If passed Polkadot OpenGov Referendum 1468 will upgrade the Snowbridge Gateway contract on Ethereum, enabling the bridging of native unwrapped ETH to Polkadot, and native assets, such as DOT, to Ethereum.
At Protocol Berg on June 12th, Bastian Köcher (Parity) presented an overview of CorePlay, described as an actor-like framework for blockchains built on top of JAM.