For the last 4 years the BTC price recovered around the Chinese new year and it seems this year it's not an exception for now.

I'm not sure if we can talk of a pattern yet after just 4 years but BTC sure is looking nice around $10800.

Weiss Rating

The new Weiss Rating report came out this week. STEEM is still a B- and three new crypto's have found there way into the B category. Two new, one old one.

LISK, DECRED and EOS are now B-

About 3-4 pages are dedicated to STEEM and why it gets such a good rating.

Since so many cryptocurrencies currently get “C”s and “D”s right now, there’s a big focus on Steem. That’s because it is one of the few on our list that gets a good rating.
Readers ask why Steem stands out from the crowd.

I talk about it more in my vlog.

Power down Statistics - 17-02-2018

The steemit account has stopped powering down for now and that means that the amount of STEEM powered down next week will be 82% less compared to this week.

I'm putting this screenshot here so I can reference to it in the upcoming weeks.

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