PowerMap
Who holds power over a coin
Owning a coin is not the same as being the only one with power over it. For each coin we read its own terms, contracts and documents, and write down who can freeze it, create more of it, change its rules or decide who may cash it in. Every row names its source and the day we read it.
We write down who can stop you, and where we read it. We never say whether they will.
- 116 coins with a written row
- 70 parties named
- Sources read 2 October 2026
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The nine powers
Can freeze
Block one address, or freeze the coins in it.
Nobody, by their own terms: Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, Cardano, Gram (prev. Toncoin), Bittensor, Polkadot, Algorand
Not established for 1,171 of the 1,183 coins we track: no written row yet. A blank is not a “no”.
Can pause
Stop every transfer of the coin.
Not established for 1,183 of the 1,183 coins we track: no written row yet. A blank is not a “no”.
Can create more, or change the supply rule
Create more of it, or change the rule that limits supply.
Nobody, by their own terms: Bitcoin, Zcash, Chainlink, Cardano, Stellar, Avalanche, Sui, Bittensor and 22 more
MemeCore, Pepe, Sky, Ethereum Classic, Algorand, Filecoin, Dash, VeChain, Ether.fi, Curve DAO, Raydium, Virtuals Protocol, Decred, Basic Attention, THORChain, Theta Network, Convex Finance, The Sandbox, NEO, eCash, Golem, Horizen
Not established for 1,145 of the 1,183 coins we track: no written row yet. A blank is not a “no”.
Decides redemption
Decide who may exchange it for what backs it, and on what terms.
Not established for 1,165 of the 1,183 coins we track: no written row yet. A blank is not a “no”.
Holds what backs it
Hold what backs it.
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Outside custody firms
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Whoever holds its reserves
Tether, USDC, Global Dollar, PayPal USD, Ripple USD, TrueUSD, EURC, GUSD
Not established for 1,170 of the 1,183 coins we track: no written row yet. A blank is not a “no”.
Can change the rules
Change the rules the coin runs on.
Not established for 1,177 of the 1,183 coins we track: no written row yet. A blank is not a “no”.
Orders and approves transactions
Order and approve its transactions.
Not established for 1,181 of the 1,183 coins we track: no written row yet. A blank is not a “no”.
Pays the return
Pay the return, where a return exists.
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A baker you choose
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A masternode you run or vote for
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A node you run or bond to
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A signer you name
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A staking pool or delegation pool
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A validator you choose
BNB, Solana, Hyperliquid, NEAR Protocol, Avalanche, Sui, Bittensor, Cronos
and 21 more
Polkadot, MemeCore, Aster, POL (ex-MATIC), Cosmos Hub, Injective, VeChain, Flare, Starknet, Celestia, Artificial Superintelligence Alliance, Sei, BitTorrent, Gnosis, Monad, IOTA, Sonic, Chiliz, MultiversX, dYdX, Mina Protocol -
An indexer you choose
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An operator, router or resolver you delegate to
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Block producers you vote for
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Ondo US Dollar Yield, Ondo Short-Term U.S. Government Bond Fund
Not established for 1,110 of the 1,183 coins we track: no written row yet. A blank is not a “no”.
Issues copies on other chains
Issue the copy that exists on another chain.
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A bridge
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A custodian
Not established for 1,171 of the 1,183 coins we track: no written row yet. A blank is not a “no”.
What this page is not. It is not a rating. A coin with more parties is not worse than a coin with fewer, and nothing here says whether a power has been used or will be. It is not complete: most coins we track have no written row yet. Each coin's full rows, in their own words, are on its page under “What it can do”.
No party can pay to be removed, reworded or reordered. Something wrong, or out of date? How to ask for a correction. How these rows are written.