### **Friday, May 5, 2023**  --- 💥 **Big things around the ecosystem** 💥 ICYMI Checkout NEAR May Town Hall hosted yesterday to learn about NEAR’s OKR review, BOS @ Consensus Recap, Horizon Updates & NEAR Ecosystem Highlights. Watch it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oL2z3ydTdzU The NEAR Foundation has partnered with Taco Labs to revolutionise customer loyalty programs for e-commerce. https://twitter.com/NEARProtocol/status/1654486381157122054 --- 💰 **DeFi** 💰 Aurora Weekly Update is here! https://twitter.com/auroraisnear/status/1654516311882612736 --- 🔷 **Project Updates** 🔷 NEARCertified Developer course available in Korean. https://twitter.com/LearnNear/status/1654473177081290754 Aurora just published a step-by-step guide on building a Tic Tac Toe game with the NEAR ecosystem's tech stack, including Aurora, NEAR, and BOS! https://twitter.com/auroraisnear/status/1654410618672398337 CWAQRGEN introduced NEAR QR Code Generator to simplify your NEAR crypto experience with a free QR code! It adds a colourful border to your public wallet address! https://twitter.com/cwaqrgenCom/status/1654146214978256897 Check out Aurora CSO Matt Henderson's thoughts on the future of DeFi in CryptoPotato's latest article! https://twitter.com/auroraisnear/status/1654396708024119296 --- 🪅 **Events** 🪅 Join Aurora @ Dubai FinTech Summit! Aurora is one of the silver sponsors of Dubai FinTech Summit 2023! https://twitter.com/auroraisnear/status/1654434757110005762 Join NEAR Balkans at Blocksplit4, The Web3 conference in the heart of the Mediterranean happening on 22-25 May. https://twitter.com/NEARbalkan/status/1654502822631579653 ---