Extract from this weeks Bitshares State of the Network Report
Asset creation is was suspended for 2 days by increasing the 'asset creation' fee to 5 billion BTS. This was in response to a potential issue discovered and investigated by @abit. A new version of Bitshares-core has been released to address the issue. A majority of witnesses have already upgraded and the cost of registering assets has returned to normal.
The Bitshares foundation has created a worker proposal to elect a spokesperson on behalf of the Bitshares network. This worker proposal is for $50,000 USD over 15 months and has already been approved by Bitshares holders.
Billbutler has announce a new version of the Bitshares GUI wallet this week with a brand new portfolio page showing balances, active and open orders in a much cleaner and professional looking UI.
@abit has published Bitshares Improvement Proposal (BSIP) #33 Titled 'Refund Create Order Fees Paid in Original Asset on Cancel'. This BSIP proposes a protocol change to prevent fee pool draining from happening, while still keeping a similar "Refund Create Order Fees on Cancel" feature in the system.
Bond On Blockchain is a new project that is seeking to raise capital for their project which will run on the Bitshares network. One of the asset classes this company is looking to invest in is the Billion Hero Challenge.