OneBalance Terms of Use Agreement
Last Updated Date: June 19, 2024 Please read this Terms of Use Agreement (the “Terms of Use”) carefully. This Website and any related websites or subdomains that link to these Terms of Use and are operated by OneBalance Limited (“OneBalance”), its affiliates or agents (collectively, the “Website”) and the information on the Website are owned and controlled by OneBalance. The Terms of Use governs the use of the Website and applies to all users visiting the Website or using the services enabled through the Website in any way, including using the Software (defined below) licensed by OneBalance to spin up and operate a self-custodied cross-chain software-based credible commitment account (the “OneBalance Wallet”, as further described below) and using the Website and the services enabled thereby (each including the Website, a “Service” and, collectively, the “Services”) to manage your OneBalance Wallet. For the avoidance of doubt, the OneBalance Wallet is a self-managed, self-custodied software wallet and not a Service provided by OneBalance. BY USING ANY SERVICES, CONNECTING A DIGITAL WALLET TO THE WEBSITE, AND/OR BROWSING THE WEBSITE, YOU REPRESENT THAT (1) YOU HAVE READ, UNDERSTAND, AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE AGREEMENT, (2) YOU ARE OF LEGAL AGE TO FORM A BINDING CONTRACT WITH ONEBALANCE, (3) YOU HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO THE TERMS OF USE PERSONALLY OR ON BEHALF OF THE ENTITY (WHETHER OR NOT SUCH ENTITY IS REGISTERED OR INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF ANY JURISDICTION) YOU HAVE NAMED AS THE USER, AND TO BIND THAT ENTITY TO THE TERMS OF USE; AND (4) YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT YOU ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ENSURING THAT YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES COMPLIES WITH THE LAWS OF YOUR JURISDICTION. THE TERM “YOU” REFERS TO THE INDIVIDUAL OR ENTITY, AS APPLICABLE, IDENTIFIED AS THE USER WHEN YOU REGISTERED ON THE WEBSITE.IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS OF USE, YOU MAY NOT ACCESS OR USE THIS WEBSITE OR THE SERVICES. ONEBALANCE IS NOT AN EXCHANGE, TRUST COMPANY, LICENSED BROKER, DEALER, BROKER-DEALER, INVESTMENT ADVISOR, INVESTMENT MANAGER, OR ADVISER. NEITHER ONEBALANCE NOR OUR SERVICES GIVE, OFFER, OR RENDER INVESTMENT, TAX, OR LEGAL ADVICE. ONEBALANCE PROVIDES SOFTWARE THAT ALLOWS YOU TO MANAGE YOUR SELF-CUSTODIED SOFTWARE WALLETS AND OTHERWISE WRITE TRANSACTIONS THAT MAY BE EXECUTED ON THIRD-PARTY BLOCKCHAINS AND OTHER THIRD-PARTY SERVICES (DEFINED BELOW). BEFORE MAKING FINANCIAL OR INVESTMENT DECISIONS, WE RECOMMEND THAT YOU CONTACT AN INVESTMENT ADVISOR, OR TAX OR LEGAL PROFESSIONAL. The Service provides an interface that allows users of our Website (“Users”) to interact with and manage OneBalance Wallets owned or controlled by such Users. Each OneBalance Wallet is a system of software-based smart contracts interoperable with software installed on and operated through a user device, which such system enables users to hold and transact in cryptocurrency and other digital assets across one or more third-party blockchains through a series of credible commitments. For the avoidance of doubt, your OneBalance Wallet is not part of the Website and is not a Service made available by OneBalance under this Agreement. OneBalance has no obligation to monitor or control any use of any OneBalance Wallet by you or any third party and/or any use of any OneBalance Wallet that does not take place on or through the Website. OneBalance makes no representations or warranties about the functionality of any OneBalance Wallet. All use of a OneBalance Wallet is undertaken at your own risk, and OneBalance is not and shall not be liable to you or to any third party for any loss or damage arising from or connected to your or any third party’s use of a OneBalance Wallet. