Polkadot News
With 10 hours left in the current parachain lease auction, OAK Network has been in the lead the entire Ending Period. Security vulnerability: Executing unauthorized XCM messages
Referendum 74, proposing to open several HRMP channels, is passing unanimously with 15 days left to vote. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referendum/74
Referendum 76, proposing to upgrade the Polkadot relay chain runtime to v9281, has passed. Runtime v9281 Upgrade On Polkadot | Polkassembly
This runtime upgrade has fixed a security vulnerability found by SRLabs. For details, see Security vulnerability: Executing unauthorized XCM messages
Kusama News
With four days left in the current parachain lease auction, anonymous parathread ID 2223 is in the lead. DAO IPCI was also in the lead during the Ending Period. Polkadot/Substrate Portal
Referendum 235, proposing to upgrade the Kusama Relay Chain to runtime v9291, has passed. Runtime v9291 Upgrade On Kusama | Polkassembly
Referendum 231, proposing to upgrade the Kusama Relay Chain to runtime v9290, has failed. https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referendum/231
Referendum 233, extending the Picasso parachain’s by swapping two lease slots, is passing with 99% in favor and 4 days left to vote. Extend Picasso parachain lease | Polkassembly
Referendum 234, approving a Treasury Proposal for WagMedia, is passing with 83% in favor with four days left to vote. WagMedia Request To Top Up Bounty #12 | Polkassembly
Note that there have been some finality issues on the Westend Testnet. For details, see Westend finality incident - HackMD