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Bridge

Also called cross-chain bridge

What crypto means by it

Infrastructure that carries a token across from one chain to a different one. Necessary, and historically the most attacked part of crypto, so route size and reputation matter.

What you already know this as

Correspondent banking. Moving value between two systems that have no direct relationship, through someone who has one with both.

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