1. Gavin Wood announced he will return to the CEO position at Parity at the end of August! Taking the helm again, he will lead Parity to revitalize Polkadot in the coming months! x.com/polkaworld_pro
2. The on-chain WFC vote for DOT inflation has begun! Three major proposals are entering a critical vote! Check details here: x.com/polkaworld_pro
3. Parity released the Polkadot Deployment Portal (PDP) July update:
✅ Supports Kubernetes: Containerized production environment, scalable on demand, flexible service access
✅ Visualized runtime upgrades: Preview changes, support rollbacks, and reduce upgrade risks
✅ Added Coretime automatic renewal feature: Avoid downtime due to expiration, providing notification reminders
The new version of PDP has launched Beta, details: forum.polkadot.network/t/polkadot-dep
4. Harbor Industrial Capital (HIC) is leveraging capital to implement applications, activate on-chain liquidity, and tell the story of Polkadot to global investors. In its first fund, they invested in star projects such as peaq, Mythical Games, Mandala, and Xcavate. In the second phase, with the backing of the Web3 Foundation as the first LP, it will focus more on VC investments and asset operations (node deployment, liquidity pools, etc.), with an emphasis on the Asian market. Learn more in the latest article from PolkaWorld (HIC Phase II Fund: Bringing capital, applications, and liquidity into Polkadot!)
5. The Polkadot treasury may welcome investment bounties to replace non-returning treasury funding, directing funds to high-quality projects and gaining returns! x.com/polkaworld_pro
6. Bifrost and Hydration are bringing institutional users into Polkadot! These institutional users are very interested in how to configure DOT within Bifrost or Hydration! mp.weixin.qq.com/s/T7DRPrHMCo2h
7. peaq is in an absolute leading position in the DePIN track, with a significantly higher attention/valuation ratio compared to other projects! And peaq is built on the Polkadot network! x.com/Polkadot/statu
8. Astar announces a complete farewell to parachain slot auctions, enabling the feature of Polkadot's Agile Coretime, achieving 'on-demand purchasing of computing power'. x.com/polkaworld_pro
9. Polygon has integrated Hyperbridge on the testnet! This integration allows seamless and secure data and value exchange between Polygon and the broader Web3 ecosystem — without intermediaries, without trust assumptions, relying solely on on-chain proofs to ensure robust and verifiable interoperability. The Polygon mainnet will soon integrate Hyperbridge! x.com/hyperbridge/st
