Holders of Sovereign Nature Initiative (SNI) POP NFTs claimed at Polkadot ecosystem events can now login to the SNI portal and choose one NFT to evolve into Orbo, a primordial orb that is said to one day grow into the fabled DOTphin.
Lurpis (Bifrost) has chimed in with his opinion on reducing DOT inflation. He believes that as lower inflation reduces staking yields, a phased DeFi incentives program can provide a buffer mechanism to help migrate capital into LSTs and the broader DeFi ecosystem.
Birdo revealed in the July update for the Polkadot App that it has received approval on the Apple and Google stores, and should be ready for launch after auditing of an additional piece of code.