### **Monday, Jul 17, 2023**  --- 🪙 **DeFi** 💸 MAP Protocol Receives Grant from NEAR Protocol: A Leap Towards Omnichain Integration https://www.mapprotocol.io/blog/map-protocol-receives-grant-from-near-protocol-a-leap-towards-omnichain-integration/ $mpETH will live on Metapool today https://twitter.com/meta_pool/status/1680829465595637760 --- 🎨 **NFT & Gaming** 🎮 weekly highlights of Paras Ecosystem https://twitter.com/ParasHQ/status/1680910312747462656 --- 🪅 **Events** 🪅 Near Protocol is kicking off the Founder's Day of #NEAR's ETHCC side event https://twitter.com/NEARProtocol/status/1680876836320845824 The Aurora team is ready to bring rock the 6th edition of EthCC https://twitter.com/auroraisnear/status/1680849838257369089 --- 🎙**Twitter Spaces/Podcasts** 📻 NEARatNIGHT AMA - NEAR Wallet talk with Nightly https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1ZkKzXXqADvJv/ NEAR APAC - The opportunity to access funding from top VCs https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1MYxNggDEypKw?s=20 --- 📜 **Must read** 📜 HERE Wallet and BANYAN are NEAR-SNAP maintainers https://herewallet.medium.com/here-wallet-and-banyan-are-near-snap-maintainers-67e883699dea Octopus DAO July 2023 https://medium.com/oct-network/octopus-dao-july-2023-2aea210d45c4 Weekly recap on Ref Finance https://twitter.com/finance_ref/status/1680849859186774017 ---