Acala is a first-of-its-kind decentralized finance platform with a vision to bring financial stability, liquidity and accessibility to the mainstream. Acala is the cross-chain finance hub for the Polkadot ecosystem and beyond. It offers a suite of financial primitives: a multi-collateralized stablecoin backed by cross-chain assets such as Bitcoin, a trustless staking derivative and a decentralized exchange to unleash liquidity to power more financial innovations. It is the go-to open platform on which to deploy finance-oriented applications using smart contracts or built-in protocols with out-of-box cross-chain capabilities, security and financial optimizations.