Polkadot Digest 8 Jul 2024

Polkadot News

The Polkadot Ecosystem Resource Center is now available to help Polkadot projects with their Events and Marketing goals. https://distractive.xyz/notes/empowering-polkadot-projects-introducing-the-ecosystem-resource-center/

DotLake put together a nice thread of Polkadot statistics, with highlights including a 33% increase in signed transactions, 7 million unique accounts, and a 66% increase in OpenGov Referenda. https://x.com/dotlake%5Fxyz/status/1809133903506018602

WebZero has planned numerous events in Brussels around EthCC and Polkadot Decoded, including hacker houses, KOLKADOT night, and a presentatin by Gavin Wood on JAM. https://x.com/Polkadot/status/1808826799234716103

With two days left in the current parachain lease auction, Ava Protocol has been in the lead the entire Ending Period. https://parachains.info/auctions

The staking rate on Polkadot continues to increase and is now at 58.5%, which equates to ~ 5.8 million additional DOT staked since Friday. https://staking.polkadot.cloud/#/overview

Kusama News

The lowest bid for joining Kappa Sigma Mu is currently 27.0 KSM. https://ksmsociety.io/explore/bidders

For more details on Kappa Sigma Mu, see the Wiki here: https://ksmsociety.io/wiki