Congratulations to Micropay, winners of the Best of Polkadot category at Token2049’s 2025 Singapore Hackathon. Their project fuses the x402 HTTP payment protocol with Hyperbridge to power cross-chain automated micropayments between AI agents.
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.
