Polkadot News
After being in the lead the entire Ending Period, Parallel Finance has won the most recent parachain lease auction. Auctions and crowdloans on Polkadot & Kusama networks | Parachains.info
The next parachain auction will begin at block 18_201_600 (approximately Friday, 17 Nov).
Space Monkeys 122 has posted an interview with Parity’s new VP of Engineering, Pierre Aubert, with a focus on making Polkadot development more dev-friendly. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8OCl3DGA7o
Referendum 246, cancelling the proposed runtime upgrade of Referendum 241, is currently passing unanimously. See the Polkassembly post for reasons and details: Cancel Referendum 241 (runtime upgrade) due to XCM issue | Polkassembly
There has been a flurry of new Polkadot Treasury Proposals over the last few days, especially on the Medium Spender track. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/medium-spender?trackStatus=all&page=1
Interested in how Parity’s Data Team finds data about ecosystem data on Polkadot, or have particular metrics you’re interested in? There’s more details about them here: https://twitter.com/Polkadot/status/1722980184599437539
The staking rate (% of all DOT staked) has increased slightly over the last week to 50.41%. Polkadot Staking Dashboard | Polkadot Staking (DOT)
Kusama News
With two days left in the current parachain auction, Turing Network is in the lead the current parachain lease auction. Kusama Auctions and Crowdloans | Parachains.info
The Kusama staking rate (% of all KSM staked) has reduced slightly over the last week to 52.98%. Polkadot Staking Dashboard | Polkadot Staking (DOT)