### **Friday, April 7, 2022**  --- 💥 **Big things around the ecosystem** 💥 NEAR Protocol Roadmap Update: Meta transactions & Zero balance accounts is live, Account Extensions is coming up in Q2 which will allow to deploy many different capabilities on a single account, including sharded contracts. Read More: https://twitter.com/PagodaPlatform/status/1644360827552649219 NEAR Balkans has joined forces with Mastercard, a leader in global payment systems, to bring Web3 solutions and user engagement closer to a wide audience of FinTech professionals. https://twitter.com/NEARProtocol/status/1644309125927411714 --- 💰 **DeFi** 💰 Aurora Weekly Update is here! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEvqpeQdQtE MetaPool explains “How DeFi is Defining the Future of Finance” in their latest article. Give it a read here: https://twitter.com/meta_pool/status/1643873893076049920 Forward Protocol x Aurora Chain Integration Announcement. https://twitter.com/ForwardProtocol/status/1644309319901478914 --- 🔷 **Project Updates** 🔷 Aurora published a recap of key accomplishments that have made Rainbow Bridge even better in 2022. https://twitter.com/auroraisnear/status/1644282092388503557?s=20 NDC Friday Reflections for this week is here! https://twitter.com/neardc/status/1644337154003181568?s=20 --- 🪅 **Events** 🪅 Calimero x Aurora AMA: Join the Twitter AMA on April 11 @ 6PM CET to learn How Calimero Private Sharding and Aurora Cloud enables the best permissioned EVM experience for Enterprises. https://twitter.com/CalimeroNetwork/status/1644249846658875392?s=20 Join Near + Sail GP Community Event & PitchFest on May 4 at San Francisco for a dynamic networking event at the Edge & Node House of Web3, that will bring together the NEAR Foundation, SailGP, and top ecosystem projects from the Bay Area. https://twitter.com/NEARProtocol/status/1644115519065161729?s=20 --- 🧑💻 **Developer** 🧑💻 Learn about the proposed Multi-Token Standard (MTS), NEP-245, that would provide a standard interface for the ownership, transfer, and batch transfer of various types of tokens. https://twitter.com/NEARHACKS/status/1644143063185469441 ---