### **Friday, June 16, 2023**  --- 💥 **Big things around the ecosystem** 💥 ICYMI Here’s NEAR Town Hall Recap from @near_intern https://twitter.com/near_intern/status/1669044077592203264 Sweat Economy made history by achieving the biggest governance vote in the history of Web3 with over 355,000 members. https://twitter.com/SweatEconomy/status/1669610437048954880 Orderly Network Weekly Crypto Roundup https://twitter.com/OrderlyNetwork/status/1669630968490233863 --- 🪙 **DeFi** 💰 Aurora Weekly Updates is here! https://aurora.dev/blog/aurora-weekly-updates-2023-06-16 Metapool announced META buyback program. https://twitter.com/meta_pool/status/1669555737612148736 --- 🔼 **Projects update** 🔼 Demystify Octopus 2.0 Octopus Network AMA by NEAR Foundation https://medium.com/oct-network/demystify-octopus-2-0-octopus-network-ama-by-near-foundation-ac1f51b2c476 dAngels Fund x Area: Aerx IDO will be held on dAngel. Aerx is a web3 social network focusing on services for content monetization, giganomics and social commerce. https://twitter.com/dAngelFund/status/1669721753411518464 Meet The Aurora Team: Aurora Labs' Relayer Team Lead, Alex Krasinskyi https://twitter.com/auroraisnear/status/1669661124902662144 --- 🪅 **Events** 🪅 Join NEAR Horizon and NEARHACKS for their SUPER HOT AND UNMISSABLE Workshop next week June 22nd | 4:30PM UTC https://twitter.com/NEARProtocol/status/1669649530629791747 Applications for NEAR Base Camp accelerator are now open! https://twitter.com/CalimeroNetwork/status/1669631244869541888 ---