Polkadot Digest 29 Aug 2023

Polkadot News

With two and a half days left in the current parachain lease auction, Astar has been in the lead the vast majority of the Ending Period. Auctions and crowdloans on Polkadot & Kusama networks | Parachains.info

Referendum 130, proposing to cancel the old auction schedule (which already passed as part of Referendum 56, but did not execute), current has 100% of votes in favor. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/130

While the Polkadot Digest focuses on the Polkadot and Kusama relay chains, there is much more happening in the ecosystem. Read the latest Polkadot Community Roundup to find out more. https://twitter.com/Polkadot/status/1696161907080561097

Kusama News

Bifrost Kusama has won the most recent parachain lease auction. Kusama Auctions #97-103 and Crowdloans | Parachains.info

Referendum 260, a retry of Referendum 258, proposing to register DOT as an asset on Kusama Asset Hub, is now up for vote. [Whitelisted Caller] Referendum #260