# Coinbase Ventures backing DeFi in the Polkadot ecosystem
“# Coinbase Ventures backing DeFi in the Polkadot ecosystem ” Coinbase Ventures, the investment arm of the San Francisco-based digital currency exchange, has thrown its weight behind a layer-one blockchain designed to bring full-service DeFi to the Polkadot ecosystem. The investments are focused on Acala, the Ethereum Virtual Machine-compatible blockchain that is building a host…