Polkadot News
Web3 Foundation has announced the recipients of Wave 20 of the Grants Program. https://medium.com/web3foundation/web3-foundation-grants-wave-20-recipients-e9adb0b80056
As a reminder, there are numerous programs available via W3F and the broader ecosystem for funding for Polkadot projects. For details, see Grants Program - Polkadot Wiki and Decentralized Futures Program - Polkadot Wiki
A new network validation protocol will be rolled out starting with polkadot-v1.6.0. This will require upgrades from all active validators nodes before the optimizations can enact. [Raising awareness] New network validation protocol version(v3) coming
The next parachain lease auction will begin on 16 Jan. Polkadot Auctions #60-66 and Crowdloans | Parachains.info
Kusama News
With two days left in the current parachain lease auction, Darwinia Crab has been in the lead the entire Ending Period. https://parachains.info/auctions/kusama
Referendum 328, proposing to upgrade the Kusama relay chain to runtime 1’001’000, is currently passing unanimously. https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referenda/328