- Acala & Karura have released an upgrade that improves compatibility and reduces ACA staking bonding period.
- A proposal has been made to reduce the staking unlock period for ACA from 28 days to 14 days.
- This proposal aims to enhance liquidity and flexibility for stakers while maintaining the stability of the staking mechanism.
- The pros of reducing the unlock period include increased flexibility, enhanced attractiveness, and responsive staking dynamics.
- The cons of reducing the unlock period include market risks and reduced commitment to the network.

#111 - Runtime upgrade - Update Polkadot SDK and reduce ACA staking bonding period

Stellaswap <> Acala Liquidity Incentives

Update incentives for ACA Staking and ACA-USDCet pair

1. A proposal was made to transfer 3,517,488 ACA reward tokens from one account to another.
2. There will be an update to the reward rates for two different pools involving DOT, LDOT, and TDOT tokens.
3. The update will happen at a specific block number and estimated time.
4. The ACA reward rate for DOT->LDOT pool will be 874,996 per month for the last 3 months.
5. The ACA and TAI reward rates for DOT->TDOT pool will also be updated for the last 3 months.

Euphrates - Adjust Reward Rate for DOT LST pool

- A group called aSEED has some tokens in a treasury.
- They want to make the treasury grow by doing things like staking.
- They have some different kinds of tokens in the treasury, like ACA, DOT, LDOT, and LcDOT.
- They want to change some of the tokens in the treasury to a different kind called LDOT.
- They hope this will help them meet some goals they have for the value of their tokens.

Stake aSEED(Acala) Treasury Tokens

- A proposal has been made to refund users who lost assets due to a bug.
- The assets failed to transfer to the destination on AssetHub, so they will be minted on the Treasury Account (Acala) and transferred to the destination on AssetHub.
- One exception is a destination that is not alive on AssetHub, so it will be refunded to the sender account on Acala.
- The proposal includes a table with XCM hash, destination, token, and amount for each refund.
- The tokens include USDC and PINK, and the amounts range from 0.4 to 197797.3195.

Refund assets to failed XCM

- Acala is upgrading to Acala 2.0 Exodus plan
- CDP positions with outstanding debt will be settled at pre-approved prices
- Collaterals for unpaid debt will become part of aSEED treasury
- Remaining collaterals can be withdrawn by the owner
- There is a 1-week delay for CDP owners to repay debts and avoid conversion

Exodus Stage 2 - aSEED(Acala) conversion

Prepare $PINK Airdrop

#103 - Runtime upgrade - Update Polkadot SDK and upgrade Acala EVM+

- Binance Earn is a website where people can earn money by holding cryptocurrency.
- It is easy to use. You choose a product and transfer your cryptocurrency to it.
- ACA staking function is now integrated into Binance Earn's staking page.
- New users who use Binance Earn to stake ACA can get an extra ACA airdrop.
- Binance Earn offers many products and is a good platform for increasing TVL.

Proposal for ACA staking extra reward campaign on Binance Earn.

Acala is a company that is building the liquidity layer for web3 finance. They are introducing a new Ambassador Program to help grow their community. Anyone can become an ambassador, and they will have tasks to promote Acala and its products. Ambassadors will be rewarded with ACA tokens, and there will be a monthly lottery for all ambassadors who have contributed. The top three contributors will receive the most tokens. The total value for the first 6 months of the program is $18,000.

Reward Proposal for Acala Ambassadors

PolkaWorld's Proposal to Enhance Acala Awareness Through Content and Events

DeQ team won the Acala Bounty Award 1st Prize, including $2.5k worth of ACA Token at the #2023WinterPolkadotHackathon DemoDay. 

DeQ aims to address the issues of paid consulting advisor and Q&A platform model by combining a tokenomics model and De-Fi.

During the hackathon, DeQ created smart contracts that can convert questions and answers into on-chain assets through contracts and provide continuous income to answerers through shares trading.

DeQ plans to expand to several areas, including upgradable contracts, reviewing the entire tokenomics model, reducing barriers through Account Abstraction, and migrating data storage to a more decentralized solution.

The DeQ team consists of Ruby, Charle, Parker, and Carson.

1st Prize of Acala Bounty in #2023WinterPolkadotHackathon

1. A proposal was made to transfer 12,849,996 ACA to a rewards account for staking and trading.
2. The transfer includes 12,499,998 ACA for staking and 349,998 ACA for trading.
3. This transfer will cover the incentives for the next 3 months.
4. The transfer will happen at a specific block number in 2024.
5. The reward rates for staking and trading will be adjusted at this block number.

