Polkadot News
Hyperbridge (Nexus) has won the most recent parachain lease auction. Auctions and crowdloans on Polkadot & Kusama networks | Parachains.info
The staking rate on Polkadot has increased over the weekend and is now at 51.49%. Polkadot Staking Dashboard | Polkadot Staking (DOT)
Referendum 581, proposing to upgrade Polkadot to runtime v1.1.3, is currently passing with ~ 100% in favor. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/581
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Kusama News
Parathread 3348 has been in the lead the majority of the Ending Period, but Integritee and Parathrad 3347 have both been in the lead during the Ending Period. Kusama Auctions and Crowdloans | Parachains.info
Referendum 359, proposing to upgrade Kusama to runtime v1.1.3, has achieved sufficient support to pass and also has 100% approval. Barring any changes in votes, it should start confirming in four days. Kusama Runtime Upgrade v1.1.3 | Polkassembly
Referendum 361, funding system chain sovereign accounts on Kusama BridgeHub for the Polkadot-Kusama bridge, is passing with ~ 100% in favor. Fund system chains sovereign accounts on Kusama BridgeHub for Polkadot<>Kusama bridge | Polkassembly
Referendum 364, proposing to set onDemandBaseFee to 0.005 KSM, is now up for vote. Setting onDemandBaseFee to 0.005 KSM | Polkassembly
The Kusama staking rate has increased slightly over the weekend to 51.07%. Polkadot Staking Dashboard | Polkadot Staking (DOT)