strength to strength. Steemhouse Publishing gets the proof of their first book. @platforms might buy your articles. And if you are interested in submitting a proposal for the Steem Foundation design drop in on @aggroed's meeting in the PAL/MSP Discord at 6pm UTC on Sunday. --- ---

Actifit sponsors world ranking athletes

Actifit is moving forward in leaps and bounds. Steem's leading fitness dapp is now sponsoring husband and wife badminton stars Lasitha Menaka @lasitha and Christine Look @christinelook.

Lasitha and Christine are both professional badminton world ranked professionals, who play singles and doubles. Lasitha is the former #1 Men's single in Sri Lanka, with a world ranking of 112. Christine previously held world top 150 in world's women singles. Last year in the 2018 U.S. Adult Nationals, they placed 4th place in Mixed Doubles. Lasitha placed 3rd in men's singles.

Introducing Actifit's New Sponsored World Ranked Professional Badminton Athletes: Lasitha Menaka & Christine Look. New Actifit Ambassador. Call Out Fitbit iOS Testers. Competition Still Running! Daily Updates

Actifit Sponsored Athletes: Lasitha Menaka & Christine Look

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Proof of first novel arrives at Steemhouse Publishing

Steemhouse Publishing has hit a significant milestone with the arrival of the proof of the first book they are producing - 'High Kill' by Diane Ryan...

Steemhouse Publishing: "High Kill" Proof Copy Has Arrived!

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@platforms launches a 'Pay to Write' service

Founded by @steemitqa and @jglake, @platforms is launching a new service where they will pay you directly for articles you write.

The idea is to potentially pay you a flat fee on topics you could potentially write about, or are already writing about. You can consider this “ghostwriting” as the topics will then be posted on the main account @Platforms and my main account as we build out the idea. There is no guarantee we’ll buy your posts! It’s on a first come , first see basis.

Pick A Topic, Potentially Get Paid For Writing It!

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KEY DATA [ from CoinMarketCap & @arcange ]

(change on previous day in brackets // n/c = no change)

Steem price	US$ 0.274	2019-02-02 1.27am UTC
SBD price	US$ 0.842	2019-02-02 1.27am UTC
Market Cap	US$ 85,877,669	2019-02-02 1.27am UTC
CoinMarketCap Ranking	#51 (-2)	2019-02-02 1.27am UTC
No. of Whales	36 (-1)	2019-01-31
No. of Orcas	325 (+2)	2019-02-01
No. of Dolphins	1981 (+6)	2019-02-01
No. of Minnows	9120 (-6)	2019-02-01
Alexa rank (steemit.com)	#4306 (-5)	2019-02-02 10.05pm UTC

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NEWS FROM KEY PLAYERS & INFLUENCERS

@gadrian - Development All Around @hitmeasap - ~2.5 Years Ago, I Advertised Steemit To Well-More Than 500K+ People @jongolson - What Is Steem Engine And Why Am I On Cloud 9? @tarazkp - Steem, inflation and holding for retirement @taskmaster4450 - STEEM: Whales Are Losing Their Power....The System Is Not Broken...Report through 1/31/19 ---

NEWS FROM COMMUNITIES

@canna-curate - Discord Steem Tip Bot Now Available @platforms - Pick A Topic, Potentially Get Paid For Writing It! Steemhouse Publishing / @thewritersblock - Steemhouse Publishing: "High Kill" Proof Copy Has Arrived! ---

NEWS FROM EVENTS & MEETUPS

24 FEBRUARY 2019 - MALAYSIA, PENANG @bitrocker2020 - Steem Sharing Bootcamp / The Settlements Co-Working Space in Penang 30 MARCH 2019 - USA, MINNEAPOLIS @ddrfr33k - Let's plan another Minneapolis Meetup! 6 APRIL 2019 - UK, LEICESTER @steemcampuk / @lloyddavis - SteemCampUK 2 is coming to Leicester @steemcampuk / @shanibeer - SteemCampUK 2 - Growing an Audience of Smart Investors 17 - 19 MAY 2019 - SPAIN, BARCELONA @dtube.forum - THE DTube FORUM AT THE STATE OF STEEM FORUM 20 - 23 JUNE 2019 - USA, COLORADO @thealliance - The 'BLOCK' Party! 1 - 5 DECEMBER 2019 - LIMA, PERU @steemfiesta - SteemFIESTA 2019 - The First Five Days of DECEMBER - Summer in the South! You can also view a full list of Steem Meetups & Events Calendar here...

SoS : Calendar of Steem Meetups & Events @ 27 January 2019

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NEWS FROM DAPPS, APPS & DEVS

@actifit - Introducing Actifit's New Sponsored World Ranked Professional Badminton Athletes: Lasitha Menaka & Christine Look. New Actifit Ambassador. Call Out Fitbit iOS Testers. Competition Still Running! Daily Updates KnackSteem / @codingdefined - Downvoting, Upvoting, Guidelines Added to KnackSteem @share2steem - Share2Steem Fundition Update 5 : New Features for Sponsors and Delegators, New Statistics for the Trails Steem Conversations Viewer / @justyy - The Steem Conversations Viewer! Steem Keychain / @eonwarped - Adjust Account Authorities with Steem Keychain SteemWorld / @steemchiller - SteemWorld ~ Weekly Support ~ #21 --- If you want to check on progress of development on Steem, check out the GitHub here...

https://github.com/steemit/steem/branches

If you want to check on the current list of full API Nodes witness @holger80 provides this via @fullnodeupdate...

https://steemit.com/full-nodes/@fullnodeupdate/full-api-node-update---222019

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MEDIA COVERAGE OF STEEM & STEEMIT INC

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EXTERNAL STEEM DATA

Block'tivity

Hype Stat

--- This is #62 (2 Feb '19) of this daily news service. Please let me know of any important posts or key data that should be included. Comment below or message me on Discord Pennsif#9921 --- [ graphics by @pennsif ]