https://twitter.com/alexeiZamyatin/status/1604471002162872320?t=sSNzc0CrPo2f-OFLiXA9gQ&s=19

Pls vote & RT

Minor Vault Client Fix

Vault clients occasionally got hung up on waiting for a task to finish. This has been fixed in the latest client release.

Kintsugi Vaults please upgrade to 1.18.1 at your convenience: https://github.com/interlay/interbtc-clients/releases/tag/1.18.1

Interlay Vaults please upgrade to 1.17.6 at your convenience: https://github.com/interlay/interbtc-clients/releases/tag/1.17.6

This is a non-breaking release, you don't have to upgrade.

Runtime Upgrades

The new year is here & Interlay is diving head first into action with two runtime upgrades! These are currently an ongoing referenda & we're asking you to help vote! 🗳

Interlay: Fix Statemint channel and fix governance schedule to table on Monday morning
🔗https://interlay.subsquare.io/democracy/referendum/39
Referenda ends at block: 1949265 - Roughly 6 days from now

BREAKING CHANGE!
The Interlay runtime upgrade is a breaking release, so when the referenda is enacted [And only then] please update your clients with the release linked below ⬇️⬇️
🔗https://github.com/interlay/interbtc-clients/releases/tag/1.18.1

Kintsugi: Fix governance schedule to table on Monday morning and table two proposals
🔗https://kintsugi.subsquare.io/democracy/referendum/79
Referenda ends at block: 2180682 - Roughly 1day 22hours from now

Since I have seen a few people asking about this recently:

Explanation of why we decided to launch Kintsugi and have a canary network (article from 2021):
https://medium.com/interlay/the-interlay-parachain-is-coming-to-polkadot-552a57ff8d1b

Kintsugi has exceeded all expectations in terms of value add. No bugs on Interlay, all issues caught on Kintsugi (even those that we could not catch on testnet). And with lending and AMM rolling out in a few weeks, Kintsugi will see a lot of radical action and chaos

HydraDX community voted on adding USD 250k worth of #iBTC liquidity to their Omnipool.

We are working with their team to find the best way to get BTC into Hydra.

Their goal is to explore expanding iBTC liquidity over time using DCA.
https://twitter.com/alexeiZamyatin/status/1615368885162721283

Karura’s Liquid KSM (LKSM) Integrated as New Bitcoin Vault Collateral for Kintsugi

https://twitter.com/kintsugi_btc/status/1616101038414786560?s=20&t=J-E6s4tt5xSvPTMUg8cU8g

Interlay Governance: Allocation of Funds for Interlay Labs Grants Program Trial

https://twitter.com/InterlayHQ/status/1617904311744315393?s=20&t=zlA8W1gqAjP4dC731HH5gA

Discussion Post: Recommendations for Kintsugi's DeFi-Hub Launch

We’d like to know what you think about these recommendations for the DeFi Hub on Kintsugi!

Share your thought here :point_right: https://kintsugi.subsquare.io/post/15

🗳Two new governance proposals are up!🗳

Don’t forget to vote!

- Kintsugi: SubQuery Managed Service Solution
Vote here 👉https://kintsugi.subsquare.io/treasury/proposal/14

- Interlay: Subsquare Maintenance Proposal for Interlay
Vote here 👉 https://interlay.subsquare.io/treasury/proposal/1

Reminder: BTC DeFi Hub launch on Kintsugi - your opinion counts!
Discussion post about the specifics of the BTC DeFi hub launch on Kintsugi are up for discussion:

https://kintsugi.subsquare.io/post/15

Don't miss your chance to engage / ask questions / propose changes!

🗳Kintsugi Governance Proposal: SubQuery Managed Service Solution🗳

This proposal is only open for a few more hours, please vote now!

The proposal is about covering the running costs of SubQuery, an essential tool for processing and querying data on Kintsugi.

https://kintsugi.subsquare.io/democracy/referendum/86

Registrations are open for the Kintsugi Testnet Trading Competition

Take the new Bitcoin DeFi Hub for a spin and win prizes!

https://twitter.com/InterlayHQ/status/1620770426283782146?s=20&t=048IGYJ9rl7jFKjMCJRM0g

Subscan experiencing issues with circulating supply

Subscan has been experiencing issues with indexing old transactions and hence continues to show changing circulating supply.

Rest assured that our team is working closely with the Subscan team to resolve this issue as soon as possible. We will keep you updated on the progress and let you know once it has been resolved.

Subscan issue with circulating supply is fixed

The issue has been resolved and improvements have been performed to avoid the same issue from happening again in the future.

The Kintsugi Testnet Competition is On!
We hope you're as excited as we are! The Bitcoin DeFi Hub on the Kintsugi Testnet is now live and it's time to start trading!

https://twitter.com/InterlayHQ/status/1623319180366778369?s=20&t=-6BNmDfOCyM5btttbv-TWw

Kintsugi Testnet Competition Challenge

The competition's first challenge is up! Complete it to join the raffle!

https://twitter.com/InterlayHQ/status/1623619737144942592?s=20&t=5-Cpr8YXkEfQdNB5QLg6xg

Kintsugi Testnet Competition Challenge

Today's challenge is out!

https://twitter.com/InterlayHQ/status/1624000060269682688?s=20&t=4UdjD6gPp-OErjaZ6RJ7-Q