- StellaSwap is a decentralized exchange for the Moonbeam parachain network.
- It uses a native token called STELLA for governance and other purposes.
- They want to encourage more users to provide liquidity to their LDOT/DOT pool.
- They are proposing to offer $25k worth of ACA tokens as incentives for adding liquidity.
- The campaign will start on January 16th at 14:00 UTC.

Proposal for ACA reward to LDOT/DOT pool on Stellaswap

1. A proposal was made to transfer 4,409,988 ACA reward tokens from Acala Treasury account to AF Account.
2. There will be an update to the reward rate for DOT->LDOT and DOT->TDOT pool at block #5,364,200 (Acala) on January 20, 2024.
3. For DOT->LDOT(pool#2) pool, the ACA reward rate will be updated to 874,996 ACA per month for the last 3 months.
4. For DOT->TDOT(pool#3) pool, the ACA reward rate base will be updated to 595,000 ACA per month for the last 3 months.
5. For DOT->TDOT(pool#3) pool, the TAI reward rate base will be updated to 238,000 TAI per month for the last 3 months.

Euphrates - Adjust Reward Rate for DOT LST & lcDOT pool

1. Transfer 100 ACA from Acala Treasury to Network Contract Source account for reset and deploy fee.
2. Replace predeployed token contracts for ACA, ASEED, DOT, LDOT, SA_DOT, SA_TUSD, LCDOT_13, FA_GLMR, FA_PARA, FA_ASTR, FA_IBTC, FA_INTR, FA_WBTC, FA_WETH, FA_EQ, and FA_EQD.
3. Deploy new predeployed token contracts for FA_PHA, FA_UNQ, FA_CRU, FA_USDT, and FA_PINK.
4. The changes will allow for the use of `transferToAccountId32`.
5. The purpose of this proposal is to update and improve the token contracts used in the Acala network.

Update Predeployed Token Contracts

1. Acala Treasury will give 250,000 ACA reward tokens to AF for 1 month.
2. DOT and LDOT pools will be created for Starlay deposit.
3. The reward rates for DOT and LDOT pools will be updated with ACA reward rates and loyalty bonuses.
4. At block #5,978,800, loyalty bonus rewards will stop being deducted when claiming rewards for DOT and LDOT pools.
5. These changes will happen in the future, around April 14, 2024.

Voting - Start Euphrates DOT & LDOT pool for Starlay deposit

#93 - Runtime upgrade - Update Polkadot SDK and support XCM NFT transfer

[Retroactive] Subsquare acala maintenance request for 2023

- Bitget is a cryptocurrency exchange that helps people trade and invest in cryptocurrencies.
- They are offering a new campaign where users can stake ACA and receive extra ACA tokens.
- Staking on Bitget allows users to earn interest every day and redeem their stake at any time.
- Bitget does not take a cut of earnings and offers a low-risk way to earn income.
- A sponsor is proposing a campaign to offer extra rewards for staking ACA on Bitget, with a budget of 142,857 ACA tokens.

Proposal for ACA staking extra reward campaign on Bitget Exchanges. 

Voting - Inject ACA Staking reward funds and adjust the Swap incentive rate

- Binance Web3 Wallet is a special kind of wallet that helps people explore Web3 easily and safely.
- Acala is sponsoring a two-phase campaign with Binance Web3 Wallet to help people interact with Acala EVM through the wallet.
- New users who create a Binance Web3 Wallet, do a swap, and some actions in Acala EVM during the campaign period can get a special token airdrop.
- Acala will get more exposure to Binance's 150 million users and bring in new users to their ecosystem.
- Acala will distribute a total of 1,657,197 ACA tokens to users who participate in the two-phase campaign.

Proposal for Acala x Binance web3 wallet campaign

1. A transfer of ACA reward tokens was made from one account to another.
2. At a certain block number and time, the reward rates for certain pools were updated, including the base and loyalty bonuses for ACA and TAI.
3. At a later block number and time, the reward rates for the same pools were updated again, including the base and loyalty bonuses for ACA and TAI.
4. The pools being updated are DOT->LDOT and DOT->TDOT.
5. These updates will affect the amount of ACA and TAI rewards that users can earn from these pools.

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