### **Thursday, September 28, 2023**  --- 💥 **Big things around the ecosystem** 💥 Discover Hackbox by NDC, the plug-and-play solution for hackathons on BOS and TAIKAI https://x.com/NEARHACKS/status/1707380594143887847?s --- 🎨 **NFT & Gaming** 🎮 Populaa new update: Meet NFT Avatars on Popula https://x.com/beepopula/status/1707054006655484391?s Mintbase optimized their storage costs from 6.5 to only 3.5 NEAR https://x.com/mintbase/status/1707378120464961919?s --- 🪅 **Events** 🪅 Meta Pool : Open Call #4 for all communities in the web3 space to boost their activities, educate about DeFi, and more. October 4th, 23:59 UTC https://x.com/meta_pool/status/1707121218980044873?s --- 💰 **DeFi** 💰 Ref Finance launched 4pool ( $USDC, $USDC.e, $USDT, $USDT.e) Up to 15.35% APR https://x.com/finance_ref/status/1707054630218104949?s --- 🔼 **Projects update** 🔼 Near Social is HERE. Now your friends and avatars store on-chain https://x.com/here_wallet/status/1707120425929490617?s Mono partnerships with Sender Wallet https://x.com/MonoOnBase/status/1706963880369692891?s Get ready for Octopus 2.0 coming this October https://x.com/oct_network/status/1707285668215357830?s Orderly Network and MoonPay Simplify Fiat Onramps for dApp Builders, Streamlining Product Focus https://x.com/OrderlyNetwork/status/1707379749600075860?s Veax has officially joined the Google Cloud Web3 Startup Program https://x.com/veaxlabs/status/1707381720629006412?s ---