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Wrapped token

What crypto means by it

A token on one blockchain that stands in for an asset held on another, so something can be used where it does not natively exist. Its value rests entirely on whoever is holding the real asset.

What you already know this as

A depositary receipt. You hold a claim that trades locally while the actual share sits with a custodian abroad.

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