SPUD4STEEM is just a day away.

The Crypto Academy is now in week 3 of Season 5.

Today's Steem News also includes news and updates about Dolphin Watch, Powered Up STEEM, AVLE, WOX-HELPFUND, Steem Kindness Magazine and Contests on Steem...

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1. SPUD4STEEM is almost here

The next Steem Power Up event organised by @kiwiscanfly is now just a day away.

The prizes for the December SPUD4STEEM are even bigger. As well as 31,500 SP for the top five winners, the @xpilar team are providing an extra 500 SP for each of the 6th, 7th and 8th places...

• 16 hours until 1 December = SPUD4STEEM

There has also been a late addition of 9th and 10th place prizes donated by the Scouts community @hive-181136 and @fjjrg...

• SPUD4STEEM Prize pool update

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2. Crypto Academy Season 5

The Steemit Crypto Academy has now moved on to week 3 of Season 5.

The courses for week 3 are from @lenonmc21 and @reminiscence01 for Beginners, from @imagen and @wahyunahrul for the Intermediate level, and from @sapwood and @kouba01 for the Advanced students...

• Steemit Crypto Academy Update [ November 29th, 2021 ] - Season 5 : Week 3 Courses

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3. Dolphin Watch

There is still a good way to go to reach the Dolphin Challenge target of 1,500 Dolphins, but the numbers continue to edge up every day.

The total now stands at 1,240 - up from 1,226 at the beginning of the month.

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Recent #ClubDolphin recruits include @adi.pisces, @greencmetaha, @mcsamm and @miftahuddin...

• My achievements to be a new Dolphin On the STEEMIT Platform

• THE DIARY GAME. 20.11.2021 г. В дельфинарии прибыло, хроники НГ, я опять на стройке (15 фото)

• Hurray! I am a Dolphin now after powering up 200 steem to reach 5,054.078 SP

• Finally I have one Dolphin

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There have also been a number of 'multiple dolphins'.

@event-horizon, @huzaifanaveed1, @msharif, @nattybongo and @svm038 have become Double Dolphins...

• Reached 10,000 SP | CLUB DOLPHIN | CLUB75

• I AM OFFICIALLY A DOUBLE DOLPHIN || 10,000 SP || 1,700 STEEM POWERED UP

• Let's power-up || Convert 48.789 SBD for 551.931 STEEM || The big Power Up - 551.931 steem || Now I am become a double dolphin

• Powering Up Club5050 to become a dolphin

• I've Become a Double Dolphin! Happy Day | I got 107 SP stronger - Çift Yunus Oldum ! Kutlu Günüm | 107 SP güçlendim

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@alikoc07 has become a 4x Dolphin...

• alikoc07 Reached 20K SP - 3K Power Up ! clubdolpinX4 | Delegation of 20K SP to steemitfoods account

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@adeljose and @kouba01 have become 6x Dolphins...

• ALCANZANDO LOS "30K STEEM POWER". / LUNES DE POWER UP

• Finally I am reaching the Steem Power 30K STEEM. I am now officially sextuple dolphin || My fourth Powering Up in November

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@anroja has become a 7x Dolphin...

• Power Up Lagi Menuju Orca [Total 35,3k SP]

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4. Powered Up STEEM continues to grow

The latest stats from @remlaps show continued growth in the amount of STEEM that is powered up.

The past week has seen another increase to 142,935,388 STEEM powered up, equivalent to a value of $104,074,257...

• Steem Total Value Powered Up - $104 million - November 28, 2021

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5. AVLE Update

Developer @etainclub continues to post regular updates on the progress of his new AVLE dApp.

• [AVLE] Sign Up. Email verification

• [AVLE] Updating Last Posting Settings

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6. WOX-HELPFUND Donates 1000 STEEM

The WOX-HELPFUND run by @xpilar and his team, has donated 1000 STEEM to @elkezaksek to help with her fundraising to build a house for Bosco and his family in Uganda...

• WOX-HELPFUND donates 1000 STEEM to elkezaksek to help with "build a house for Bosco's family"

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@elkezaksek has posted an update on the project...

• News about our fundraiser for Uganda! - Neuigkeiten unserer Spendenaktion für Uganda!

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7. Steem Kindness Magazine

@klen.civil has published the latest edition of the Steem Kindness Magazine...

• Steem Kindness Magazine : November 28, 2021 - WSP Edition

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8. Contests on Steem

@disconnect continues to publish his comprehensive daily list of current contests on Steem.

There are 114 contests in the latest list with 2,350 STEEM in prizes...

• Contest Alerts: Active Contest List on 29th Nov 2021 – Win 2350+ STEEM

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KEY DATA [ from CoinMarketCap ]

STEEM price	US$ 0.70	30 Nov '21 0.55am UTC
STEEM price	0.00001205 BTC	30 Nov '21 0.55am UTC
CoinMarketCap Ranking	#200	30 Nov '21 0.55am UTC
SBD price	US$ 7.03	30 Nov '21 0.55am UTC
Alexa rank (steemit.com)	#3,160	30 Nov '21 0.55am UTC
Unique visitors (steemit.com)	902,176 / day	30 Nov '21 0.55am UTC
Page views (steemit.com)	4,628,165 / day	30 Nov '21 0.55am UTC

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This is #419 (29 Nov '21) of this daily news service.

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