Polkadot News
Do you really want to know what’s going on with Polkadot development? Check out the January OpenDev Polkadot Core Dev Call - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itUw-ndb-Tc
The Polkadot Technical Fellowship has also created a website covering all Polkadot RFCs, both approved and proposed. Introduction - Polkadot Fellowship RFCs
With the Ending Period just beginning, Darwinia is in the lead in the current parachain lease auction. https://parachains.info/auctions
The Polkadot staking rate is now at 51.49%, a drop of approximately 0.45 percentage points from yesterday. Polkadot Staking Dashboard
Kusama News
Reminder to Kusama validators that they need to rotate their session keys in order to activate BEEFY. A list of Kusama validator addresses which do not have BEEFY keys can be checked here: https://kusama.w3f.community/validators/beefy/dummy
With two days left to go in the current parachain lease auction, anonymous parathrad 3345 has been in the lead the entire Ending Period so far. https://parachains.info/auctions/kusama
Referendum 329, proposing curators for Bounty #25, is now up for vote. Polkassembly - Referendum #329
Referendum 330, updating sufficient asset minimum balances on Kusama Asset Hub, is now up for vote. Polkassembly - Referendum #330