The Steem News @ 21 August 2019

The news today is led by DTube and its token sale, and David Pakman and 3Speak.

Alongside those stories there are items about Metalpay, SteemPeak, SteemWorld and BuildTeam.

Also news from Scotbot, Lago, @steemterminal and @heyhaveyamet.

And there is also a 'save the date' notice for the next Steem Meetup in Aachen.

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1. DTube Token Sale starts 6 September

DTube has released more details about its forthcoming DTC token sale.

Round #1 begins on 6 September. One million DTCs will be available...

• All you need to know about DTube token sale round #1

DTube posted its full roadmap a few days ago...

• DTC token launch, the full roadmap: IEO / Airdrop / Mainnet

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2. David Pakman joins 3Speak

Internationally syndicated political pundit David Pakman has joined the 3Speak platform run by @starkerz, @theycallmedan and @anarcotech.

David Pakman has been on Steem since September 2017 but to date has just embedded his Youtube videos into his Steem posts.

Today the host of The David Pakman Show has posted, for the first time, a video about gun control that had been demonetized on Youtube on Steem's recently launched free speech video platform 3Speak...

• DEMONETIZED: Will Gun Control Really Make a Difference?

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3. Promising prospects for Metalpay and Steem

It rather went unnoticed on Steem but there has been a recent flurry of publicity about the 'Libra Killer' Metalpay project.

Erik Finman, known as the youngest Bitcoin millionaire, is backing the crypto/fiat payment system with his Bitcoin wealth.

This is good for Steem as a couple of months ago Steem teamed up with Metalpay and is now one of the 17 cryptocurrencies that Metalpay tokens (MTL) can be converted into.

@taskmaster4450 explains more about the benefits of the Metalpay / Steem partnership...

• Could Metalpay Be The App That Takes Steem Mainstream?

There is more about Erik Finman here...

• Introducing Erik Finman

And more about Metalpay's linkup with Steem here...

• Metal Pay, another Facebook’s Libra competitor, launched

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4. New SteemPeak Release adds more tribes

@steempeak has released v1.14.18 which has three more tribes (Lifestyle, CTP and PhotoStream) as well as a number of small technical improvements...

• SteemPeak Release - Update v1.14.18 - New Tribes and Minor Improvements

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5. SteemWorld Update adds new token features

An update to @steemchiller's popular Steem account management tool Steemworld has added a number of token features...

• SteemWorld Update ~ Claim All Rewards / Account Tokens Overview

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6. BuildTeam Services Status now public

Buildteam has set up a public status page to provide information on all the @buildteam services such as DLease and TokenBB...

• BuildTeam Services Status now Public

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7. New account history api feature for Scotbot

Developer @holger80 has added a new get account history api for Scotbot...

• scotbot: get account history api endpoint

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8. New Lago Tribe has landed

Long time Steemians @buttcoins and @neopch have launched a new tribe on Steem-Engine.

More details about the LAGO token and tribe will be coming soon...

• LAGO COIN.....We did it!

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9. @steemterminal and @heyhaveyamet seek naming help

Onboarding and mentoring projects @steemterminal and @heyhaveyamet, run by @brittandjosie, @thekittygirl and @xcountytravelers, are seeking input from the community to chose the name for a new Red Fish support account.

They have set up a DPoll to vote on the shortlist - Terminal Support (@wovlou), Steem Guiders (@mrnightmare), and Steem-aid (@wakeupkitty)...

• New Account, New Name, You Vote!

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10. Steem Meetup in Aachen, Germany - 21 September

Organiser @detlev has put out a 'save the date' post for the 7th Steem Meetup in Aachen in Germany...

• Meetup Aachen is calling - Das Aachen Meetup ruft

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KEY DATA [ from CoinMarketCap & @arcange ]

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

Steem price	US$ 0.165	21 Aug '19 11.19pm UTC
SBD price	US$ 0.823	21 Aug '19 11.19pm UTC
CoinMarketCap Ranking	#80 (n/c)	21 Aug '19 11.19pm UTC
FCAS Score	814 (-2) / A / #16	21 Aug '19 11.19pm UTC
No. of Whales	36 (n/c )	20 Aug '19
No. of Orcas	334 (+1)	20 Aug '19
No. of Dolphins	2087 (n/c)	20 Aug '19
No. of Minnows	9343 (+6)	20 Aug '19
Alexa rank (steemit.com)	#5,536 (+61)	21 Aug '19 11.19pm UTC
Unique visitors (steemit.com)	240,934 / day	21 Aug '19 11.19pm UTC

Follow @penguinpablo, @steem-data & @eforucom for more statistics.

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Visit the Steem Meetups & Events Calendar for a full list of meetups coming up...

• Calendar of Steem Meetups & Events @ 16 August 2019

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This is #156 (21 Aug '19) of this daily news service.

Please note - before the break in publishing the last edition of The Steem News was #153 which was published on 6 May 2019.

Please let me know of any important posts or key data that should be included. Comment below or message me on Discord Pennsif#9921

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