# Polkadot Digest 3 Mar 2025

**URL:** https://forum.polkadot.network/t/polkadot-digest-3-mar-2025/11944
**Category:** Digest
**Created:** [March 3, 2025, 10:35am UTC](https://forum.polkadot.network/t/polkadot-digest-3-mar-2025/11944 "2025-03-03T10:35:45Z")
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### Author: ![bill\_w3f](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forum.polkadot.network/bill_w3f/32/910_2.png) [@bill\_w3f](https://forum.polkadot.network/u/bill_w3f)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2025, 10:35am UTC](https://forum.polkadot.network/t/polkadot-digest-3-mar-2025/11944/1 "2025-03-03T10:35:45Z")

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## Polkadot News

Reminder that applications for Decentralized Voices Cohort 4 end tomorrow! [https://x.com/0xZendetta/status/1896490050193649857](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](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](https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/1459)

Referendum 1468, proposing to upgrade the Snowbridge Polkadot-Ethereum bridge smart contract, is now up for vote. [Polkassembly - Referendum #1468](https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/1468)

Referendum 1424, proposing to force\_upgrade the runtime of the Parallel parachain, is now confirming. [Polkassembly - Referendum #1424](https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/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)](https://staking.polkadot.cloud/#/overview)

## 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](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](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)](https://staking.polkadot.cloud/#/overview)