Paradox reports that a rogue validator with the address 1ZHNWmKsVHCS528yKDteRPpnx5hTrGUZvyjEpvaWppKDiPt has set its commission rate to 100%, gaining itself payouts of over 500 DOT per era, and leaving very little reward for pools and nominators.
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.