Polkadot News
Radha, Tech Ed Lead at W3F, gave a talk at Messari Mainnet on the new OpenGov system coming to Polkadot (and already live on Kusama). https://twitter.com/DrW3RK/status/1625956631056986113
Motion 348, adding a new batch of HRMP channels (for HydraDX, Kapex, Ajuna, Pendulum, and Litentry) has passed Council vote and now goes as a Referendum for vote by all DOT holders. A New Batch Of HRMP Channels: HydraDX, Kapex, Ajuna, Pendulum, Litentry | Polkassembly
Motion 350, proposing to approve a Treasury Proposal for 1TRIBE Radio, is under consideration by the Polkadot Council. 1TRIBE: Bridging Africa to the Future with Polkadot | Polkassembly
Referendum 105, proposing to update system parachains to runtime v9370, is now up for vote and passing almost unanimously. Upgrade System Parachains to v9370 | Polkassembly
The staking rate on Polkadot has increased slightly to 47.32%. Polkadot Staking Dashboard
Remember that you can now stake directly on-chain in an entirely decentralized, trustless way with as little 1 DOT using nomination pools. Nomination Pools - Polkadot Wiki
Kusama News
Turing Network has won the most recent parachain lease auction. Kusama Auctions #65-69 and Crowdloans | Parachains.info
OpenGov Referendum 101, proposing a new Kusama auction schedule for 2023, is up for vote, with 100% in favor. Polkassembly - Referendum #101
There are now 14 Referenda for vote using in the OpenGov system. Polkadot/Substrate Portal
Legacy Referendum 264, proposing to replace the current runtime code with the text “test how to proposal”, is failing with 1% in favor. Proposali-98 | Polkassembly