# Acala Liquid Staking Assets staked Methodology

## 1. Overview

Assets staked measures the total value of Polkadot (DOT) assets deposited and bonded within Acala Liquid Staking. This metric serves as a proxy for the project's revenue-generation capacity, as staking rewards are earned based on the total quantity of staked assets. Assets staked represents the underlying collateral supporting the issuance of liquid staking assets such as LDOT.

## 2. Data sources

- **Blockchain events**: `totalStakingBonded` data from `homa` protocols, covering Acala Substrate
- **External data**: End-of-day price feeds for the underlying staked assets

## 3. Step-by-step calculation

### Component A: Acala Liquid Staking bonded asset tracking

- **Purpose**: Capture the total quantity of assets bonded within the liquid staking protocol
- **Logic**: Total staked amounts are retrieved from `totalStakingBonded` records associated with `homa` protocols. These values represent the cumulative balance of assets held in the staking pool at a specific block height.
- **Key fields**: `total_staking_bonded` (bonded asset quantity), `block_timestamp` (timing)

### Component B: USD conversion and normalization

- **Purpose**: Normalize asset quantities and convert them into a uniform currency for analysis
- **Logic**: The raw bonded amounts are normalized by decimal precision. These normalized values are then multiplied by end-of-day price feeds for the underlying DOT asset to calculate the total value in USD.
- **Key fields**: `total_staking` (normalized amount), `price_usd` (asset price)

### Component C: Final aggregation and gap filling

- **Purpose**: Organize data into a daily time series and ensure data continuity
- **Logic**: Assets staked values are aggregated on a daily basis using UTC boundaries. A zero-filling strategy is applied to provide a continuous historical record, and the data is filtered to ensure only validated product and chain identifiers are included in the final output.

*This methodology was automatically generated by Token Terminal's methodology analyzer.*

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Acala is a specialized stablecoin and liquidity blockchain powered by Polkadot Relay chain.

ACA holders own and govern the protocol. Acala’s investors include Pantera Capital, Coinbase Ventures, and Polychain Capital.

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