Polkadot News
Daniel Schoenberger, Chief Legal Officer at W3F, testified before the US House of Representatives yesterday on the future of digital assets. For details, see https://medium.com/web3foundation/web3-foundation-testifies-on-digital-asset-regulation-before-the-u-s-house-of-representatives-c0474250066
Or if you would prefer to watch the whole hearing or read the written testimony yourself, it is available here: "The Future of Digital Assets: Measuring the Regulatory Gaps in the Digital Asset Markets" | House Agriculture Committee
Referendum 114, proposing to onboard a Bridge Hub system parachain to Polkadot, has passed. Polkadot Bridge Hub Genesis | Polkassembly
Referendum 118, proposing to increase the ideal number of validators in the active set to 400, is currently passing with 97% in favor and 27 days left to vote. 1kvP Validators Initiative: Increase Validators Active Set to 400 | Polkassembly
Referendum 115, proposing to open three new HRMP channels between Statemint and Bitgreen/Subsocial/Manta, is passing with 99% in favor and 5 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 17 days left to vote. Returning Supercolony lost funds back to the Treasury | Polkassembly
Kusama News
This Parachain Lease Auction has seen three projects - Bit.Country, Kabocha, and Anonymous Parathread ID 2268 - in the lead during the Ending Period. https://parachains.info/auctions/kusama
Referendum 190, proposing to upgrade the Kusama and system parachain runtimes to v9420, is up for vote. https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referenda/190
Note that this Referendum is on the Whitelisted track, which means it will also need to be whitelisted by the Fellowship: Interact with Kusama - Polkadot Wiki