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# Tranche

Learning materials about Buttonwood Tranche - a risk stratification protocol

Tranche is a protocol for *stratifying price risk* of crypto-assets. At the core, it allows users to deposit an asset in return for several `Tranche` assets, each representing a different risk level. The safer assets have relatively stable value, while the risky assets have value roughly equivalent to a leveraged position of the underlying asset.&#x20;

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The following sections will explain how this mechanism works and why it's useful.&#x20;