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, the terms of Sections 9 through 11 of this Agreement apply, mutatis mutandis, to any claims arising out of your use of or inability to use any OneBalance Wallet.THE SOFTWARE THAT ENABLES YOU TO CREATE AND OPERATE YOUR OWN ONEBALANCE WALLET IS MADE AVAILABLE ON AN “AS-IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS, WITH ALL FAULTS, AND YOU CREATE, ACCESS, AND/OR INTERACT WITH ANY ONEBALANCE WALLET AT YOUR OWN RISK.For more information about the OneBalance wallet, please view the documentation available at https://docs.onebalance.io. SECTION 15 CONTAINS PROVISIONS THAT GOVERN HOW TO RESOLVE DISPUTES BETWEEN YOU AND ONEBALANCE. AMONG OTHER THINGS, SECTION1515 INCLUDES AN AGREEMENT TO ARBITRATE WHICH REQUIRES, WITH LIMITED EXCEPTIONS, THAT ALL DISPUTES BETWEEN YOU AND US SHALL BE RESOLVED BY BINDING AND FINAL ARBITRATION. SECTION 15 ALSO CONTAINS A className ACTION AND JURY TRIAL WAIVER. PLEASE READ SECTION 15 CAREFULLY. UNLESS YOU OPT OUT OF THE ARBITRATION AGREEMENT WITHIN THIRTY (30) DAYS IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15: (1) YOU WILL ONLY BE PERMITTED TO PURSUE DISPUTES OR CLAIMS AND SEEK RELIEF AGAINST US ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS, NOT AS A PLAINTIFF OR className MEMBER IN ANY className OR REPRESENTATIVE ACTION OR PROCEEDING, AND YOU WAIVE YOUR RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE IN A className ACTION LAWSUIT OR className-WIDE ARBITRATION; AND (2) YOU ARE WAIVING YOUR RIGHT TO PURSUE DISPUTES OR CLAIMS AND SEEK RELIEF IN A COURT OF LAW AND TO HAVE A JURY TRIAL. ANY DISPUTE, CLAIM OR REQUEST FOR RELIEF RELATING IN ANY WAY TO YOUR USE OF THE SITE WILL BE GOVERNED AND INTERPRETED BY AND UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO ANY PRINCIPLES THAT PROVIDE FOR THE APPLICATION OF THE LAW OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION. THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON CONTRACTS FOR THE INTERNATIONAL SALE OF GOODS IS EXPRESSLY EXCLUDED FROM THIS AGREEMENT. PLEASE BE AWARE THAT SECTION 4.4 (ONEBALANCE COMMUNICATIONS) OF THIS AGREEMENT, BELOW, CONTAINS YOUR OPT-IN CONSENT TO RECEIVE COMMUNICATIONS FROM US. Your use of, and participation in, certain Services may be subject to additional terms (“Supplemental Terms”) and such Supplemental Terms will either be listed in the Terms of Use or will be presented to you for your acceptance when you sign up to use the supplemental Service. If the Terms of Use are inconsistent with the Supplemental Terms, the Supplemental Terms shall control with respect to such Service. The Terms of Use and any applicable Supplemental Terms are referred to herein as the “Agreement.” PLEASE NOTE THATTHE AGREEMENT IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE BY ONEBALANCE IN ITS SOLE DISCRETION AT ANY TIME. When changes are made, OneBalance will make a new copy of the Terms of Use available at the Website and any new Supplemental Terms will be made available from within, or through, the affected Service on the Website. We will also update the “Last Updated” date at the top of the Terms of Use. If we make any material changes, we may notify you by email or by notification through the Services or through our social media channels. Any changes to the Agreement will be effective immediately for new users of the Website and/ or Services and will be effective thirty (30) days after posting notice of such changes on the Website for existing Users. OneBalance may require you to provide consent to the updated Agreement in a specified manner before further use of the Website, and/or the Services is permitted. If you do not agree to any change(s) after receiving a notice of such change(s), you shall stop using the Services. Otherwise, your continued use of the Services constitutes your acceptance of such change(s). PLEASE REGULARLY CHECK THE WEBSITE TO VIEW THE THEN-CURRENT TERMS.- DESCRIPTION OF THE SERVICES. The Services include the Platform and Services enabled thereby, as further defined and described below. There are important risks and limitations associated with the use of the Services as described below and elsewhere in these Terms of Use. Please read them carefully.
- ELIGIBILITY; USER REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.
- YOUR ASSUMPTION OF RISK.
- USE OF THE SERVICES.
- OWNERSHIP.
