Update currencyconverter requirement from ~=0.16.12 to ~=0.17.1 in /api

Updates the requirements on [currencyconverter](https://github.com/alexprengere/currencyconverter) to permit the latest version.
- [Release notes](https://github.com/alexprengere/currencyconverter/releases)
- [Commits](https://github.com/alexprengere/currencyconverter/compare/v0.16.12...v0.17.1)

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updated-dependencies:
- dependency-name: currencyconverter
  dependency-type: direct:production
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Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com>

.github/dependabot.yml

@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ updates:
     directory: "/api"
     schedule:
       interval: "daily"
-    assignees:
-      - "H4CK3R-01"
     open-pull-requests-limit: 100
 
   # Bot
@@ -19,10 +17,6 @@ updates:
     directory: "/telegram_bot"
     schedule:
       interval: "daily"
-    assignees:
-      - "NormalParameter"
-      - "Rripped"
-      - "FlorianKellermann"
     open-pull-requests-limit: 100
   
   # Frontend
@@ -30,6 +24,4 @@ updates:
     directory: "/frontend"
     schedule:
       interval: "daily"
-    assignees:
-      - "kevinpauer"
     open-pull-requests-limit: 100

api/requirements.txt

@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@ faker~=13.11.0
 requests~=2.27.1
 investpy~=1.0.8
 pandas~=1.4.2
-currencyconverter~=0.16.12
+currencyconverter~=0.17.1

telegram_bot/bot_updates.py

@@ -149,7 +149,6 @@ def update_for_user(p_user_id, p_my_handler):
     
     shares = p_my_handler.get_user_shares(p_user_id) # all interest shares
     
-    if shares!=None
     if len(share_symbols) != 0: # iterate through all shares
 
         for i in range(len(share_symbols)):