Polkadot News
Gavin Wood, founder of Polkadot, is returning in late August as CEO of Parity, the driving force behind the technical development of Polkadot. https://x.com/paritytech/status/1955617027239878698
Referendum 1700, proposing to upgrade various system parachains to runtime 1.6.x (either .0 or .1, depending on chain), is passing almost unanimously (36.7 million DOT in favor, 1 DOT against). https://polkadot.subsquare.io/referenda/1700
Referendum 1701, proposing various adjustments to OpenGov parameters, is passing unanimously. https://polkadot.subsquare.io/referenda/1701
Kusama News
There are two different wish-for-change Referenda on how to implement Kusama on JAM. Option A, “Lightweight”, is currently passing with 55% in favor. https://kusama.subsquare.io/referenda/573
Option B, “Full Power and Polkadot Friendly” is failing with 47% in favor. https://kusama.subsquare.io/referenda/574