The Steem News @ 17 March 2021 - PLAY STEEM for iOS, SPUD4STEEM and a new Country Rep

The iOS test version of PLAY STEEM has now arrived.

SPUD4STEEM is coming up in just two weeks.

And a new Country Representative for Pakistan has been appointed.

Today's Steem News also includes news and updates about Photobombing with WhereIn, Steem Sri Lanka's SL-Charity, SteemAlive Greeters Guild, Where in the World is Steem?, STEEM at $350, and many new contests...

---

---

1. PLAY STEEM - iOS version released

Developer @etainclub has announced the release of the iOS test version of the PLAY STEEM app for iPhone users.

It can be downloaded at...

• https://playsteem.app

• [PLAY STEEM] iPhone Test App Release!

The development of PLAY STEEM has been supported by top 20 witness @steem-agora...

• 증인정책, 500 스파업 보팅행사(3월 18일) 및 PLAY STEEM 아이폰 앱 심사통과

---

---

2. SPUD4STEEM on 1 April

SPUD4STEEM organiser @kiwiscanfly has posted a reminder for the next Steem Power Up Day coming up on 1 April.

There is 21,000 SP of delegation in the prize pool for those with the biggest percentage powerups.

The prize delegations this month are being provided by generous supporters @xpilar, @steem.history, @hingsten, @bippe, @kiwi-crypto, @steem-supporter, @steemchiller, @kiwiscanfly, @randulakoralage, @adeljose and @mariana4ve...

• 14 days till April Fools SPUD4STEEM

---

---

3. New Country Representative for Pakistan

Admin of the Steemit Pakistan Community @haidermehdi has been appointed by Steemit as a new Country Representative for Pakistan.

He joins existing Reps @rashid001 and @haidermehdi helping to support and grow Steem in Pakistan...

• 3rd Country Representative From Pakistan! My Biggest Achievement On Steemit So Far!

Steemit Pakistan has just started its Certificate awarding project for the best community contributors...

• STEEMIT PAKISTAN CERTIFICATIONS : FIRST EVER CERTIFICATIONS ON STEEMIT!

The first winners of the certificates for February are @event-horizon as Best Author, @moohsin as Most Engaging Member and @rashid001 as the Biggest Delegator...

• My Acceptance Post For Being "The Best Author" in Feb,2021 in @steemit-pak

• My Acceptance Post for being The Most Engaging Member of February 2021 in STEEMIT PAKISTAN||16-03-2021

---

---

4. Photobombing with WhereIn

@wherein is launching a fun engagement activity for anyone who likes photobombing.

Make sure you get in the picture before this ends on 28 March...

• Photobombing with Steem and WhereIn community

---

---

5. Steem Sri Lanka SL-Charity Update

@steem-sri.lanka has posted a progress update for its SL-Charity project.

Through their post beneficiary system they have so far collected almost 400 STEEM...

• Steem Sri Lanka 3G | SL-Charity Updates | 25% to SL-Charity

---

---

6. SteemAlive Greeters Guild

The @steemalive Community run by @focusnow, @njiatanga and @ngoenyi is looking for Greeters to help welcome new members...

• SteemAlive Greeters Guild - Help us Welcome new members, reach out to new users and get rewarded

---

---

7. Where in the World is Steem? - Indian Subcontinent

@pennsif has moved on to part 4 of the mini-census of Steem activity around the world.

This post covers the Indian Subcontinent, particularly India, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. If you are in this part of the world let @pennsif know of any additions for your country...

• Where in the World is Steem? 4 - Indian Subcontinent

---

---

8. STEEM at $350 ?!

Longtime Steem promoter @stephenkendal has posted an interesting observation on what the value of STEEM would have been ($349.85 !) if it had kept pace with Bitcoin from the beginning...

• If STEEM was able to recover the Purchasing Power to BITCOIN last seen on 17th July 2016 it would today be trading at $349.85 / STEEM

At least STEEM is heading upwards these days 😀

---

---

9. New Contests

The contests keep on flowing on Steem.

Entering contests is a great way to earn extra STEEM and get known in the community if you are new to the platform.

Here is a selection of new contests from @steemitfoods, @team-ccc, @shemzee...

• Special Contest for Steem Africa | Promote Your Most Delicious Traditional Food| +200 Liquid Steem Rewards

• CCC contests/giveaways running 3.40

• New DANCE contest. Original music for ELECTRO TRIBAL dances

---

---

10. And More Contests...

Compilations of many current contests on Steem have been posted by Best of India Community leader @rishabh99946...

• Updated as on 16th March | Compilation of On going contests on Steem

And by @masumrbd of the Bangladesh Community...

• Compilation of ongoing contests 11 March 2021

@italygame also lists a number of contests...

• Find the CONTEST that's right for you ..There are no more excuses for not being active on Steemit! / Trova il CONCORSO adatto a te.. Non ci sono più scuse per non essere attivi su Steemit!

And new Country Representative @haidermehdi has posted a list of current contests in the Steemit Pakistan Community...

• LIST OF ONGOING CONTESTS IN STEEMIT PAKISTAN || UPDATED AS ON 17th/March/2021! || 70 STEEM IN PRIZES WEEKLY! || MORE PRIZES FOR POWER UP POSTS!

---

---

KEY DATA [ from CoinMarketCap ]

STEEM price	US$ 0.480	18 Mar '21 01.22am UTC
STEEM price	0.00000878 BTC	18 Mar '21 01.22am UTC
CoinMarketCap Ranking	#186	18 Mar '21 01.22am UTC
SBD price	US$ 6.74	18 Mar '21 01.22am UTC
Alexa rank (steemit.com)	#24,646	18 Mar '21 01.22am UTC
Unique visitors (steemit.com)	177,477 / day	18 Mar '21 01.22am UTC
Page views (steemit.com)	372,702 / day	18 Mar '21 01.22am UTC

---

---

This is #313 (17 Mar '21) of this daily news service.

For more news about Steem check out @dmitrik's weekly Steemit News...

• SteemitNews: Новости этой недели

---

---

[ graphics & images by @pennsif ]