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Acala Foundation

Acala Foundation operates Acala Network, an EVM-compatible, application-specific blockchain and liquidity layer for decentralized finance. It provides financial infrastructure, including liquid staking, swapping, bridging, governance, and developer tools for multichain applications.
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Current stage: Series A1 current maintainer1 active lead1 lead step-down1 early lead departure

Maintainer signals as of Aug 10, 2026


Acala Swap


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Description

Acala Platform is a decentralized finance network that provides a range of financial services including staking, swapping, bridging, and liquid staking. It aims to bring financial stability and liquidity to the decentralized finance ecosystem.


Hack: Stablecoin Other ($1.6M)

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Acala

Acala Dollar


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Description

Acala Platform is a decentralized finance network that provides a range of financial services including staking, swapping, liquid staking, and governance. It aims to bring financial stability and liquidity to the decentralized finance ecosystem.

Category: CDP

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Acala

Acala Liquid Staking


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Acala Platform is a decentralized finance network that provides a range of financial services including staking, swapping, and liquid staking. It operates on the Polkadot network and aims to bring financial stability and liquidity to the blockchain ecosystem.

TVL: $1.8M

Chains:
Acala

Karura


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Karura is the canary deployment of Acala on Kusama that mirrors the Acala DeFi hub architecture with a decentralized exchange, multi-collateral stablecoin protocol, and liquid KSM staking in a single parachain runtime. The platform serves as a proving ground for new features before their deployment on Polkadot. Karura supports Ethereum-compatible smart contracts through an integrated EVM layer.

Category: Financial Services Platform

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Karura

Honzon Protocol


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Honzon Protocol is a stablecoin issuance protocol on Acala that enables users to deposit crypto assets as collateral to open collateralized debt positions and borrow aSEED stablecoins. The protocol uses an automatic risk management algorithm, on-chain governance, and an auction mechanism to maintain collateral ratios and manage liquidations. Supported collateral types include DOT, LDOT, and other cross-chain assets.

Category: Stablecoin Issuer
TVL: $2M

Chains:
Acala

Acala


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Description

Acala is a financial services platform on Polkadot that combines automated token swaps, multi-collateral stablecoin issuance, and liquid DOT staking in a single parachain runtime. The platform integrates Acala EVM+, an Ethereum-compatible execution environment that allows smart contracts to interact with native Polkadot and cross-chain assets. Transaction fees can be paid in any token supported by the exchange.

Category: Financial Services Platform

Euphrates


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Euphrates is a yield aggregator on Acala that allows users to deposit liquid staking tokens into reward pools to earn base staking returns, ACA incentives, and loyalty bonuses. The platform supports DOT-based LSTs including LDOT and tDOT, as well as cross-chain tokens such as JitoSOL and rETH. A time-weighted loyalty bonus mechanism redistributes early withdrawal forfeitures to long-term participants.

Category: Yield Aggregator
TVL: $217K

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Acala