### **Thursday, March 23 2023**  --- 💥 **Big things around the ecosystem** 💥 Unlock the potential of the Open Web with Near, the Blockchain Operating System. Join us at Consensus2023 https://twitter.com/NEARProtocol/status/1638624862959968256?s Illia Polosukhin spoke at NEAR Day about how NEAR is the BOS https://twitter.com/NEARHACKS/status/1638575770481172487?s Near partners with leading web3 gaming company wemade to support app development https://twitter.com/NEARWEEK/status/1638894943661068289?s Next Evolution of Blockchain Software Has Only Just Begun: Bank of America https://twitter.com/CoinDesk/status/1638859346103910400?s --- 🎨 **NFT & Gaming** 🎮 Few and Far is building a music streaming and sharing platform similar to Spotify https://twitter.com/FewandFarNFT/status/1638699674533081095?s Rehydr8 Passport Mint is LIVE & packed with utilities for the 1st mindful metaverse https://twitter.com/ParasHQ/status/1638767592918913025?s --- 🪅**Events**🪅 Meet the Team: Arto Bendiken, Aurora Lab’s Co-Founder & CTO https://twitter.com/auroraisnear/status/1638858130842071040?s Join Blaze tomorrow for a Twitter Space with Loozr Community and Learn about NDC. FRI 24TH, MARCH - 7:00PM UTC https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1zqKVPRDvklJB?s --- 💰 **DeFi** 💰 Meta Pool’s Tokens to be Listed on a New DEX https://twitter.com/meta_pool/status/1638785684352774145?s --- 🔼 **Projects update** 🔼 NEAR Merch store powered by Alter coming soon https://twitter.com/AlterDrop_/status/1638331032989581312?s Aurora announces a new feature on Aurora.Plus https://twitter.com/auroraisnear/status/1638843043003645953?s ---