Freeze and Blacklist Function
German: Einfrier- und Sperrfunktion
An issuer or administrator capability to block transfers from specific addresses or to immobilise balances, present in most regulated tokens and in the largest stablecoins.
Why people look this up
Readers asking who can freeze their balance and on what basis; relevant to both compliance and counterparty risk.
Auf Deutsch
Einfrier- und Sperrfunktion — Die Befugnis eines Emittenten oder Administrators, Übertragungen bestimmter Adressen zu sperren oder Guthaben zu immobilisieren; sie besteht bei den meisten regulierten Token und den größten Stablecoins.
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Looking for how this maps to its traditional-finance counterpart rather than a standalone definition? See the Term Bridge, which also flags where the obvious analogy is wrong.