Voting has started for Hydration Referendum 22 which will implement runtime release v35.0. This runtime overhauls the fee structure to reduce trading fees, increase LP yields, and rebalance referral rewards.
Due to a very large DOT withdrawal on Hydration, GDOT prices and DOT lending rates experienced some volatility this week. Referendum 219, now passed, aimed to reduce DOT lending rates by adjusting the Reserve Factor to 10% and Optimal Usage to 85%.
Bifrost has initiated Polkadot Wish for Change Referendum 1778 to explore the idea of diversifying the treasury into revenue-generating parachain tokens such as bbBNC and HDX.