# Stablecoin Issuer Flow of Funds

### Mint Process

The mint process can be described as follows.

* Deposit ETH Collateral. 
* Increase the hedging positions size of the protocol. 
* Mint USDO. 

### Redeem Process

The redeem process can be described as follows.

* Deposit USDO.  
* Decrease the hedging positions size of the protocol. 
* Burn USDO. 

### Overall Process

The overall process can be represented in the following way.

<figure><img src="/files/ttfiH9KX41YdaK0ZAdAj" alt=""><figcaption><p>Overall Proces Flowchart</p></figcaption></figure>


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