# Wrapped Ether (WETH)
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**Publisher:** Decentralized Finance Publication
**Type:** Governance · **Chain:** Multi-chain
## Summary
Wrapped Ether (WETH) is a governance token on Multi-chain. ERC-20 wrapped ETH used as DeFi collateral and trading pair base.

**Tags:** WETH, Wrapped Ether, Governance, DeFi, Multi-chain

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Canonical: https://decentralized-finance.io/token/weth/