Polkadot News
Reminder that applications for Decentralized Voices Cohort 4 end tomorrow! https://x.com/0xZendetta/status/1896490050193649857
For more information on the Decentralized Voices program, see the latest announcement on the Web3 Foundation blog: https://medium.com/web3foundation/decentralized-voices-cohort-4-5045d7c71b6a
Referendum 1459, proposing to upgrade the Polkadot relay chain runtime to 1.4.1, is passing almost unanimously. Polkassembly - Referendum #1459
Referendum 1468, proposing to upgrade the Snowbridge Polkadot-Ethereum bridge smart contract, is now up for vote. Polkassembly - Referendum #1468
Referendum 1424, proposing to force_upgrade the runtime of the Parallel parachain, is now confirming. Polkassembly - Referendum #1424
The Polkadot staking rate has dropped about 1.7 percentage points over the weekend and is now at 51.37%. Polkadot Cloud Staking | Polkadot Staking (DOT)
Kusama News
With the passing and execution of Referendum 500, the Kusama relay chain has upgraded to runtime 1.4.1. https://kusama.subsquare.io/referenda/500
The previous candidate was accepted and a new candidate is up for vote for Kappa Sigma Mu. https://ksmsociety.io/explore/candidates
The Kusama staking rate has continued to increase and now stands at 45.88%. Polkadot Cloud Staking | Polkadot Staking (DOT)