# Introduction Welcome to ISSUAA, a cutting-edge DeFi protocol that ushers in the future of blockchain-based derivatives, bridging the world of traditional and digital assets. **The ISSUAA protocol:** ● Empowers users to create, mint, and trade synthetic assets (ISSUAA assets) linked to the value of virtually any real-world and crypto assets. ● Offers a unique and highly appealing tokenomics model, benefitting a vibrant community of liquidity providers, investors, and active DAO participants. ● Operates as a decentralized autonomous organization (ISSUAA DAO), firmly rooted in community-driven principles. ● Is exclusively governed through a transparent voting process by holders of VeISS, having staked the ISSUAA protocol token (ISS). --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://issuaa.gitbook.io/issuaa/master.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.