100% EVM compatibility locked in

🐂 top news

• Parity has published an update to Polkadot Hub development - “Parity has basically deprioritized all other technical work at Parity (except for Asset Hub migration) so that we can deliver a 100% EVM compatible solution before the Dec holidays”.

• Harbour Industrial Capital invested $1.2M in Mandala Chain, Kylix Finance, Xcavate, and Hyperbridge through HIC Fund II.

• Birdo (Polkadot Community Foundation) posted an update on the Polkadot app.

• Nova Wallet added bounty management features to its mobile app.

• Alice und Bob (OpenGovWatch) proposed Economic Growth Incentives, a new model to incentivize protocols that grow the Polkadot economy.

• Radha (Web3 Foundation) posted an update about the Polkadot 2.0 launch party.

• Polkadot Blockchain Academy opened applications for PBA-X Wave 04, a 4-week online blockchain course.

• Parity published Polkadot is closer to the rollup model than you realize.

• Jay Chrawna is seeking candidates to join OpenSync, a collective of supervisors tasked with managing Polkadot RFPs from proposal to delivery. If you have a strong track record in project management, now’s the time to apply.

• Web3 Foundation's research team had four papers accepted to CRYPTO 2025 in Santa Barbara, California from August 17-21.

⭕️ ecosystem

• Acala launched an incentive plan distributing 1.2 million ACA tokens to LDOT holders who participate in Polkadot validator voting starting August 1st.

• Acurast launched Season 4 of Cloud Rebellion with final MIST harvesting opportunity.

• Bifrost Reward Share Program generated $13 million TVL in July, led by Hydration's $7.2 million in vDOT and Subscan's $4.2 million.

  • Bifrost v1.9.4 added vDOT bridging with Asset Hub and automatic fee deduction.

• Energy Web announced migration from standalone Energy Web Chain to parachain Energy Web X, with EWT transitioning to Ethereum ERC-20 via bidirectional bridge.

• Evrloot paused operations to conserve resources ahead of Polkadot Hub launch.

• StellaSwap distributed $44K protocol revenue to 279 veSTELLA holders over four epochs.

• Lido's LDO token is now live in the Hydration Omnipool with 69% GIGAHydration incentives.

• Nova Wallet’s Nova Shots returned for Blast Bounty Series 2 CS2 tournament in Malta with $25K USDT prize pool.

• Nova Wallet added support for Unique Network NFTs in its NFTs tab.

• RegionX's recent core purchase signals the arrival of trustless coretime resales on Kusama.

• SubWallet launched cross-chain swaps between Asset Hub, Relay Chain, Bitcoin, and Ethereum via ChainFlip partnership with Velocity Labs.

• Turtle, the cross-chain transfer dApp, surpassed $10 million in volume.

• Various projects published monthly reports for July: Integritee, Bifrost, peaq.

⚙️ technical

• Pres launched Create Dot App, a CLI tool for Polkadot development supporting React and Vue with PAPI and Dedot SDK options, including wallet integration and multi-chain connections.

• Niftesty upgraded polkadot-next-js-template with papi + reactive-dot, chain state reading/mutation, multi-chain support, and various UX improvements.

🏛️ governance

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

🆕 new

• 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 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)

• 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

🕓 confirming

• Ref 1676: Funding academic research on Polkadot’s OpenGov ($50K)

👍🏾 passing

• 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)

👎🏾 failing

• Ref 1672: Funding Polkadot Africa for builder and community growth ($352.8K)

• Ref 1679: Funding the development of Clarys.AI ($256.1K)

• Ref 1680: Retroactively funding SubWallet development from August 2024 to March 2025 (~$1.7M)

• Ref 1682: Funding Snowbridge development for the next year (832.51K DOT)

• 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)

✅ approved

• Ref 1640: Topping up the Polkadot Assurance Legion bounty (500K DOT)

• Ref 1660: Requesting the Web3 Foundation to create a Polkadot Agents program

• Ref 1662: Refilling the UX Bounty for Q3 2025 (~67K DOT)

• Ref 1667: Funding the development of a Merkle Mountain Belt, a novel data structure that improves upon and replaces the Merkle Mountain Range such as used in BEEFY ($340K + 42K DOT)

• Ref 1670: Funding the development of Pixelproof, a decentralized photo storage app ($225K)

❌ rejected

• Ref 1650: Funding the development of the Polkadot BD Hub ($255K)

• Ref 1666: Funding an Inter Miami CF rewards program ($250K)

📺 what to watch and listen to

• Polkadot Roadmap Updates by Alice und Bob.

• Friday DOT News Pump (How Polkadot is Good at Everything 🤔 DeFi, Social, DePin & Gaming) by The Kus.

• Interview with Harbour Industrial Capital (Why Polkadot’s JAM Isn’t Priced In Yet 🤝 Moving Big DOT Bags with HIC! - Space Monkeys 203) by The Kus.

📖 what to read

• Cosmos’ collapse may be a warning shot for Web3 by PolkaWorld.

• DeFAI: Could AI agents be the missing piece for DeFi adoption? by Polkadot blog.

• Polkadot Roadmap Updates by Alice und Bob.

Thank you for taking the DOT leap!

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