Polkadot News
With three days left in the current parachain lease auction, parathread IDs 3333 and 3334 have both been in the lead during the Ending Period. Polkadot/Substrate Portal
Recall that this means either can potentially win the auction, due to the candle auction mechanism used in parachain lease auctions. For details, see Web3 and Polkadot - Polkadot Wiki
With less than a day left to vote, Referendum 105, upgrading system parachains to 9370, is passing almost unanimously. Upgrade System Parachains to v9370 | Polkassembly
With five days left to vote, Referendum 107, proposing to upgrade the Polkadot relay chain runtime to v9370, is passing unanimously. Runtime Release v9370 for Polkadot | Polkassembly
Referendum 106, proposing to open new HRMP channels between Statemint and HydraDX, Kapex, Ajuna, Pendulum, and Litentry, is passing unanimously with 9 days left to vote. A New Batch Of HRMP Channels: HydraDX, Kapex, Ajuna, Pendulum, Litentry | Polkassembly
Kusama News
With one day left in the current parachain lease auction, Parathread ID 2262 has been in the lead the entire Ending Period. Polkadot/Substrate Portal
Referendum 101, proposing the Kusama parachain lease auction schedule for the rest of 2023, has passed. https://kusama.subsquare.io/referenda/referendum/101
Referendum 100, proposing a curator group for the Spanish content and event production bounty, has passed. Polkassembly - Referendum #100
Referendum 110, proposing to cancel Referendum 106 (relay chain runtime upgrade to v9380) currently has 99% in favor. This delay is to give more time for parachain teams to test XCMv3 before it launches. https://kusama.subsquare.io/referenda/referendum/110
There is a request for promotion for a Fellowship member. You can view this to see the process of requesting promotion in the Fellowship. https://kusama.subsquare.io/fellowship/referendum/28