### **Friday, April 21, 2023**  --- 💥 **Big things around the ecosystem** 💥 Aurora Engine 2.9.0 is now available on mainnet. https://twitter.com/auroraisnear/status/1649344916026458113 Explore the NDC’s approach to transparency and communication. https://medium.com/near-digital-collective/the-ndcs-approach-to-transparency-and-communication-673dd2183348 --- 💰 **DeFi** 💰 Aurora: You can now read our weekly round-up on our blog! https://twitter.com/auroraisnear/status/1649427791283200008 --- 🔷 **Project Updates** 🔷 Open Forest released their Ecosystem Explorer! https://twitter.com/OpenForest_/status/1649397766832164867?s=20 Aurora x Sentio: Sent now support the Aurora chain! https://twitter.com/sentioxyz/status/1649148371817361426 --- 🎨 **NFT & Gaming** 🎮 Mintbase updated their documentation for Developers and No Code Creators. https://twitter.com/mintbase/status/1649098159682097153 GoodFortuneNFT has decided to remove taxes from $NEKO tokenomics. https://twitter.com/goodfortuneNFT/status/1649227534905790466 --- 🧑💻 **Developer** 🧑💻 Check out the latest entry on the Aurora Developer Portal to learn about Cross-Ecosystem Communication. https://twitter.com/auroraisnear/status/1649373674628325376?s=20 Today the NEAR Wallet Standards Work Group voted to approve NEP-428. See the summary and recording of their discussion below: https://twitter.com/NEARDevGov/status/1649198935658086401 Watch todays #NEARWorkshop Banyan Collective had the CTO of Mailchain, Rob De Feo talk about integrating Web3 Messaging into your dApp using the Mailchain SDK. https://twitter.com/NEARHACKS/status/1649171643690807302 ---