Polkadot News
The next parachain lease auction begins 5 Nov, at block 18_028_800. https://parachains.info/auctions
There are already several crowdloans open for this parachain lease auction, with Parallel currently being in the lead. https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipns/polkadot.dotapps.io/#/parachains/crowdloan
Referendum 231, proposing acquiring USDT for the Polkadot Treasury via the HydraDX Omnipool, is now up for vote on the Root track. Polkassembly - Referendum #231
Referendum 211, proposing to upgrade Polkdaot to runtime v1_000_000, is currently passing with 79.3% in favor. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/211
After an increase over the last week, the Polkadot staking rate has slightly decreased to 50.3%. Polkadot Staking Dashboard
Note that this has an effect on staking rewards. For details, see DOT Token - Polkadot Wiki
With the ending of another Spending Period, one percent of the Polkadot Treasury (~ 442_282 DOT) has been burnt. Subscan | Polkadot Block Details
This is a part of the protocol to encourage use of Polkadot Treasury. For details, see Treasury - Polkadot Wiki
Kusama News
With less than a day left to go in the current parachain lease auction, Zero is currently in the lead, and has been for the majority of the Ending Period. https://parachains.info/auctions/kusama
However, Shiden Network has also been in the lead for ~ 16.2% of all blocks in the Ending Period.
The staking rate on Kusama continues to slowly decrease and is now at 53.29%. Polkadot Staking Dashboard