Polkadot News
The Web3 Summit 3.0 is taking place in Berlin from August 19-21 https://twitter.com/Web3summit/status/1763162673540161783
Velocity Labs is putting up a 590k DOT bounty for DeFi infra and tooling https://medium.com/@velocity-labs/applications-now-open-defi-and-infrastructure-polkadot-bounty-510a80733f7d
Be sure to check out the Polkadot Roundup for a variety of news from the ecosystem https://twitter.com/Polkadot/status/1785375364904091871
Referendum 694, proposing to “unstuck” the bridge between Kusama and Polkadot, is passing Polkassembly - Referendum #694
The staking rate on Polkadot continues to increase (+0.11%) and is now at 53.26%. Polkadot Staking Dashboard
Kusama News
The first three cores have been sold on Kusama for an average price of 23.4 KSM https://twitter.com/lastic_xyz/status/1785616707811205457
Referendum 382, proposing to test out a multi-stage payout from the Treasury, is currently passing with almost 100% in favor, and is in now in the deciding phase. Polkassembly - Referendum #382
The staking rate on Kusama is now at 51.69%. Polkadot Staking Dashboard