### **Thursday, May 04, 2023**  --- 💥 **Big things around the ecosystem** 💥 NEAR Foundation’s Response to the UK Crypto Asset Consultation https://near.org/blog/near-foundations-response-to-the-uk-crypto-asset-consultation/ Open Call for NEAR Accelerator Service Partners https://near.org/blog/near-foundations-response-to-the-uk-crypto-asset-consultation/ --- 🎨 **NFT & Gaming** 🎮 Conference attendees can now network with other verified attendees thanks to token-gated networking https://twitter.com/SeatlabNFT/status/1654057112702447616?s --- 🪅**Events**🪅 Octopus Network : Do not miss the next Community Call. May 8th https://twitter.com/oct_network/status/1653799689462988800?s Revolutionising Support for Web3 Founders with NEAR Horizon https://twitter.com/NEARProtocol/status/1653814882049961994?s Phoenix (bonds) rises: Ref v2 Integration. May 5th, 3PM UTC https://twitter.com/NEARWEEK/status/1654135565938487298?s --- 💰 **DeFi** 💰 DefiLlama : Now tracking Veax Labs on NEAR Protocol https://twitter.com/DefiLlama/status/1653876553812516869?s --- 🔼 **Projects update** 🔼 Encode x Aurora Hackathon https://twitter.com/encodeclub/status/1653791946370891777?s Sender Wallet partnerships with Crafting Finance https://twitter.com/SenderWallet/status/1653990665251090433?s METEOR QUESTS LAUNCH with ZEALY https://twitter.com/MeteorWallet/status/1654065083910090756?s The NDC would like to know how they can improve the onboarding flow and would love to hear your feedback https://twitter.com/neardc/status/1654103479667900417?s You can now accept payments on Aurora using Radom https://twitter.com/RadomNetwork/status/1653793287419973634?s ---