I'm looking at coinmarketcap.com today and see that everything is down. Blood in the streets - most cryptocurrencies are down today - Bitcoin is down over 8 1/2% , Etherium is down over 9% - all the coins are bleeding - except one lone Crypto - "Steem". In a sea of red - Steem stands out as the one of the few green ones - indicating that its value has gone up and not down.
This is of course good news for Steemians who have been watching the price of Steem fall over the last couple of months. Still it's nothing to write home about - but it's better than being down - of course all of this is cyclical and it be down by the time you're done reading this . My take away from it is that in an environment where there are so many other coins that have no actual real world use- we have all been putting Steem to good use and when I see it holding it's own against the big boys on a down day - it makes me happy that I have invested my time and money into SteemIt.
I really wish I had some extra to throw at bitcoin cash and a few of the others that are on sale today but , I will just have to sit this one out. With bitcoin below 9,000 - it's just a matter of time before we see it jump back up again. So stay calm and Steem on folks - Lets keep the momentum up and continue to support our fellow Steemians by upvoting, following , and re-steeming good articles - especially from newbies and minnows who are fighting their way upstream to make their mark.
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