Today BlockchainBrad speaks with Acala & Laminar co-founders Bette Chen & Ruitao Su in a very detailed crypto interview. Why? Acala Network/Platform is a high quality decentralized stablecoin platform powering cross-blockchain open finance applications. Laminar Protocol is an open finance platform, powering synthetic assets & margin trading. ●▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬● Timestamps: 1:08 Introduction 1:15 let's start with Acala 2:25 Acala is the DeFi Chain. Building the base layer of DeFi 3:40 Acala: one component is a StableCoin value-add for Polkadot & Defi. There are 3 components of Acala 7:17 Parachains in the context of Acala & Polkadot. 7:40 Multicollateralisation and Community Ownership 8:52 Two teams founding Acala Ecosystme 10:30 Progressive Decentralisation- logical steps towards DeFi 14:19 Collaborating with Parity, Polkadot, Web3- especially Polkadot 16:39 More on Parity, Web3, Substrate value-add 18:25 Ethereum 2.0 and Cosmos & Polkadot Multisharding approaches 20:11 Acala- longterm vision of its own blockchain; a long term goal. 21:40 Team- Acala's team. esp. engineering and DeFi references 23:23 From sh#tcoins to utility coins- discussion 24:00 Marketing 25:01 Vision: products and infrastructure 26:01 Liquidity: How Acala provides liquidity 28:04 Enterprise: integrating mainstream business in blockchain 30:05 Regulation & Compliance 33:12 Governance & Consensus 36:10 Github- update. 100% open source 37:15 International/Global Approach 38:12 Deeper Dive in Acala products 42:41 Products & Applications 46:20 Discussions about sharding 48:30 The Substrate: polkadot is getting started! 50:50 The Acala Building Blocks- going LIVE soon! Kusama first! 51:47 The value of Kusama 54:51 Price Stability Mechanisms 54:51 dex built into the core design 57:40 Partners: from Polychain to KR1, hashkey, Berkeley and more 59:00 Coming out of the crypto spec bubble in 2020 1:03:09 The ACA token: let's talk about its value 1:08:20 Marketing Strategy 1:09:02 Roadmap- lots happening next 4 months for Acala. 1:10:45 Key message from Ruitao about Acala 1:11:55 Bette's final address on Acala- real value 1:13:54 Links, Socials for Acala Laminar: Open Finance Protocol 1:14:12 Synthetics, Margin and Money. 1:16:04 Discussing founders and team 1:18:25 Synthetic Assets & trading 1:20:42 Companies, Scope for VCs, Laminar in biz. 1:22:05 Conventional Mainstream Conference and Acala as Bridge 1:23:44 Agnostic design and deployment on Kusama and Polkadot. 1:24:00 Launch coming for Laminar Q3 and public testnet LIVE SOON 1:25:30 trustless trading and liquidity 1:27:30 More on agnostic support for DeFi. 1:28:02 Multiple Liquidity Pools 1:28:55 Laminar 'Flow' technology 1:30:23 Team- Strong 1:31:10 Synthetics and more 1:33:48 Strong support by top tier exchanges 1:35:49 Speculation not the interest for these teams 1:37:20 MainNet Buzz- marketing coming? 1:38:07 Socials- Get engaged! 1:39:44 DeFi is not an Ethereum Trademark 1:41:45 Final Statements from co-founder 1:44:14 Thank you- Brad's closing. ●▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬● Links: Website: https://acala.network/ Twitter: @AcalaNetwork Medium: https://medium.com/acalanetwork Website: https://laminar.one/ GitHub: https://github.com/laminar-protocol Twitter: @LaminarProtocol Medium: https://medium.com/laminar ●▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬● ►Join The BCB Tele https://t.me/BlockchainBradCommunity ► Follow on twitter: https://twitter.com/Brad_Laurie ► Join BlockVera on twitter: @BlockVera ► Check out BlockVera on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Af4pD ●▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬● What is Acala？ Acala Dollar (aUSD) is a decentralized stablecoin that allows users to send and receive USD across any blockchains connected to the Polkadot network. Laminar Protocol: Synthetic Assets, Margin Trading and Money Markets: 3 foci. ●▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬● PAYMENT/DONATION DISCLOSURE: This was 100% free and I received NO financial compensation for doing this video; not in fiat, tokens or any form on payment. I did the interview and editing all free. INVESTMENT DISCLOSURE: I have not invested in either Acala or Laminar, but I like them both and I may be investing when tokens become available. (Not Financial Advice) ●▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬● GENERAL DISCLAIMER: The information provided is not to be considered as a recommendation to buy or invest in certain assets or currencies and is provided solely as an educational and information resource to help traders make their own decisions. Past performance is no guarantee of future success. It is important to note that no system or methodology has ever been developed that can guarantee profits or ensure freedom from losses. BlockchainBrad shall not be liable to the participant for any damages, claims, expenses or losses of any kind (whether direct or indirect) suffered by the participant arising from or in connection with the information obtained this website or directly from the website owner.