Polkadot News
Referendum 91, increasing the maximum number of nomination pools from 64 to 128, has passed and will execute today. Increasing Max Number of Nomination Pools | Polkassembly
Referendum 93, proposing a new registrar but including no other contextual information, is currently failing with 3% in favor and 2 days left to vote. On chain council motion | Polkassembly
Referendum 94, proposing to seed the Polkadot Alliance, is currently passing with 97% in favor and 6 days left to vote. The Seeding of the Polkadot Alliance: Fighting for an open source culture and open collaboration that benefits the Polkadot ecosystem | Polkassembly
Referendum 96, proposing to upgrade the Polkadot runtime to v9340, is currently passing almost unanimously (>99.9% in favor) with 8 days left to vote. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referendum/96
Referendum 97, proposing to unbrick the Bitgreen parachain, is currently passing unanimously with 10 days left to vote. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referendum/97
There are currently 17 Tips outstanding. Polkadot/Substrate Portal
The staking rate on Polkadot has increased slightly to 44.5%. Polkadot/Substrate Portal
Kusama News
A new parachain lease auction has begun. Luhn Network is currently in the lead with 15 hours to go before the Ending Period begins. Polkadot/Substrate Portal
Note that this is a self-funded bid - Luhn Network is not operating a crowdloan. To understand the difference between an auction and a crowdloan, see Web3 and Polkadot - Polkadot Wiki
A new referendum, 52, from Subscan, is proposing to add a new registrar to the system. Polkassembly - Referendum #52
The staking rate on Kusama has remained consistent at 49.9%. Polkadot/Substrate Portal