Polkadot News
Anonymous parathread ID continues its lead in the current parachain lease auction, although anonymous parathread ID 2106 was also ahead during the Ending Period. Polkadot/Substrate Portal
Note that neither 2104 or 2106 are using crowdloans. If you are unfamiliar with the relationship between auctions and crowdloans, see Web3 and Polkadot - Polkadot Wiki
Referendum 98, proposing to modify the genesis block Wasm of the Bittensor parachain, is passing with 99% in favor with 10 days left to vote. Update genesis state WASM to 2097 | Polkassembly
Referendum 100, proposing to enable pre-checking for runtime upgrades on parachains is currently passing unanimously with four days left to vote. Setting pvfCheckingEnabled In The Configuration To TRUE | Polkassembly
After an increase in the staking rate by 2 percentage points during yesterday’s era, the staking rate has dropped by 2.1 percentage points, to 45.8%, for today’s. Polkadot/Substrate Portal
Kusama News
Moonriver has won the most recent parachain lease auction. Kusama Auctions #65-70 and Crowdloans | Parachains.info