Polkadot News
With the Ending Period starting in a few hours, Moonsama is in the lead in the current parachain lease auction. Auctions and crowdloans on Polkadot & Kusama networks | Parachains.info
Referendum 111, adjusting nomination parameters, is passing with 99% in favor with just 1 day left to vote. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referendum/111
Specifically, Ref 111 will increase minimum nomination pool creation bond to 500 DOT, increase size required to directly nominate to 250 DOT, increase the maximum number of pools to 256, and enable fast-unstake on Polkadot.
Web3 Philosopher has written an article about using fraud proofs for Byzantine fault tolerant cross chain bridges. Byzantine Fault Tolerant Cross-Chain Bridges
Kusama News
With three days left in the current parachain lease auction, Aband has been in the lead the entire Ending Period. Kusama Auctions #71-75 and Crowdloans | Parachains.info
Referendum 130, opening various two-way HRMP channels between Amplitude, MangataX, Imbue, Tinkernet, GM Parachain, has passed and executed. https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referenda/130
Referendum 129, removing an old preimage from storage, has passed and executed. Remove Old Runtime Upgrade Preimage | Polkassembly
There are now 10 OpenGov referenda available for voting by any KSM holder. Polkadot/Substrate Portal
The Kusama staking rate continues to increase, and is now slightly over 52%. Polkadot Staking Dashboard | Polkadot Staking (DOT)