The long-awaited Merge has come and gone. Ethereum isn't the only thing in the ecosystem striving to be a better version of itself— Let's take a look at what everyone's been up to in the Inclusiverse!

HUG Family Happenings

🦸‍♀️Happy First Birthday, Boss Beauties! Take a peek at the #BBs1stBirthday tag on Twitter and explore all the excitement they've had this monumental year.

🚀Power of Women has had a big week! IRL Power Pass prints, their new Power Portal, and artist Leah Sams will be speaking at Web3 London later this week.

👗The Metaverse merges with Manhattan as Eyes of Fashion takes over New York Fashion Week. Bonus? They're officially a verified wearable in Decentraland.

🐙Programming your own NFT will be a lot less curious. Curious Addys is beta testing their smart contract launch & management tool!

🎴Stack the deck while you can. Ruler of the Land dropped a teaser for their upcoming game.

👑Roll out the red carpet. Tickets to the Royal Gala with The Royals are live!

🤖Before your blast off into the STAXX universe, take a trip back in time to learn the history of the STAXX GALAXXY.

✨Community is the sum of our connections. We were delighted to see Stardust Society create this collaborative dreamer named "Afrodust" for AfroPunk holders, a fellow HUG business.

What's up at HUG HQ

👨‍🎓We hosted our first-ever Demo Day! 8 different businesses pitched their work live on our Twitter spaces. To celebrate, some of our communities even rewarded attendees with free NFTs 🥳

📅September 15th marks the start of Hispanic Heritage Month! Our HUG community curated a list of their favorite Hispanic & Latino creators in Web3.

😵‍💫WTF is the Merge? Fortunately, everything went according to plan. Read all about it as our co-founder, Debbie, and our developer, David, explain Ethereum's environmentally friendly upgrade.

A new month means a new creative challenge! To foster creativity in all its forms, we are expanding out from scribbles. The #HUGCreatorClub welcomes art of any kind: illustrations, photography, poetry, generative code... the only limit is your imagination! For the #SeptemberChallenge, the theme is LUNCHBOX 🥪

Eyes front to the Future 👀

🎙️Get excited! on/airHUG Weekly Alpha returns with Randi & Debbie on Tuesday, September 20th! Set a reminder now, you won't want to miss it.

Are you loving our Review & Discovery Platform? It's only going to get better. Join us in our Discord on Wednesday, September 21 as our head curator, Lorr, takes HUG on a guided tour of some hug-worthy updates!

Between the changes with the Ethereum Merge and upcoming upgrades to our own platform, this week has us thinking about hard work. The Ethereum Merge took years of dedication, and a lot of users may not have noticed it even happened. That's the case for many creators and builders. While some of your hardest work may go unseen, those of us at HUG would like to express that what you do is always important, worthwhile, and appreciated 💕