Acala is a decentralized finance network powering the aUSD ecosystem, designed to be the financial hub of the Polkadot ecosystem. It is a layer-1 smart contract platform that is scalable, Ethereum-compatible, and optimized for DeFi. With Acala EVM+, developers can leverage the aUSD ecosystem while benefiting from the best of Ethereum and the full power of Substrate.
Acala is building the liquidity layer for web3 finance that is captive and sustainable. It aims to provide infrastructures for HyFi (DeFi+CeFi) solutions with crypto and real-world assets. Acala offers a Universal Asset Hub that hosts multichain liquid staking token (LST) protocols (such as liquid DOT - LDOT), an AMM decentralized exchange, and an app platform that is EVM-compatible and highly customizable (based on Substrate). Acala is secured by Polkadot, and is the liquidity gateway of Polkadot parachains and L1/L2 blockchains.