Polkadot News
Referendum 1635, proposing to hire an Ecosystem Talent Lead, is now up for vote. Hire an Ecosystem Talent Lead
Referendum 1633, proposing to repatriate Centrifuge-deployed Treasury assets to the Polkadot Treasury, is now up for vote. Polkadot Community Foundation - Repatriate Centrifuge-Deployed Treasury Assets to the Polkadot Treasury in Stablecoins
CoinTelegraph is now running a validator on Polkadot as part of its CTDG initiative. https://x.com/Polkadot/status/1938660968739021304
Kusama News
Referendum 547, proposing to upgrade the Coretime system chain to 1.6.0 and increase the number of cores to 140, has passed. It will execute at block 29059999 (3 July). Polkassembly - Referendum #547
Note that although this will execute on 3 July, the change in number of cores and implementation of RFC-149 will take place in the next core sale period (21/22 July). Renewal adjustments to RFC-1 by eskimor · Pull Request #149 · polkadot-fellows/RFCs · GitHub.
Referendum 538, a wish-for-change requesting more tools for DAOs in Asset Hub, is passing with 72.2% in favor. Polkassembly - Referendum #538
Referendum 539, proposing a general purpose burning mechanism, is passing almost unanimously. Polkassembly - Referendum #539