# Introduction Asset is the cornerstone of a crypto ecosystem. For example, up until September 2021 there are more than 80 billion worth of stablecoins and 10 billion worth of BTC assets on Ethereum. The ampleness of asset empowers the flourishing Decentralized Finance applications on Ethereum. However, Ethereum assets suffer from liquidity fragmentation problems. Stablecoins fall into three categories: fiat-backed, crypto-backed, and algorithmic stablecoins. For each category, there are more than ten protocols active on Ethereum. The fragmented liquidity makes it difficult for new assets to gain adoption and applications to expand coverage. Polkadot is likely to suffer from similar liquidity fragmentation problems as the Parachain ecosystem grows. Taiga protocol is a synthetic asset protocol designed to unify different formats of staking and crowdloan derivatives into a highly efficient standard. --- # 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://docs.taigaprotocol.io/overview/introduction.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.