Polkadot Digest 30 Apr 2025

Polkadot News

Polkadot is sponsoring the Third Annual Blockchain Technology Conference at the University of Miami., 30-31 May. https://x.com/filippoweb3/status/1917177941395697826

Dave Sedacca, Director of Finance at Parity Technologies, will be speaking on the topic “Polkadot: Beyond the Noise” at Consensus 2025 on 14 May. https://x.com/paritytech/status/1917187451421909006

Referendum 1536, assigning coretime to two parachains, has passed and executed. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/1536

The Polkadot staking rate has been slowly increasing and now stands at 54.36%. https://staking.polkadot.cloud/#/overview

Kusama News

The staking rate on Kusama has been very stable recently, currently at 48.06%. https://staking.polkadot.cloud/#/overview