### **Tuesday, May 2, 2023**  --- 🪙 **DeFi** 💸 NEARStarter has announced its launch of a fundraising campaign for NEARIA on Meta Yield, the lossless staking rewards-based crowdfunding platform on NEAR https://cointelegraph.com/press-releases/nearia-has-launched-on-meta-yield --- 🎨 **NFT & Gaming** 🎮 Introducing QSTIEs: Our Groundbreaking NFT Collection with Paras, Powered by NEAR Protocol https://medium.com/@qstnus/introducing-qsties-our-groundbreaking-nft-collection-with-paras-powered-by-near-protocol-413daaa516d0 --- 🪅 **Events**🪅 Register for NEAR SF Demo Day - 5/4 https://near.org/sailgpsf/ 🎙Twitter Spaces/Podcasts 📻 NEARatNIGHT: update some new about NEAR and web3 https://twitter.com/NEAR_at_NIGHT/status/1653317759638417408 Launching the first Liquid Staking Token on Aurora ft. Meta Pool https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1OdKrzRoMMqKX Bringing 1 Billion People Into Crypto with Illia - NEAR https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1nAKEryBOLgGL --- 📜 **Must read** 📜 Shemaroo and NEAR Foundation Accelerate Web3 Adoption in Indian Media and Entertainment https://near.org/blog/shemaroo-and-near-foundation-accelerate-web3-adoption-in-indian-media-and-entertainment/ REF FINANCE : THE AMM & DEX ON NEAR THAT REDEFINES DEFI by NEARWEEK https://medium.com/nearprotocol/ref-finance-the-amm-dex-on-near-redefining-defi-2183d4338acf AN INTRODUCTION TO ASTAR NETWORK by NEARWEEK https://nearweek.medium.com/introducing-astar-network-71bd9dea6308 ---