Polkadot News
Polkadot v0.9.35 has been released. This is a runtime-only release. Release Polkadot v0.9.35 · paritytech/polkadot · GitHub
Kusama News
OpenGov Referendum 24, upgrading Kusama to runtime v9350 and fixing the slashed validator re-nomination issue, is up for vote by the community. https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referenda/24
Gov1 Referendum 255, proposing to swap Shiden lease periods, is currently failing with 48% in favor. Note that this is an obsolete proposal as Shiden has already swapped lease periods via XCM. Swap Shiden Network lease periods | Polkassembly
Are you interested in working on something on Polkadot, but don’t know what? The W3F Grants Team has a list of RFPs for ideas that they would like to see implemented. See https://github.com/w3f/Grants-Program/tree/master/docs/rfps