
Steem News is back from its winter break and packed full of great news from the Steem blockchain.
There are updates on NFTs and Steem-Engine, Holybread, Splinterlands, BEERpong, CTP and Fire Pay, Actifit, Natural Medicine and Promo-Steem.
A new Diary Dates section has been added as well as regular update features on the Steem Foundation and the Steem Proposal System...
1. NFTs coming to Steem-Engine
NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens) are imminently arriving on Steem-Engine.
NFTs will open up a whole new ranges of use cases for Steem-Engine. NFTs can represent anything that needs to be kept track of with its own ID...
2. New game Holybread launches on 27 January
A new RPG style browsergame is currently being developed for Steem by @thebluewin, @auminda and @xyrijan...
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What will the world be like in 2030?
Check out the #FutureDiary 2030 series from @pennsif to find out where we might be heading...
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3. Splinterlands Public API changes

@splinterlands have published their policy for the use of their public API by third party developers ...
4. BEERpong is coming to Steem
@beerlover has announced that it is developing a Steem version of the BeerPong game.
A first draft, single player version of the game is scheduled for release in February...
5. CTP announces Fire Pay integration
ClickTrackProfit, the affiliate marketing Steem tribe run by @jongolson, is now offering a Fire Pay payment integration service.
The service has already been added to a number of partner sites including CupOfTraffic.com, TrafficInsider and SiteXplosion.
This new development means you can now pay for advertising products and services using the CTP token...
6. Actifit launches new AFIT Burn Initiative
@Actifit has started an initiative to burn 10 STEEM worth of AFIT tokens every day to help the token price...
7. Natural Medicine Delegations
@naturalmedicine have now enabled delegations of the LOTUS token...
8. Current Promo-Steem Initiatives
@theycallmedan is currently running five initiatives to help promote Steem - How Has Steem Impacted Your Life, Proof of Purchase, World Unrest Awareness, Quora Onboarding and YangGang Steem & Twitter Awareness...
Steem Foundation update
The Steem Alliance Community Foundation @steemalliance have released the minutes of their last meeting attended by @shadowspub, @phage93, @aggroed, @alexvan, @guiltyparties and @snook...
Their next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday 15 January.
Steem Proposal System update
The Steem Proposal System (SPS) today has a daily funding budget available of approximately 2245 SBD.
Currently four proposals by @yabapmatt (Steem Keychain), @thecryptodrive (Power Down reduction), @howo (SMT testing) and @anyx (API infrastructure) are being funded for a total of 296 SBD per day...
One new proposal, by @mykos, has been submitted to the SPS in the last 7 days...
Dates for your Diary...
Tuesday 14 January, 6pm UTC - 'Curation Corner' with @roadscape
Hosts @shadowspub and @artemisnorth have special guest @roadscape from Steemit Inc on their show to talk about Communities...
Wednesday 15 January, 6pm UTC - Witness Chat
@shadowspub is hosting another monthly Witness Chat in The Ramble discord...
Wednesday 15 January - Philadelphia Meetup
Organised by @andrarchy, with @yabapmatt and @aggroed of Splinterlands...
Thursday 16 January, 10pm UTC - 'Discomfort Zone'
Eco-Village co-founder @orlev is launching his new podcast show on MSP Waves...
Saturday 1 February - SPUD#10
The tenth monthly Steem Power Up Day organised by @streetstyle is coming up...
Friday 7 February - Steem Meetup Aachen #8
Organised by @detlev...
KEY DATA [ from CoinMarketCap & @arcange ]
(change on previous day in brackets // n/c = no change)
Steem price | US$ 0.130 | 13 Jan '20 9.13pm UTC |
SBD price | US$ 0.600 | 13 Jan '20 9.13pm UTC |
CoinMarketCap Ranking | #78 (+9) | 13 Jan '20 9.13pm UTC |
FCAS Score | 724 (-73) / B / #41 | 13 Jan '20 9.13pm UTC |
No. of Whales | 36 (-3) | 12 Jan '20 |
No. of Orcas | 374 (+17) | 12 Jan '20 |
No. of Dolphins | 2196 (+7) | 12 Jan '20 |
No. of Minnows | 9301 (+6) | 12 Jan '20 |
Alexa rank (steemit.com) | #14,275 (+875) | 13 Jan '20 9.08pm UTC |
Unique visitors (steemit.com) | 231,349 / day | 13 Jan '20 9.08pm UTC |
Page views (steemit.com) | 555,237 / day | 13 Jan '20 9.08pm UTC |
Follow @penguinpablo, @steem-data & @eforucom for more statistics.
This is #232 (13 Jan '20) of this daily news service - the last edition #231 was on 21 November 2019.
[ graphics by @pennsif & @splinterlands ]