### **Friday, July 14, 2023**  --- 💥 **Big things around the ecosystem** 💥 Messari’s Report on State of NEAR Q2 2023 is here! “NEAR made significant progress towards its 2023 goal of driving adoption to NEAR Protocol and the BOS.” https://messari.io/report/state-of-near-q2-2023 (https://messari.io/report/state-of-near-q2-2023?utm_medium=organic_social&utm_source=twitter_nickdgarcia&utm_campaign=state-of-near-q2-2023) NEARWEEK X PAGODA: REDEFINING UX ON BOS https://twitter.com/NEARWEEK/status/1679858565870391298 The NDC’s I-AM-HUMAN movement now boasts 2,000 members in the #NEAR ecosystem! https://twitter.com/neardc/status/1679807963215671297 --- 🪙 **DeFi** 💰 DeFi 2.0 is coming to NEAR! Checkout the proposals from NEAR 2023 Protocol Development Roadmap: https://twitter.com/ekuzyakov/status/1679552452981301255 Aurora Weekly Update is here! https://twitter.com/auroraisnear/status/1679823167010000897 --- 🎨 **NFT & Gaming** 🎮 METEOR SPOTLIGHT: Learn about Playible, a play-to-earn NFT fantasy sports platform on NEAR. https://twitter.com/MeteorWallet/status/1679861131219808257 --- 🪅 **Events** 🪅 Encode Club x Aurora Hackathon — Prizewinners and Summary https://twitter.com/encodeclub/status/1679887753876480000?s=20 ---