Kusama Referendum 511 proposes to increase the number of validators from 600 to 700 and thus increase the number of cores to 140.
In Polkadot Referendum 1745, Subwallet is requesting retroactive payment of 795K USDC for development from August 2024 to March 2025. Notable features in this period included unified address format support, swaps between ecosystem parachains, and cross-chain swaps powered by Chainflip.
