**Aurora Weekly Updates #100 [15-09-2023]** **Aurora Updates** 🟢The [Fast Rainbow Bridge](https://x.com/auroraisnear/status/1702646415535772007?s=20) is now available from Aurora to Ethereum 🟢[Blockworks](https://x.com/Blockworks_/status/1702381898352181659?s=20) published an article on Aurora Pass 🟢A new article on [XCC](https://dev.aurora.dev/posts/communication-from-aurora-to-near-local-testing) was published on the Aurora DevPortal **Ecosystem Updates** 🟢[USDC](https://twitter.com/circle/status/1702306450692071732?s=46&t=8PbjdJMdKESLQpS6bAE44g) is now natively available on NEAR 🟢$12M were staked on [Meta Pool](https://x.com/auroraisnear/status/1701894654596403303?s=20) 🟢Ref Finance launches [Preps Feature](https://x.com/finance_ref/status/1700072037669097746?s=20) 🟢NEAR is witnessing a surge of [daily active users](https://x.com/auroraisnear/status/1702300526514503873?s=20) **Community** 🟢[NDC elections](https://near.org/election.ndctools.near/widget/NDC.Elections.Main) are open! **Events** 🟢[NEARCON](https://x.com/NEARProtocol/status/1702013129176015092?s=20) is approaching Find more info on Aurora [YouTube channel](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2564xSbFjI) and [Blog Post](https://aurora.dev/blog/aurora-weekly-updates-2023-09-15) 💚 [Aurora Twitter](https://twitter.com/auroraisnear) | [Telegram](https://t.me/auroraisnear) | [Blog](https://aurora.dev/blog) | [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/c/auroraisnear) | [Community Dashboard](https://auroradao.club/) 💚