## **Weekly Updates Recap 72 [03/03/2023]** **Aurora Updates** - Alex Shevchenko announced the launch of [Aurora Cloud](https://news.bitcoin.com/aurora-labs-launches-turnkey-blockchain-solution-for-businesses-transitioning-to-web3/) during ETHDenver - Aurora Protocol Lead, Michael Birch announced the launch of the [Aurora Contracts SDK](https://twitter.com/AlejandroVBeta1/status/1631358982152413220?s=20) **Ecosystem Updates** - Calimero announced the [launch](https://twitter.com/CalimeroNetwork/status/1631371049307701248) of private sharding infrastructure on NEAR - NEAR announced the [Blockchain Operating System](https://twitter.com/NEARProtocol/status/1631390632655634432) - De.Fi [Scanner](https://twitter.com/auroraisnear/status/1630617789294866433) is live on Aurora - Arctic [integrated](https://twitter.com/OpenOceanGlobal/status/1630207396860534784) with Open Ocean - Mailchain [integrated](https://twitter.com/Aurority_com/status/1630039125096292352) with Freenameio **Community Updates** - DeFi on Aurora [post](https://twitter.com/auroraisnear/status/1630206235818737664) - Aurora Ecosystem Highlights : [Bastion](https://twitter.com/auroraisnear/status/1630538375919996929) **Events** - Alex Shevchenko will talk about the "[Next-gen Blockchain UX](https://twitter.com/auroraisnear/status/1631610426587750402?s=20)" at ETHDenver - Alex Shevchenko will participate to the panel "[Scaling Ethereum together](https://twitter.com/auroraisnear/status/1631649145504292864?s=20)" Find more info on Aurora [YouTube stream](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDXWZI1I86I) and [Blog Post](https://aurora.dev/blog) 💚 [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/) 💚