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Coreum (COREUM): tokenomics, risks and score

55/100SCORE · CMixed record Grade C, fair

An enterprise focused chain with compliance features built into its token standard, aimed at regulated asset issuance and payments.

What Coreum is, and what it does

This is a base blockchain. It runs and secures its own network, and its token is what you pay to use that network and what secures it.

What the COREUM token itself does: Fees are used to buy and destroy the token, so usage of the protocol permanently reduces the supply.

Where it runs: Coreum. Mechanism: Cosmos based proof of stake with smart tokens. It has been running since 2023, so roughly 3 years.

The facts

TICKER
COREUM
SECTOR
Layer 1
CHAIN
Coreum
LAUNCHED
2023, so around 3 years of operating history
MECHANISM
Cosmos based proof of stake with smart tokens
MAXIMUM SUPPLY
500 million
VALUE CAPTURE
Buyback burn
UPGRADE CONTROL
DAO governed
VESTING
Complete
LIQUIDITY BAND
Micro cap. Thin, often a single venue or pool. Treat the quoted price as indicative only.

How the score breaks down

track record9/20
tokenomics19/20
transparency15/15
decentralisation8/15
adoption1/15
liquidity3/15

Each dimension is explained on the directory page, and the reasoning behind it is taught in the Academy research process.

Supply and value capture

A hard maximum supply that cannot be raised without the agreement of essentially every participant. Fees are used to buy and destroy supply, so usage reduces the number of tokens outstanding.

Changes go through token holder governance, so control is distributed but influenced by whoever holds most. Ownership is heavily concentrated. A small number of wallets hold enough to determine the price on their own.

Where it is strong and where it is not

✓ Strengths
  • Supply is capped, so holders are not diluted indefinitely
  • The token captures real protocol revenue rather than relying on speculation alone
  • Audited, with published reports
  • Fully open source, so the code can be independently reviewed
✗ Weaknesses
  • Heavily concentrated ownership means a few wallets control the outcome
  • Thin liquidity. Check order book depth before assuming you can exit

Incident history

No major exploit, collapse or regulatory action on record against this asset.

Our read

Building issuer controls such as freezing and whitelisting into the token standard itself is the right architecture for regulated assets, since it removes the need for bespoke contracts. It emerged from the XRP community. Ecosystem activity has stayed very small and it competes with several other compliance focused chains.

The main risk

Very small ecosystem activity, competing with several other compliance oriented chains.

Before you buy anything

Check the contract address against the project's own documentation rather than a search result or a screener link, since impersonation tokens with identical names and logos are listed constantly. Check the order book depth before assuming you can exit at the quoted price. And write down what would make you wrong before you buy, not after. The Academy thesis module covers why that single habit protects more capital than any indicator.

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