Polkadot News
The Polkadot Mini-Summit at EthDenver 2024 starts tomorrow, with various parachain teams and builders in attendance. https://twitter.com/Polkadot/status/1761154118109028615
The first batch of Decentralized Voices delegates has been announced. https://twitter.com/Web3foundation/status/1762128093878083968
With one day left in the current parachain lease auction, Mandala chain is in the lead with a crowdloan of 100k DOT, but Unique Network has been in the lead for over twice as long so far. https://parachains.info/auctions
Remember that the ending block of a parachain lease auction is determined retroactively. Thus, either Mandala or Unique could win at this point. For details, see Web3 and Polkadot - Polkadot Wiki
Polkadot staking rate holds strong above 52.6%. Polkadot Staking Dashboard
For Polkadot-specific latest content, you can visit Polkadot’s SocialFi platform, PolkaVerse, powered by Subsocial Chain. https://polkaverse.com/
There are now 50 Referenda up for voting in Polkadot OpenGov (with three additional Referenda where the Decision Deposit still needs to be placed). https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/all-posts?trackStatus=all&page=1
If you are interested in building on Polkadot, check out Kian Paimani’s writeup that highlights different paths that a developer can take in this ecosystem https://twitter.com/kianenigma/status/1761736097128677585
Kusama News
With four days left in the current parachain lease auction, Imbue Network is in the lead. https://parachains.info/auctions/kusama
There are 7 Referenda up for vote on Kusama OpenGov. https://kusama.polkassembly.io/all-posts?trackStatus=all&page=1