Polkadot Digest 24 Jun 2024

Polkadot News

The Bill Laboon episode of Behind the Code, “The On-Chain Basics of Freedom & the Tech of Ownership” has been released. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpCJ0k6pOXM

I will also be on the Uphold Institutional webinar to discuss Polkadot tomorrow, 25 June at 15.00 UTC. https://x.com/UpholdOTC/status/1803133205366608379

Referendum 832, funding the Technical Fellowship sub-treasury, is now passing almost unanimously (16.2 million DOT to 5 DOT) on the Root track. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/832

Referendum 857 is up next on the Root track. This would reduce the minimum balance of USDT and USDC on Asset Hub from 0.07 to 0.01. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/857

With four days left, Mosaic Chain is in the lead in the current parachain lease auction. https://parachains.info/auctions

Kusama News

Referendum 409, proposing to upgrade Kusama relay chain and several system parachains to runtime 1.2.6, is now confirming. https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referenda/409