Polkadot News
Interlay has won the most recent parachain lease auction. https://parachains.info/auctions
Referendum 335, proposing a parachain lease auction schedule for 2024, is currently passing with 99.7% in favor. Polkassembly - Referendum #335
Referendum 340, opening an HRMP channel between the Polkadot Asset Hub and Polimec, is passing with 99.5% in favor. Polkassembly - Referendum #340
The staking rate on Polkadot has decreased slightly over the last week to 51.05%. Polkadot Staking Dashboard
Kusama News
With three days left in the current parachain lease auction, Mangata X has been in the lead the entire Ending Period. https://parachains.info/auctions/kusama
Referendum 320, setting the parachain auction schedule for 2024, has passed and executed. https://kusama.subsquare.io/referenda/320
However, due to a typo for lease period 37 (starting block should be 22_118_400, not 21_118_400 as submitted), Referendum 324 fixing this is now up for vote. Polkassembly - Referendum #324
Referendum 321, proposing a Bounty for public RPCs for the relay chain and system parachains, is passing with 57% in favor. Polkassembly - Referendum #321
Referendum 319, proposing to reimburse an account from the Treasury after the owner allegedly lost their seed phrase, has failed with 0.1% in favor. Polkassembly - Referendum #319
The Kusama staking rate has remained relatively stable over the last week, currently at 51.66%. Polkadot Staking Dashboard