* Web3 Summit published a trailer recap of the recent event.
* Polkadot Coretime Sale 11 sold out with Helikon purchasing the only available core for 543.87 DOT.
* Bill Laboon took a new role at the Web3 Foundation as Vice President of Ecosystem.
* Mythos Chain reached 7 million MYTH token holders.
* Bifrost’s vDOT reached 19 million minted tokens.
* SubWallet added support for the Paseo Asset Hub EVM testnet for PolkaVM smart contracts.
* Hyperbridge’s Polkadot DeFi Singularity liquidity campaign is live.
* BlockDeep Labs published a new Polkadot-JS roadmap.
* Natti introduced the ultimate open-source merch library for Polkadot.
* Polkadot Deploy is now capable of upgrading Polkadot rollups.
* Alice und Bob shared Gavin Wood’s slides from the Web3 Summit.
Note: There was a change recently on Polkadot where staking “locks” are now “holds”. This is causing issues with Ledger Live displaying balances. Please rest assured that these are only display issues. You can check your balance using another wallet or a block explorer like Subscan. — Bill Laboon
⭕️ ecosystem
🏛️ governance
For more information on Polkadot governance statistics, check out the Polkadot Dune governance dashboard.
🆕 new
* Ref 1672: Funding Polkadot Africa for builder and community growth ($352.8K)
* Ref 1673: Funding academic research on Polkadot’s OpenGov ($50K)
* Ref 1677: Funding the development of a Polkadot Builder Map (1K DOT)
* Ref 1679: Funding the development of Clarys.AI ($256.1K)
🕓 confirming
* Ref 1634: Sponsoring Politecnico di Milano’s Blockchain & Web3 Observatory (~$59K)
👍🏾 passing
* Ref 1640: Topping up the Polkadot Assurance Legion bounty (500K DOT)
* Ref 1641: Funding 12 months of maintenance for ParaSpell XCM tools (~$148K)
* Ref 1651: Topping up the Polkadot System Parachains Collator bounty (~43K DOT)
* Ref 1660: Requesting the Web3 Foundation to create a Polkadot Agents program
👎🏾 failing
* Ref 1626: Rebranding DOT to JAM in 2026
* Ref 1627: Funding the Polkadot Art Space ($34K)
* Ref 1631: Funding the development of Pixelproof ($575K)
* Ref 1635: Hiring an ecosystem talent lead ($130K + 3K DOT)
* Ref 1637: Funding Milestone 2 of the development of Cyborg Network (~$137K)
* Ref 1638: Funding OneBlock+ and PaperMoon’s 2025 developer education & community expansion plan (~$376K)
* Ref 1639: Funding the development of Papi Simulator, a developer and playground (21,960 DOT)
* Ref 1642: Funding Colorful Notion for 9 months of Dune integration work (~$610K)
* Ref 1644: Funding LimeChain for phase 2 of devGround (~$172K)
* Ref 1650: Funding the development of the Polkadot BD Hub ($255K)
* Ref 1662: Refilling the UX Bounty for Q3 2025 (~67K DOT)
* Ref 1666: Funding an Inter Miami CF rewards program ($250K)
* 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)
✅ approved
* Ref 1619: Funding the development of Pop CLI ($577.5K)
* Ref 1625: Funding the continuous development of ReactiveDOT ($89K)
❌ rejected
* Ref 1623: Seeking feedback to explore an alternate direction for Polkadot’s Ethereum-compatibility layer
* Ref 1624: Funding the development of Lunokit ($49.2K)
💰 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.
* Peaq’s native token launched on Binance Alpha platform with a 10.5M PEAQ prize pool for top 11K traders through July 27th.
📺 what to watch and listen to
📖 what to read
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