### **Thursday, March 09 2023**  --- 💥 **Big things around the ecosystem** 💥 Near at ETHDenver: the Blockchain Operating System, Near Day, and More https://near.org/blog/near-at-ethdenver-the-blockchain-operating-system-near-day-and-more/ --- 🎨 **NFT & Gaming** 🎮 Cafe Citizens is LIVE on FewAndFar https://twitter.com/FewandFarNFT/status/1633573109579100161?s SeatlabNFT's been named as finalists in the Mobile and Emerging Technologies category for StartUp of the Year https://twitter.com/SeatlabNFT/status/1633801871126044675?s --- 🪅**Events**🪅 NEARWEEK : Reshape your gaming experience with Realis Network. Friday at 2PM UTC https://twitter.com/NEARWEEK/status/1633527782461546497?s --- 💰 **DeFi** 💰 Ref Ahead: 2023 Roadmap https://twitter.com/finance_ref/status/1633516113991462913?s --- 🔼 **Projects update** 🔼 Open Forest Protocol : This is how forest data is reaches the blockchain https://twitter.com/OpenForest_/status/1633576567317344257?s New update : Just released new languages to https://paras.id https://twitter.com/ParasHQ/status/1633799826004652036?s Metronomo has finished developing an open-source User Growth Tool for Mintbase and NEAR Protocol https://twitter.com/metronomo_xyz/status/1633775714695520261?s Proximity Labs are sponsoring the SushiSwap DeFi Hackathon https://twitter.com/proximityfi/status/1633795643050442752?s ---