Polkadot Digest 21 Feb 2025

Polkadot News

Scytale Digital and Polimec Protocol have announced the Polimec x Scytale Academy, empowering Web3 projects to build on Polkadot. Applications are open until 20 Mar. https://x.com/scytaledigital/status/1892922241706541217

The Polkadot parachain and NFT marketplace KodaDot has partnered with ETH Bratislava for an NFT exhibition of Polkadot art on 23-24 May. https://x.com/ArkainArt/status/1892867636079276206

Rémy Le Berre and Francisco Aguirre have put a guide to using DOT as a transaction payment token on parachains. https://x.com/remyGFLeBerre/status/1892547733367455858

The Polkadot staking rate has been slowly increasing over the last week and now stands at 52.84%. https://staking.polkadot.cloud/#/overview

Kusama News

The lowest bid for joining Kappa Sigma Mu is currently 29.9 KSM, with 26 bidders in total. https://ksmsociety.io/explore/bidders