Polkadot News
With three days left in the current parachain lease auction, Bifrost Polkadot has been in the lead the entire Ending Period so far. https://parachains.info/auctions/kusama
Referendum 453, proposing to de-register parachain ID 2057 on the Root track, is now up for vote (although no decision deposit has yet been placed). Polkassembly - Referendum #453
Referendum 440, proposing to clean up an undecodable storage entry, now has sufficient support to pass on the whitelisted track. Polkassembly - Referendum #440
Dozens of projects have proposals in for Decentralized Futures. To read over the proposals, you can see their posts on the Polkadot Forum with the decentralized-future tag. Topics tagged decentralized-future
Decentralized Futures is a program from Web3 Foundation offering $20 million (USD) and 5 million DOT to support individuals and teams building the Polkadot ecosystem. https://futures.web3.foundation/
Kusama News
With only a few minutes remaining in the current parachain lease auction, parathread 3344 has been in the lead slightly over half of the Ending Period. https://parachains.info/auctions/kusama
Referendum 338, deregistering parachain IDs 2086 and 2108, is now up for vote (although no decision deposit has yet been placed). Polkassembly - Referendum #338
Referendum 337, proposing to onboard Brale and Glo Dollar to Kusama Asset Hub, is now up for vote. Polkassembly - Referendum #337
Referendum 336, proposing to open HRMP channels between Integritee and Kusama Asset Hub, is now up for vote. Polkassembly - Referendum #336