As reported October 7, 2026: Cardano standard lets issuers apply rule-based powers to freeze, seize and restrict assets

CoinDesk reported on October 7, 2026, that the Cardano Foundation introduced CIP-0113, a token standard allowing issuers of regulated assets to restrict recipients and freeze, seize or transfer tokens under specified rules. The standard targets regulated stablecoins, funds and bonds.

The October 7, 2026 report said CIP-0113 performs compliance checks including identity and sanctions screening before every transfer, without requiring a hard fork of the Cardano network. Issuers can select existing rule sets or write their own, then update them as regulations change.

“The rules have to travel with the asset and be enforced every time it moves,” Cardano Foundation Chief Executive Frederik Gregaard said in the statement quoted by CoinDesk on October 7, 2026.

CoinDesk reported on October 7, 2026, that depending on a token’s rules, an authorized party could move tokens without the holder’s consent.

In material published on March 12, 2025, Input | Output said CIP-0143 supports programmable tokens through Plutus scripts and an on-chain policy registry, without requiring a hard fork. Its Wyoming Stable Token proof of concept uses a transfer policy that checks whether an address is frozen and allows the minting authority to seize WST from any address holding it.

Input | Output said in material published on March 12, 2025, that WST’s freeze and seize functions had been demonstrated on the Cardano mainnet.