# Polkadot Digest 25 Jan 2023

**URL:** <https://forum.polkadot.network/t/polkadot-digest-25-jan-2023/1823>\
**Category:** Digest\
**Created:** [January 25, 2023, 8:12am UTC](https://forum.polkadot.network/t/polkadot-digest-25-jan-2023/1823 "2023-01-25T08:12:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![bill\_w3f](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forum.polkadot.network/bill_w3f/32/910_2.png) [@bill\_w3f](https://forum.polkadot.network/u/bill_w3f)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2023, 8:12am UTC](https://forum.polkadot.network/t/polkadot-digest-25-jan-2023/1823/1 "2023-01-25T08:12:19Z")

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## Polkadot News

With 2 days left in the current parachain lease auction, Parathread ID 2104 has been in the lead the entire Ending Period. [Polkadot/Substrate Portal](https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Fpolkadot.api.onfinality.io%2Fpublic-ws#/parachains/auctions)

The staking rate on Polkadot has increased over 2 percentage points since the last era, to 47.9%. [Polkadot/Substrate Portal](https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Fpolkadot.api.onfinality.io%2Fpublic-ws#/staking)

## Kusama News

With less than a day to go in the current parachain lease auction, Moonriver has been in the lead the entire Ending Period. [Polkadot/Substrate Portal](https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Fpublic-rpc.pinknode.io%2Fkusama#/parachains/auctions)

There are now 16 Referenda available to vote on in the OpenGov system. [Polkadot/Substrate Portal](https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Fpublic-rpc.pinknode.io%2Fkusama#/referenda)

There is a post seeking feedback on increasing the validator minimum commission rate on Kusama (from 3% to 10%). [Polkassembly - Referendum proposal - Increasing the Validator minimum commission rate #1993](https://kusama.polkassembly.io/post/1993)

There is a post seeking feedback for a Treasury Proposal for Subsquid integration with the Polkascan block explorer. [Polkassembly - Subsquid integration with Polkascan block explorer (upcoming Treasury Proposal) #2157](https://kusama.polkassembly.io/post/2157)

There is a post seeking feedback for a Treasury Proposal for maintenance of the substrate-api-client by Supercomputing Systems. [Polkassembly - Maintenance for the substrate-api-client Feb-23 to Apr-23 #2159](https://kusama.polkassembly.io/post/2159)

There is a post seeking feedback for a potential Treasury Proposal for funding GMI crypto media, a network public service podcast series. [Polkassembly - Proposal: GMI crypto media, an original network public service podcast series #2158](https://kusama.polkassembly.io/post/2158)

There is a post seeking feedback on renewing funding for the NFT Content Creators initially funded by Bounty 12. [Polkassembly - 6 Month Funding for NFT Content Creation Guild #2101](https://kusama.polkassembly.io/post/2101)

On the Gov1 side, Referendum 261, which has provided no contextual information on what it is proposing, is currently failing with slightly over 0% in favor and 6 days left to vote. [Untitled - Referendum | Polkassembly](https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referendum/261)