# About RAAC

## RAAC: Real-World Assets, Onchain Finance

Real Asset Acquisition Corp (RAAC) is a decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol powered by real-world assets (RWAs). The ecosystem empowers token holders through a set of custom-built products to tokenize real-world assets (RWAs), deploying traditional finance (TradFi) assets into DeFi to unlock liquidity and on-chain yield opportunities. This model allows RAAC to systematically expand DeFi liquidity backed by tokenized RWAs.

The global financial system has long been fragmented between traditional finance (TradFi) and decentralized finance (DeFi). Traditional asset markets such as real estate and commodities represent trillions in locked value. However,these assets are slow to settle, heavily intermediated, and often restricted by jurisdictional and regulatory barriers.

DeFi, by contrast, has the potential to offer near-instant liquidity, composability, and global accessibility. However, DeFi currently lacks stable value and predictable yield opportunities. Most DeFi yield mechanisms depend on speculative token emissions or volatile crypto assets, which hinder mainstream institutional participation. 

RAAC identifies this inefficiency as the core problem: Real-world value remains siloed off-chain, while on-chain liquidity lacks stable collateral. By tokenizing RWAs, the RAAC ecosystem can potentially create a bridge between these two worlds - enabling traditional asset holders to unlock liquidity and enabling DeFi participants to access yield-generating, RWA-backed instruments.

RAAC has two core product offerings that are intended to produce asymmetric liquidity and yield opportunities within the larger DeFi Ecosystem.

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**RAACLend**

Tokenized RWAs via NFT (e.g., real-estate), that can be held for exposure or borrowed against for $crvUSD.
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**RWf(x)**

Tokenized RWAs (e.g., precious metals), used as collateral to mint a CDP stablecoin, then deployed to earn yield.
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RAAC anticipates that these systems in combination may provide a positive feedback loop that bolsters sustainable on-chain liquidity, asymmetric yield, and RAACs ability to perpetuate its on-chain system. The team is developing the RAAC protocol with intention to build in the features/characteristics described throughout the white paper. However, the protocol is subject to change.


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