Polkadot News
After being in the lead the entire Ending Period, Parallel Finance has won the most recent parachain lease auction. https://parachains.info/auctions
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: Polkassembly - Referendum #246
There has been a flurry of new Polkadot Treasury Proposals over the last few days, especially on the Medium Spender track. Polkassembly - Medium Spender Proposals
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
Kusama News
With two days left in the current parachain auction, Turing Network is in the lead the current parachain lease auction. https://parachains.info/auctions/kusama
The Kusama staking rate (% of all KSM staked) has reduced slightly over the last week to 52.98%. Polkadot Staking Dashboard