Return of the Gav 👑

Aug 17, 2025

Gavin Wood announced that he will be returning as CEO of Parity in late August.
Asset Hub migration dates adjusted to October 7th for Kusama and November 4th for Polkadot following EVM compatibility prioritization.
Coins.ph (leading exchange in the Philippines) integrated Asset Hub.
Polkadot Community Foundation returned $1.5M investment plus yields from Centrifuge to treasury following Referendum 1633.
DOTBulls launched a brand new identity.

Astar transitioned to Agile Coretime.
Crust published its July monthly report.
Energy Web published From Off-Chain Execution to On-Chain Trust: Inside Energy Web’s Consensus Overhaul.
Hydration's Boost Wars Round 2 selected Solana over GIGAETH and DOT, launching a three-week SOL farm with 222% maximum APR following Referendum 150.
Mandala introduced Tokenomics v2.
Mimir added multi-transfer functionality for sending multiple tokens to multiple addresses in a single operation.
Moonbeam successfully upgraded to Runtime 3800.
Mythical launched its Ambassador Program with monthly and quarterly MYTH and NFT incentives for content creators.
Nova Wallet added Bounties to its dApp catalog with mobile pure proxy, multisig signing, and child bounty management.
Phala published Privacy Computing for AI+SaaS Applications: A Whitepaper for Enterprise Implementation.
StellaSwap distributed $50K in protocol revenue to veSTELLA voters.
SubWallet added cross-chain vDOT swaps to BNB and ETH via Hyperbridge and KyberSwap integration.
Xcavate published How can regulated RWAs like real estate be decentralized?
Manta loaned Wintermute 7.5M MANTA for liquidity.
Integritee published USA’s Project Crypto: Key Takeaways & What It Means for the Rest of the World.
Turtle launched a widget enabling developers to embed swap, bridging, and XCM features into dApps.

For more information on Polkadot governance statistics, check out the Polkadot Dune governance dashboard.

🆕 new

Ref 1700: Upgrading the remaining system chains (except AssetHub) to 1.6.1 and fixing XCM version subscriptions
Ref 1701: Making adjustments to OpenGov
Ref 1702: Retroactively funding Nova Wallet ($980.37K)
Ref 1703: Funding the development of the Staking Dashboard for September 2025 - March 2026 ($103K)
Ref 1705: Funding the go-to-market strategy of Pudgy Party on Polkadot ($2M)
Ref 1706: Retroactively funding the development and branding of the Polkadot Cloud website (~$42K)
Ref 1708: Retroactively funding JUST Ventures GmbH for work across governance, technical support, and ecosystem coordination ($149.91K)
Ref 1710: Adjusting DOT inflation to the Hard Pressure & Stepped Supply model

👍🏾 passing

Ref 1693: Funding the operations of Polkadot Africa for 6 months ($160.8K)
Ref 1695: Funding the continued development and maintenance of Snowbridge for one year (~$2.44M + 116.5K DOT)
Ref 1696: Refunding Snowbridge for a failed Treasury spend ($312.5K)

👎🏾 failing

Ref 1680: Retroactively funding SubWallet development from August 2024 to March 2025 (~$1.7M)
Ref 1686: Retroactively funding PolkaBiz for May-July 2025 ($62K)
Ref 1688: Funding Gossamer’s contribution to Polkadot-SDK for Q3-Q4 2025 (~$815K)
Ref 1689: Funding Quadrivium for Polkadot SDK improvements ($288K)
Ref 1691: Retroactively funding the development of PlutoFramework, an all-in-one framework for building mobile decentralised applications (~$142.8K)
Ref 1692: Funding the development of WAGOI, an EU-compliant, wallet-based data access platform for connected vehicles ($330K)
Ref 1697: Funding Encode Club to cover the costs of the recently finished Scalability Hackathon and fund the final stage–an accelerator (~128K)
Ref 1698: Topping up the Moderation Bounty (~46K DOT)
Ref 1699: Funding Gossamer’s contribution to Polkadot-SDK for Q3-Q4 2025 (~$815K) v2

✅ approved

Ref 1676: Funding academic research on Polkadot’s OpenGov ($50K)
Ref 1684: Sponsoring sub0 25 (Polkadot’s flagship event) in Buenos Aires, Argentina (~$739K)
Ref 1681: Instructing the Polkadot Community Foundation to sign a strategic cooperation agreement with Hong Kong’s Office for Attracting Strategic Enterprises (~$37K)

❌ rejected

Ref 1672: Funding Polkadot Africa for builder and community growth ($352.8K)
Ref 1679: Funding the development of Clarys.AI ($256.1K)

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OneBlock+ opened Teaching Assistant applications for its Solidity Native on Polkadot course, offering up to $300 plus ecosystem access.

Attempts At Governance #258 (a community-driven show that reviews governance on Polkadot)
Interview with Flipchan (On-chain Privacy Without Compromise, Flipchan's Vision for Kusama, and ZK Tech - Space Monkeys 204)
Friday DOT News Pump (Capping DOT Supply at 2.1B or 3.14B? DOT Holders Vote!) by The Kus.

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