Published in Acala·6 days agoLaunching Astar x Acala DeFi Rising to Accelerate DeFi on PolkadotIn collaboration with Astar, Acala is excited to launch Astar x Acala DeFi Rising campaign! By leveraging XCM and Polkadot’s trustless and interoperable network, Acala and Astar will combine forces to create several new cross-chain use cases and aUSD liquidity pools in the Astar ecosystem. The Acala and Astar communities…Acala4 min read
Published in Acala·Aug 9Leading Moonbeam-based DEX StellaSwap Integrates aUSD, Polkadot’s Native Over-Collateralized StablecoinWe’re excited to announce an additional aUSD integration into the Moonbeam ecosystem with the StellaSwap platform. The move follows a collaboration between Acala and StellaSwap to bolster interoperability via cross-chain messaging (XCM) within the Polkadot ecosystem. aUSD’s integration brings together the most prominent parachains within Polkadot, Acala, and Moonbeam. The…Acala4 min read
Published in Acala·Jul 28ACA Staking Program Launches, Leveraging ACA Buyback with Protocol-Owned LiquidityAfter the success of the first ACA staking program, we’re excited to launch a new staking campaign for ACA network owners. Approximately $200k worth of network-owned surplus will be used to buy back ACA in order to distribute ACA-aUSD LP tokens (Liquidity Provider tokens) to ACA stakers. Details for the…Acala4 min read
Published in Acala·Jul 28Basilisk Launches DEX on Kusama With aUSD as Its Parachain’s Stablecoin of ChoiceWe’re excited to announce the launch of aUSD and KSM Snek Swap pools on Basilisk, a liquidity protocol built for Kusama. The Snek Swap pools enable Basilisk community members to access Polkadot and Kusama’s native stablecoin, aUSD, in a decentralized and permissionless manner and brings aUSD to a new Kusama…Acala3 min read
Published in Acala·Jul 26Acala’s Interprotocol aUSD Distribution Scheme (IADS) Has Launched, Increasing Stablecoin Liquidity & Efficiency for Polkadot and KusamaTL:DR Interprotocol aUSD Distribution Scheme (IADS — pronounced “eye-ads”) is live, and protocol-to-protocol aUSD minting has started IADS is a new form of aUSD issuance, in addition to collateralized debt positions (CDPs) IADS is not for users, it is a scheme that requires protocol-to-protocol collaboration (e.g. aUSD protocol and Taiga…Acala5 min read
Published in Acala·Jun 29Acala Foundation Joins Alluvial, Coinbase Cloud, and Figment to Provide a Compliant, Enterprise-Grade Polkadot (DOT) Liquid Staking Product to InstitutionsThe Acala Foundation, the organization building Acala’s decentralized finance network on Polkadot, is excited to announce a new collaboration with Alluvial. The collaboration will involve a compliant, enterprise-grade Polkadot (DOT) liquid staking product for enterprises as an addition to Alluvial’s staking solutions across multiple PoS blockchains. Following the ever-increasing demand…Acala5 min read
Published in Acala·Jun 16Pendulum and Amplitude Integrate With Acala To Bring aUSD to the Polkadot and Kusama-based ParachainsAcala is excited to be integrating aUSD into the Pendulum and Amplitude parachains. Pendulum will leverage aUSD to facilitate its cryptocurrency and fiat exchange services across different chains. Amber, Pendulum’s first DApp set to launch on its Polkadot parachain, will integrate aUSD. Meet Pendulum Pendulum is a Substrate-built blockchain platform connecting fiat…Polkadot4 min read
Published in Acala·Jun 15Equilibrium to Integrate With Acala to Bring the aUSD Stablecoin to its Ecosystems on Polkadot and KusamaAcala is excited to announce the latest parachain integrations for the aUSD stablecoin: Genshiro and Equilibrium. The integration supports Equilibrium’s lending, borrowing, staking, and cross-chain earning services through aUSD into the Genshiro ecosystem on Kusama and soon in the Equilibrium ecosystem on Polkadot. …Polkadot4 min read
Published in Karura·Jun 13Acala EVM+ Launch Has Initiated as the Wormhole Multi-chain Bridge Goes Live on KaruraAfter months of development work, the Acala EVM+ has entered its first phase of launch and the first live contracts have gone live! …Karura6 min read
Published in Acala·Jun 13Acala EVM+ Launch Has Initiated as the Wormhole Multi-chain Bridge Goes Live on KaruraAfter months of development work, the Acala EVM+ has entered its first phase of launch and the first live contracts have gone live! …Acala6 min read
