Polkadot Digest 23 Aug 2024

Polkadot News

With four days left in the current parachain lease auction, Polkadex is in the lead. Auctions and crowdloans on Polkadot & Kusama networks | Parachains.info

Referendum 1104, proposing to convert part of DOT Treasury assets to stablecoins (USDT and USDC), is passing with 99.7% in favor. Convert Part of DOT Assets to Stablecoins | Polkassembly

Referendum 1107, proposing to register the Coretime system parachain, is passing almost unanimously. [Whitelisted Caller] Register the Polkadot Coretime Chain | Polkassembly

The staking rate on Polkadot relay chain is now at 59.07%. https://staking.polkadot.cloud/#/overview

Kusama News

Referendum 443, proposing to update Kusama (relay chain and system parachains) to runtime 1.3.0 is now up for vote. Update Kusama v1.3.0 | Polkassembly

Referendum 437, a Wish-for-Change Referendum proposing to allow OpenGov to change the parameters of burn redirect, is passing with 99.7% in favor. WFC: Allow OpenGov to change the parameters of the burn redirect if not currently possible with upcoming inflation pallet | Polkassembly

The staking rate on Kusama relay chain is now at 53.08%. https://staking.polkadot.cloud/#/overview