Gavin's first OpenGov proposal

Nov 08, 2025

Gavin Wood was on a livestream to discuss Proof of Personhood incentives.
Polkadot completed Asset Hub migration in 8 hours 39 minutes, migrating 1.52 million accounts and 1.63 billion DOT without forks or downtime.
PBA-X Wave 5, a four-week online Polkadot and blockchain fundamentals course, launches November 10th.
DotJobs launched as a platform for ecosystem projects to find identity-verified candidates in development, management, and marketing.
Revolut launched zero-fee DOT and KSM staking within its app.
Banxa partnered with Polkadot for compliant crypto on/off ramps with native liquidity and local payment support.
USDC on Polkadot surpassed $200 million ahead of Asset Hub smart contracts launch.
sub0 is offering free hourly shuttle service from Palermo to the venue in Buenos Aires.

Aventus received a clean audit from QuillAudits with no critical vulnerabilities detected.
Bifrost achieved a 38/40 score in the Blockworks Token Transparency Framework Audit.
Due to a large withdrawal of DOT on Hydration, GDOT prices and DOT lending rates experienced volatility this week. Hydration passed Referendum 219 to reduce DOT lending rates by adjusting Reserve Factor to 10% and Optimal Usage to 85% following large withdrawal volatility.
DEXScreener reinstated support for WUD and Hydration ecosystem tokens.
Hyperbridge launched the Sovereign Journey campaign on Airlyft. Ten lucky participants will each win $50 USDT.
MACHINEX (on peaq) surpassed $50M in all-time trading volume with a daily record of $1.7M.
KusamaShield added DOT and Monero (XMR) swap support.
Neuroweb will update to the latest Polkadot SDK on November 4th with adjusted tokenomics raising fees for network security and sustainability.
OriginTrail launched a DKG Global Hackathon with $30K in rewards for building truth verification tools, sponsored by Polkadot, Umanitek, and OriginTrail.
Snowbridge deployed V2 with reduced costs and improved delivery times.
Subscan launched an Assets Activity List Page on Asset Hub displaying issuance, burning, and transfer events.
Velocity Labs welcomed Joinn Finance to the DeFi Builders Program for building a Latin American spending-to-investing platform.

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

🆕 new

🕓 confirming

Ref 1768: Funding Chaotic for the maintenance and development of a public good Polkadot NFT marketplace ($180K)

👍🏾 passing

👎🏾 failing

Ref 1771: Funding a StellaSwap incentive program (1M DOT)
Ref 1772: Funding the development and maintenance of the Polkadot staking dashboard ($154K)
Ref 1773: Funding ink! Alliance to finalize, audit, and stabilize ink! v6 on PolkaVM for Polkadot Hub with 6 months of developer support ($538K)
Ref 1776: Funding Treasury Guardian, a tool to promote milestone-based scheduled-payouts for improved Treasury efficiency and oversight ($68K)

sub0 Symbiosis takes place November 14-16 in Buenos Aires with 60+ speakers.
- Symbiosis Opening Party on November 14th at 8PM featuring Der C.E.O., Dim Spirit, and Mubert
- Hydration Beach Party on November 14th at 1PM
- H.E.R. DAO Emporium running November 14-16 with DeSci Day and regenerative tech themes
- Bubble Nail Salon with Chipped on November 15th at 2PM

Thank you for taking the dot leap!

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