Polkadot News
Referendum 119, proposing to swap parachain lease slots for Acala, has passed. Lease swap for Acala | Polkassembly
Referendum 121, proposing to upgrade the relay chain to runtime 9420 and enable Polkadot OpenGov, is passing with 99% in favor and two days left to vote. Runtime Upgrade v9420 on Polkadot Network | Polkassembly
Interested in what’s happening in the Polkadot ecosystem outside of the Relay Chain? Check out the Polkadot Round-Up every Monday. Latest edition: https://twitter.com/Polkadot/status/1668220872866267137
The recording of the Polkadot Pioneers AMA, featuring teams building with ink!, is available here: https://twitter.com/Polkadot/status/1668259257639223296
The Polkadot staking rate has been slowly increasing and is now at 43.09%. Polkadot Staking Dashboard
Controller accounts are being deprecated in favor of staking proxies. The Staking Dashboard will soon no longer support Controller accounts. If you are using a Controller account, you can connect to the Staking Dashboard and convert it. Polkadot Staking Dashboard
Kusama News
Referendum 214, seeking to further decentralize the collator set on Statemine and Kusama Bridge Hub, has passed. Polkassembly - Referendum #214
Six other Referenda are currently up for vote in Kusama OpenGov. Polkadot/Substrate Portal
The Kusama staking rate continues to slowly increase and is now at 53.25%. Polkadot Staking Dashboard