Polkadot News
Sub0, the Polkadot Developer Conference, is back this year 28-29 November in Lisbon, Portugal and online. Sub0, the Polkadot Developer Conference, comes to Lisbon in November
The Polkadot Forum is now live and open to the public. It is for focused discussion of Polkadot: ecosystem, development, governance, etc. https://forum.polkadot.network/
Shawn Tabrizi has posted an excellent explanation of how XCM will be used with XCMP there. How XCM will actually be used with XCMP
And if you are interested in learning more about XCM itself, he has also posted a list of resources: Best Resources to Learn XCM (Tech & High Level)
Kusama News
With one day to go before the ending period starts, Bit.Country Pioneer is leading in the current parachain lease auction. Polkadot/Substrate Portal
Referendum 224, to fix the opening of an HRMP channel between Statemine and Robonomics, has passed. Polkassembly
Referendum 225, proposing to upgrade the Kusama relay chain to runtime v9271, is passing unanimously with two days left to vote. Polkassembly
Referendum 226, proposing to edit the Snow crowdloan parameters, is currently passing unanimously with six days left to vote. Polkassembly