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### <center>**#1 w/ $12.73 -- @chris4210 of Blockpay** </center>
BlockPay's CEO @chris4210 makes announcements on their successful funding push--they have already earned over $300,000 (650BTC) to build further! Also reminds everyone of the buyback for OPENPOS token holders who wish to trade in OPENPOS at a ratio to 1:1.2 for BlockPay tokens.  "We are completely building 100% on bitshares for all of our projects".  
Updates on Stealth, Echo and other future projects to be released! 
**Check out the [BlockPay Homepage](https://blockpay.ch/) for more info on #blockpay**
**Upvote and support their efforts by supporting quality updates on the [BlockPay Sub-Steemit](https://steemit.com/created/blockpay#).**

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### <center>**#2 w/ $14.15  -- @Brindleswan**</center>
Asked Chris to go before him, thus giving up the #1 spot.  
We dig into various bitshares issues with special emphasis on a discussion between sidechains, User Issued Assets (UIAs) and Market Pegged Assets (MPAs).  Discussion moves into steem and a brings Chris in to ask if steem can be integrated with bitshares based projects as well.  
Talk about most forum activity moving to the [bitshares tag] and the possiblity of moving bitshares forums to one with steemit as a backend (https://www.steemit.com/created/bitshares)
Check out **@brindleswan** at [his steemit blog](https://www.steemit.com/@brindleswan/)

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### <center>**#3 w/ $11.12  -- @Pro4never**</center>
Joins us to discuss [Jewels Coin ICO](https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1545327) and plans for the Use of Jewels as the primary currency for multiple games to use via a auctionhouse functionality.  Jewels will make it possible for gamers to trade items for jewels bought directly through the game or sell them for funding.
And the first game [APEXConquer!](http://www.ApexConquer.com/ico.php)
Check out [his steemit blog](https://www.steemit.com/@pro4never/)

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### <center>**#4 w/ $6.36  -- @forrestwillie**</center>
Talks about the history of the[Steempress Podcast](https://soundcloud.com/user-857868521) and upcoming plans turn a shut down church into a Steempress podcast location.  Talks about the joy of working on steemit and how it caught their eye.
Check out [his steemit blog](https://www.steemit.com/@forrestwillie)
Upvote and support their efforts at [the steemit tag](https://www.steemit.com/created/@steempress)

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