Bybit Research Finds Dozens of Blockchains Capable of Freezing Funds

The core technical assertion of the statement—that numerous blockchains possess the technical capability to freeze user funds—is overwhelmingly supported by the provided sources. Multiple independent sources confirm the existence and common use of "pausable" functions within smart contracts and tokens, which is a direct mechanism for freezing assets or activity.Evidence for this technical capability is robust and varied:- An X post from the smart contract auditing firm QuillAudits implicitly confirms that pausable functions are a known security mechanism, treating the lack of one as a failure.- A post from a Binance research analyst provides a concrete, real-world example of pausable pools being actively used for recovery, demonstrating the feature in practice.- A blog post referencing the OpenZeppelin library, a widely used industry standard for smart contract development, shows that a "Pausable mechanism" is a common and easily accessible feature for developers. The prevalence of this library across dozens of EVM-compatible blockchains makes the claim that this capability exists on "dozens of blockchains" highly credible.- Additional sources from a smart contract development company and a crypto exchange blog further corroborate that pausable functions are a recognized feature.The only unverified part of the statement is the specific attribution to a "report from Bybit Research." None of the provided sources mention or link to such a report. However, the absence of this specific evidence does not invalidate the central technical claim, which is independently and strongly substantiated. Therefore, the statement is assessed as 'likely_true' with high confidence because its most critical component is well-evidenced.