### **Wednesday, March 15, 2023**  --- 💥 **Big things around the ecosystem** 💥 Illia Polosukhin On Raising $550 Million To Create A Highly Scalable Blockchain Network That Powers The Open Web https://twitter.com/ilblackdragon/status/1635774055818350592?s Incubated by NEARWEEK, http://heroes.build is a new platform that connects projects, investors and builders https://twitter.com/heroes_build/status/1636013142680510464?s --- 🎨 **NFT & Gaming** 🎮 Humanguild's supported @NearSocial_ for its hackathon's gaming section https://twitter.com/humanguild/status/1635805149271855104?s Nightly Wallet is in partnership with Zomland https://twitter.com/Nightly_app/status/1635991484842274816?s --- 🪅**Events**🪅 The NEAR Demo Day: Roundtable. Join us today at 15:00 UTC https://twitter.com/NEARProtocol/status/1635743654353547264?s Metronomo : Workshop on user growth tool. 20th March at 14:00 UTC https://twitter.com/metronomo_xyz/status/1635621292417187840?s --- 💰 **DeFi** 💰 Swing platform is live on Aurora https://twitter.com/auroraisnear/status/1635724619759120385?s --- 🔼 **Projects update** 🔼 Which projects are Ecosystem Leaders rooting for (other than their own)? https://twitter.com/awesome_near/status/1635783356976705536?s Aurora integrates with Omnia Protocol https://twitter.com/omnia_protocol/status/1635629492180852736?s New NEAR zeroknowledge Work Group, which includes recognized experts Igor Gulamov, Anton Yezhov, & Garvit | Electron https://twitter.com/NEARDevGov/status/1635855809514180609?s WordPress plugin "Login with NEAR" just got updated https://twitter.com/LearnNear/status/1635970060295589889?s ---