Return of the Gav

🐂 top news

• 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.

⭕️ ecosystem

• 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.

⚙️ technical

• Polkadot-JS Apps has been upgraded to v0.163.1.

• Polkadot-JS Extension has been upgraded to v0.61.6.

• Polkadot-JS API has been upgraded to v16.4.4.

🏛️ governance

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)

💰 opportunities

• Web3 Foundation is hiring for several positions, including Technical Educator, Senior Investor Relations Manager, and Senior Software Engineer.

• Fill out the OpenJobs form to be added to the directory so potential employers can find you.

• Parity is hiring. From Runtime Engineers to Cloud Security to Technical Program Managers, the Parity job board is constantly updated.

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

📺 what to watch and listen to

• 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.

📖 what to read

• The blockchains that will matter by goku.

• Meet peaq, the Polkadot rollup built for the Machine Economy by Parity.

• There is a new updated roadmap for Polkadot by coco.

• Introduction to Foundry Polkadot by OpenGuild.

• Polkadot is dead, but not in the way you think by Jesse.

• How to deploy a Solidity smart contract to Polkadot in under 5 minutes by Bruno.

• A marketer reviews Polkadot by goku.

Thank you for taking the DOT leap!

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