Hey @edb1984, the payout is sadly reduced due to the STEEM price drop, which as a result reduced the vote-value.
You can check your vote-value here: https://steemnow.com/upvotecalc.html
The higher the vote-value => the more rewards. While you get less Steempower if Steem is higher, you get more SBD since SBD is pegged internally to 1$ - even though it gets traded outside way higher.
Thanks! So we just have to wait for the prices to go up.
Where does the Steem blockchain obtain the steem/usd and sbd/usd figures from though? Coin Market Cap?