Polkadot News
Referendum 114, proposing to onboard a Bridge Hub system parachain to Polkadot, is currently passing with 99% in favor with a few hours left to vote. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referendum/114
Referendum 115, proposing to open three new HRMP channels between Statemint and Bitgreen/Subsocial/Manta, is passing with 99% in favor and 6 days left to vote. Three New HRMP Channels batch On Polkadot | Polkassembly
Referendum 117, seeking a force_transfer back to the Treasury from a previous Treasury Proposal, is currently failing with 73% in favor and 18 days left to vote. Returning Supercolony lost funds back to the Treasury | Polkassembly
Reminder that Daniel Schoenberger, Chief Legal Officer at W3F, will be giving testimony to the US House of Representatives today on “The Future of Digital Assets”. For a copy of the written testimony, see Web3 Foundation Written Testimony, May 10, 2023 | Daniel Schoenberger
Kusama News
With two days left in the current parachain lease auction Kabocha is in the lead, but anonymous parathread ID 2268 has also been in the lead during the Ending Period https://parachains.info/auctions/kusama
Referendum 173, setting max_code_size to 3 MiB, is currently confirming. Polkassembly - Referendum #173
Brushfam is seeking support for Milestones 3 and 4 of sol2ink (Solidity to ink! transpiler). Polkassembly - Treasury proposal: Sol2Ink Milestones 3 & 4 development (WASM smart contracts) #2544
The staking rate on Kusama continues to slowly increase, now at 52.48%. Polkadot Staking Dashboard