Polkadot News
With four days left in the current parachain lease auction, anonymous parathread ID 3336 has been in the lead the entire Ending Period. https://parachains.info/auctions
Referendum 112, proposing to immediately increase the number of maximum number of validators in the active set to 500, did not pass. Increase maximum active validator count to 500 | Polkassembly
Referendum 114, proposing to onboard a Bridge Hub system parachain to Polkadot, is currently passing with 99% in favor and 9 days left to vote. Polkadot Bridge Hub Genesis | Polkassembly
Referendum 115, proposing to open three new HRMP channels between Statemint and Bitgreen/Subsocial/Manta, is passing unanimously with 15 days left to vote. Three New HRMP Channels batch On Polkadot | Polkassembly
Referendum 116, fixing the issue caused by the recent Referendum 113 and resetting the Watr parachain genesis block, is currently passing with 97% in favor and 6 hours left to vote. Fix incorrectly enacted referendum caused by a Substrate bug | Polkassembly
Note that Referendum 116 was fast-tracked by the Technical Committee. Web3 and Polkadot - Polkadot Wiki
Referendum 117, seeking a force_transfer back to the Treasury from a previous Treasury Proposal, is currently failing with 60% in favor. Returning Supercolony lost funds back to the Treasury | Polkassembly
For more details on the back story of Referendum 117, see the comments on Treasury Proposal 96. Helping Supercolony Recover Funds From Treasury Proposal - A new vote on the proposal
Kusama News
Quartz has won the most recent parachain lease auction. https://parachains.info/auctions/kusama
Referendum 167, forcing the default XCM version to 2, has passed and executed. Polkassembly - Referendum #167
Referendum 172, removing the lock for the Bifrost swapped parachain ID, is currently up for vote. Polkassembly - Referendum #172
Referendum 173, proposing to fix the HostConfiguration by setting the max_code_size to 3 MiB, is up for vote. Polkassembly - Referendum #173
Note that the maximum size of any current parachain runtime is ~ 1.8 MiB, but parachains should be aware of this limitation for future development.