### **Friday, July 7, 2023**  --- 💥 **Big things around the ecosystem** 💥 Vistara Lands in the NEAR Ecosystem for Seamless Base Layer Roll-up Deployment https://twitter.com/NEARProtocol/status/1677316664814174209?s=20 OCTOPUS 2.0: A PROMISE TO BREAK BARRIERS BETWEEN BLOCKCHAINS https://nearweek.medium.com/octopus-2-0-promises-to-break-barriers-between-blockchains-a64c7c80f9d1 The NEAR Community Marketing DAO has completed the setup of their Guernsey Purpose Trust and will resume giving marketing support to projects building on NEAR. https://twitter.com/MarketingDAOers/status/1677316701929500672?s=20 --- 🪙 **DeFi** 💰 Aurora Weekly Updates is here! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpMEtk_APbc --- 🎨 **NFT & Gaming** 🎮 Mintbase: The German Public Leadership Award granted the winners with NFTs issued on Mintbase. https://twitter.com/mintbase/status/1677319690543046658?s=20 USAGII DAO NFTs are now live on Paras Marketplace! https://twitter.com/ParasHQ/status/1677286454475755522 --- 🔼 **Projects update** 🔼 Orderly Network Weekly Crypto Roundup https://twitter.com/OrderlyNetwork/status/1677234754356396032 Octopus Network Monthly Update is here with a deep dive into the latest advancements in Octopus 2.0 https://twitter.com/oct_network/status/1677331826736496642?s=20 --- 🪅 **Events** 🪅 Join The Greenhouse, here to nurture the next generation blockchain startups with NEAR APAC. https://twitter.com/NEARProtocol/status/1677314025908994051?s=20 NEAR Horizon announced partnership with Outlier Ventures for a NEAR Base Camp accelerator starting at the end of the month. Applications close July 14th. https://twitter.com/nearhorizon/status/1677331816435335172?s=20 --- 🧑💻 **Developer** 🧑💻 Learn How the Aurora’s EVM gas vs. Near gas are related in this latest article. https://dev.aurora.dev/posts/evm-gas-near-gas-on-aurora ---