Polkadot News
Aventus has won the most recent parachain lease auction. Polkadot/Substrate Portal
The next parachain lease auction will begin at block 11_992_000, or approximately 22:09 UTC on Saturday, 10 September. Polkadot/Substrate Portal
The first font funded by the Polkadot Treasury, Unbounded, has been released. https://unbounded.polkadot.network/
Referendum 72, proposing to upgrade the Polkadot runtime to v9270, is currently passing unanimously with only a few hours left to vote. Polkassembly
Referendum 73, proposing to upgrade the Statemint runtime to v9270, is currently passing unanimously with six days left to vote. Polkassembly
Although the Polkadot Digest focuses on the Relay Chain and core Polkadot tech, there’s lots of other things happening in the ecosystem. See the latest Polkadot Roundup for what else is happening - https://twitter.com/Polkadot/status/1566790604323000325?s=20&t=VTdOKovruulu3yyFm9IU9w
Kusama News
With the Ending Period starting in 18 hours, BitCountry Pioneer is in the lead in the current parachain lease auction. Polkadot/Substrate Portal
Referendum 227, seeking to lift restrictions on nomination pools (thus allowing 256 pools and 1024 members/pool), is passing unanimously with five days left to vote. Polkassembly
There has been a significant drop in the staking rate of 2.5 percentage points, to 51.5%, over the last 24 hours. Polkadot/Substrate Portal