Polkadot News

With one day left in the current parachain lease auction, anonymous parathread ID 2057 has been in the lead the entire Ending Period so far. https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Fpolkadot.api.onfinality.io%2Fpublic-ws#/parachains/auctions

The staking rate on Polkadot has decreased slightly to 51.9%. https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Fpolkadot.api.onfinality.io%2Fpublic-ws#/staking

Kusama News

With four days left in the current parachain lease auction, GM Parachain has been in the lead the entire Ending Period so far. https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Fkusama-rpc.polkadot.io#/parachains/auctions

Referendum 220, proposing to open an HRMP channel between Statemine and Calamari, is passing by a wide margin with slightly less than 4 days left to vote.https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referendum/220

Referendum 221, proposing to upgrade the Encointer common good parachain’s runtime, is currently passing by a wide margin with slightly less than 4 days left to vote. https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referendum/221

The staking rate continues to increase, with yet another 0.1 percentage point increase in the last 24 hours, to 51.7%. https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Fkusama-rpc.polkadot.io#/staking