### **Wednesday, August 16, 2023**  --- 💥 **Big things around the ecosystem** 💥 How can we solve ethics and compensation in the Metaverse? Find out how we can build a more equitable future with Michael Blank and Marieke Flament https://twitter.com/NEARProtocol/status/1691407845189656576?s --- 🎨 **NFT & Gaming** 🎮 Follow Paras for all Web3Wave 2023 updates https://twitter.com/ParasHQ/status/1691699853162848565?s --- 🪅**Events**🪅 Meta Pool's AMA : Valuable insights about how a liquid staking project operates a DAO and empowers the community. Wednesday 16th, 10 AM UTC https://twitter.com/meta_pool/status/1691540849195167744?s --- 💰 **DeFi** 💰 Feature to be soon live on mainnet at Ref Finance - the PERP function, seamlessly integrated with Orderly Network https://twitter.com/finance_ref/status/1691687915003273455?s Pagoda is now requesting comment from builders & users of BOS on NEAR DevHub for a Groups feature, to standardize the ways communities interact on the social graph https://twitter.com/NEARHACKS/status/1691766977675616465?s --- 🔼 **Projects update** 🔼 Automata Network : 1RPC integration with Nightly Wallet for Sui and NEAR https://twitter.com/AutomataNetwork/status/1691691261764178315?s Pr3sence is partnering with Stader Near to power their marketing with blockchain driven ad campaigns https://twitter.com/Pr3sence_xyz/status/1691758147176636576?s ---