### **Saturday, April 29, 2023**  --- 💥 **Big things around the ecosystem** 💥 NEAR Foundation Announces Policy Priorities https://pages.near.org/blog/near-foundation-announces-policy-priorities/ --- 🎨 **NFT & Gaming** 🎮 Paras's entering into an exciting partnership with MG.Land, the next-gen gaming metaverse space on web3 https://twitter.com/ParasHQ/status/1652302747511947264?s --- 🪅**Events**🪅 All talks take place on the Protocol Village Stage! First up, "Unpacking the BOS" with Illia Polosukhin https://twitter.com/NEARProtocol/status/1651972190739333122?s --- 💰 **DeFi** 💰 Announcing the first $pNEAR <> $NEAR DCL Pool stake and earn campaign on Ref Finance https://twitter.com/LinearProtocol/status/1651953736263274496?s --- 🔼 **Projects update** 🔼 You can claim extra XP (ZML) if you participated in sale https://twitter.com/Zomland_Game/status/1652274310554214401?s CronCat brings automation to smart contracts on any CosmWasm chain, unlocking limitless possibilities https://twitter.com/mikedotexe/status/1652024137588801537?s Open Forest Protocol : World Economic Forum's latest whitepaper on how blockchain can scale climateaction efforts https://twitter.com/OpenForest_/status/1651643163415810048?s Complete the exciting Nearweek x Veax Labs mission on Truts to earn a whopping 1000 XPs https://twitter.com/trutsxyz/status/1652298007042203649?s ---