Polkadot News
Radha Dasari, Director of Ecosystem Success at W3F, will be speaking at CV Summit on the state of decentralized AI. https://x.com/DrW3RK/status/1970048331599454248
alice_und_bob has posted an overview of the August Technical Fellowship OpenDev call. https://forum.polkadot.network/t/2025-08-19-technical-fellowship-opendev-call/15024
Referendum 1737, proposing a mechanism for Polkadot Community Foundation director election and removal process, is failing with 37.3% in favor. https://polkadot.subsquare.io/referenda/1737
Referendum 1756, proposing to upgrade the Polkadot relay chain and system parachains to runtime 1.7.1, is passing almost unanimously. https://polkadot.subsquare.io/referenda/1756
Kusama News
The latest Attempts at Governance show covers a potential cap on Kusama supply, the Content pallet, Kusama Nigeria, and more. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnFTnwOVJW8
Referendum 599, setting Kusama staking reward parameters in preparation for the Asset Hub migration, is currently passing unanimously. https://kusama.subsquare.io/referenda/599