• Delete your tokens

  The issuer holds a wipe key and can remove this token from any wallet, including one that bought it on the open market.

• Freeze your balance

  The issuer holds a freeze key and can stop a chosen wallet from transferring or selling what it holds.

• Halt every transfer

  The issuer holds a pause key and can stop the whole token from moving, for everyone, at once.

• Mint without limit

  The issuer holds a supply key and the supply has no ceiling. Any market cap here is priced on today's supply, which can grow.

• Rewrite these rules

  The issuer holds an admin key and can add or remove every permission above later. Whatever this cannot do today, it cannot do yet.

Read from the Hedera mirror node, where a token declares its keys as properties rather than hiding them in contract code. These are the powers the issuer holds, not a judgement about the token: plenty of legitimate projects keep a supply key, and a stablecoin needs a freeze key to comply with the law. What matters is knowing which ones exist before you buy.