- USER CONDUCT. You agree that you are solely responsible for your conduct in connection with the Services. You agree that you will abide by this Agreement and will not (and will not attempt to): (1) provide false or misleading information to OneBalance; (2) use or attempt to use another User’s Digital Wallet; (3) pose as another person or entity; (4) use the Services in any manner that could interfere with, disrupt, negatively affect or inhibit other Users from fully enjoying the Services, or that could damage, disable, overburden or impair the functioning of the Services in any manner; (5) develop, utilize, or disseminate any software, or interact with any API in any manner, that could damage, harm, or impair the Services; (6) bypass or circumvent measures employed to prevent or limit access to any service, area, or code of the Services; (7) attempt to circumvent any content-filtering techniques we employ; (8) collect or harvest data from our Services that would allow you to contact individuals, companies, or other persons or entities, or use any such data to contact such entities; (9) use data collected from our Services for any direct marketing activity (including without limitation, email marketing, SMS marketing, telemarketing, and direct marketing); (10) bypass or ignore instructions that control all automated access to the Services; (11) use the Service for any illegal or unauthorized purpose, or engage in, encourage, or promote any activity that violates any applicable law or this Agreement; (12) carry out any illegal activities in connection with or in any way related to your access to and use of the Services, including but not limited to money laundering, terrorist financing, or deliberately engaging in activities designed to adversely affect the performance of the Services; (13) engage in or knowingly facilitate any “front-running,” “wash trading,” “pump and dump trading,” “ramping,” “cornering” or fraudulent, deceptive or manipulative trading activities, including: (a) trading User Assets at successively lower or higher prices for the purpose of creating or inducing a false, misleading or artificial appearance of activity in such User Asset, unduly or improperly influencing the market price for such User Asset on the Services or any Supported Blockchain or establishing a price which does not reflect the true state of the market in such User Asset; (b) for the purpose of creating or inducing a false or misleading appearance of activity in a User Asset or creating or inducing a false or misleading appearance with respect to the market in a User Asset: (i) executing or causing the execution of any transaction in a User Asset which involves no material change in the beneficial ownership thereof; or (ii) entering any order for the purchase or sale of a User Asset with the knowledge that an order of substantially the same size, and at substantially the same price, for the sale of such User Asset, has been or will be entered by or for the same or different parties; or (c) participating in, facilitating, assisting or knowingly transacting with any pool, syndicate or joint account organized for the purpose of unfairly or deceptively influencing the market price of a User Asset; (14) use the Services to carry out any financial activities subject to registration or licensing, including but not limited to using the Services to transact in securities, debt financings, equity financings or other similar transactions except in strict compliance with applicable law; (15) use the Service to participate in fundraising for a business, protocol, or platform except in strict compliance with applicable law; (16) make available any Content that infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, right of publicity or other right of any person or entity; or (17) attempt to access any Digital Wallet that you do not have the legal authority to access. Any unauthorized use of any Services terminates the licenses granted by OneBalance pursuant to the Agreement.
- FEES.
- INDEMNIFICATION.
- RELEASE
- DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS.
- LIMITATION OF LIABILITY.
- MONITORING AND ENFORCEMENT.If OneBalance becomes aware of any possible violations by you of the Agreement, OneBalance reserves the right to investigate such violations. If, as a result of the investigation, OneBalance believes that criminal activity has occurred, OneBalance reserves the right to refer the matter to, and to cooperate with, any and all applicable legal authorities. OneBalance is entitled, except to the extent prohibited by applicable law, to disclose any information or materials on or in the Services, including any information related to your Digital Wallet and other Registration Data, in OneBalance’s possession in connection with your use of Services, to (i) comply with applicable laws, legal process or governmental request; (ii) enforce the Agreement, (iii) respond to any claims that Your Content violates the rights of third parties, (iv) respond to your requests for customer service, or (v) protect the rights, property or personal safety of OneBalance, its Users or the public, and all enforcement or other government officials, as OneBalance in its sole discretion believes to be necessary or appropriate.
- TERM AND TERMINATION.
- INTERNATIONAL USERS. Services can be accessed from countries around the world and may contain references to Services and Content that are not available in your country. These references do not imply that OneBalance intends to announce such Services or Content in your country. Services are controlled and offered by OneBalance from its facilities in the Cayman Islands. OneBalance makes no representations that Services are appropriate or available for use in other locations. Those who access or use Services from other countries do so at their own volition and are responsible for compliance with local law.
- DISPUTE RESOLUTION.Please read this Section 15 (the “Arbitration Agreement”) carefully. It is part of your contract with OneBalance and affects your rights. It contains procedures for MANDATORY BINDING ARBITRATION AND A className ACTION WAIVER.
- GENERAL PROVISIONS.