Polkadot News
Heard about asynchronous backing, but not sure what it is and what it means for Polkadot? There is now a Polkadot Wiki page explaining it - Asynchronous Backing (Pipelining) - Polkadot Wiki
With less than a day to go in the current parachain lease auction, anonymous parathread 3344 has been in the lead the vast majority of the Ending Period. https://parachains.info/auctions
Referendum 174, proposing sufficiency for USDC on the Polkadot Asset Hub, is passing almost unanimously. Polkassembly - Referendum #174
With 99.9% in favor, Referendum 139, proposing to swap lease slots for Moonbeam, has enough support to start confirming on 10 Oct. Polkassembly - Referendum #139
Kusama News
Zero is in the lead in the current parachain auction, but Genshiro has also been in the lead during the Ending Period. https://parachains.info/auctions/kusama
Reminder that code contributors to polkadot-sdk are eligible for potential automatic tips of KSM for PRs. Referendum 283 was recently passed and executed for contributing PR #1685. Polkassembly - Referendum #283