# Polkadot Digest 16 Jan 2024

**URL:** <https://forum.polkadot.network/t/polkadot-digest-16-jan-2024/5693>\
**Category:** Digest\
**Created:** [January 16, 2024, 9:02am UTC](https://forum.polkadot.network/t/polkadot-digest-16-jan-2024/5693 "2024-01-16T09:02:57Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 16, 2024, 9:02am UTC](https://forum.polkadot.network/t/polkadot-digest-16-jan-2024/5693/1 "2024-01-16T09:02:57Z")

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## Polkadot News

DOT locked in the second round of Polkadot crowdloans can be returned starting today. Generally NO ACTION is needed by individual users and the DOT will be transferred to your account automatically.

In the case that the parachain team does not initiate the return in a time, anyone can initiate the crowdloan.refund extrinsic for that crowdloan. For details, see [Web3 and Polkadot - Polkadot Wiki](https://wiki.polkadot.network/docs/learn-crowdloans#withdraw-crowdloaned-tokens)

Referendum 416, proposing to upgrade the Polkadot relay chain and system parachains to runtime v1’001’000, is currently passing with 95% in favor. [https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/416](https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/416)

Based on requests from the community, I have been adding on-chain information about the accounts of Treasury Proposal proposers to Polkassembly. For an example, see [Polkassembly - Referendum #411](https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/411#MdYgIjxjujCVCOCrJEg3)

The staking rate on Polkadot has increased to 51.93%, approximately 0.4 percentage points higher than this time last week. [Polkadot Staking Dashboard](https://staking.polkadot.network/#/overview)

## Kusama News

Referendum 328, proposing to upgrade the Kusama relay chain and system parachains to runtime 1’001’000, has passed and will execute on 24 Jan. [https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referenda/328](https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referenda/328)

This runtime upgrade will bring numerous changes - BEEFY activation, asynchronous backing, various Treasury and governance updates, and more. For details, see [Release Runtimes 1.1.0 · polkadot-fellows/runtimes · GitHub](https://github.com/polkadot-fellows/runtimes/releases/tag/v1.1.0)

With four days left in the current parachain lease auction, anonymous parathread 3345 has been in the lead the entire Ending Period so far. [https://parachains.info/auctions/kusama](https://parachains.info/auctions/kusama)

The staking rate on Kusama has been increasing and now stands at 52.69%, approximately 1.2 percentage points higher than this time last week. [Polkadot Staking Dashboard](https://staking.polkadot.network/#/overview)