Polkadot News
With a day to go in the current parachain lease auction, SORA Polkadot is currently in the lead, but anonymous parathread 3358 has been in the lead a majority of time in the Ending Period. Polkadot Auctions and Crowdloans | Parachains.info
This means that either can win due to the nature of candle auctions. For details, see Parachain Slot Auctions · Polkadot Wiki
Referendum 394, assigning a 2-of-3 multisig as curator to Bounty 32 (System Parachain Collators), is passing with 99.1% in favor. Assigning a Curator to Bounty 32 (System Parachain Collator Bounty) | Polkassembly
Yesterday there was a Twitter space covering DeFi in the Polkadot ecosystem. You can listen to the recording here: https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1OdKrjnwnRyKX
The staking rate on Polkadot has been slowly increasing over the last few days, and is now at 51.51% of total DOT issuance. Polkadot Staking Dashboard | Polkadot Staking (DOT)
Kusama News
With four days left in the current parachain lease auction, Darwinia Crab has been in the lead the entire Ending Period. Kusama Auctions and Crowdloans | Parachains.info
The staking rate on Kusama has also been slowly increasing, and is now at 51.55% of total KSM issuance. Polkadot Staking Dashboard | Polkadot Staking (DOT)