Pool-X Terms of Use
Please read these Terms of Use and the Legal Statement carefully. By clicking the “Start now” button or by accessing or using any service made available by us, you agree to be legally bound by these Terms of Use (including all the activity rules issued by Pool-X), the Privacy Policy and all terms incorporated by reference in the foregoing.
Summary of Terms of Use
We, Pool-X (hereinafter referred to as “Pool-X”, “we” or “us”), summarize below our Terms of Use to give an overview of the key terms that apply to your use of our website and mining and trading services. While we hope this summary section is helpful, you must read the complete Terms of Use below since they provide important information about our services, our respective legal rights and obligations, and the risks involved in mining and trading in cryptographic tokens.
Our Services
Pool-X provides you with a simple and convenient way to exchange one type of Digital Token for another ecological Digital Token of Pool-X (“POL”). Pool-X provides you with a platform to trade the computing power under your Digital Token by locking them up so as to gain POL.
Eligibility and Acceptable Use
You must meet certain eligibility criteria to use Pool-X’s services. You must be at least 18 years of age and there are certain locations from which you may not be able to use some or all of Pool-X’s services. Other eligibility criteria may also apply. Additionally, there are certain things you cannot do when using Pool-X’s services, such as engage in market misconduct or illegal activities, lie, or do anything that would cause damage to our services or systems. Please see Section 11 below on “Acceptable Use” for more details.
Mining and Trading Risks
Engaging in trades and mines in cryptographic tokens may be highly risky. Please do not use Pool-X’s services for mining and trading in Digital Tokens if you do not understand these risks.
Other Important Legal Terms
There are important legal terms provided below in the complete Terms of Use, including your indemnification responsibilities, our limitation of liability and warranty disclaimers, and your agreement to arbitrate disputes. Please take the time to read these terms carefully. You can always contact us through Pool-X Help Center if you have any questions.
Complete Terms of Use
These Terms of Use and any terms expressly incorporated herein (“Terms”) apply to your use of the website operated and maintained by Pool-X (collectively, “Pool-X”, “we”, or “us”), and the mining and trading services provided by Pool-X as described in these Terms (collectively, our “Services”).
1. Key Definitions
Capitalized terms not otherwise defined in these Terms will have the following meaning:
1.1.“External Account” means any Digital Token Account: (i) from which you may transfer Funds into your Pool-X Account, and (ii) to which you may transfer Funds from your Pool-X Account and which has been approved by Pool-X for the foregoing purposes.
1.2.“Funds” means Digital Tokens.
1.3.“Pool-X Account” means a user account accessible via the Services where Funds may be stored by Pool-X on behalf of a user.
1.4 “Locking Address” means the wallet address to deposit the designated types of Digital Tokens and you can withdraw the designated types of Digital Tokens to the aforementioned wallet address.
1.5.“Pool-X Help Center” means Pool-X’s customer service center with address at https://support.kucoin.plus/hc/en-us where you could get online support from Pool-X.
1.6.“Digital Tokens” means Bitcoins, Ripples and other digital mediums of exchange that can be mined and traded.
1.7.“Digital Token Account” means any Digital Token address or account owned or operated by you that is maintained outside of the Services, and is not owned, controlled or operated by Pool-X.
2. Eligibility
2.1. Pool-X may not make the Services available in all markets and jurisdictions, and may restrict or prohibit use of the Services from certain jurisdictions (“Restricted Locations”).
2.2. You further represent and warrant that you: (a) are at least 18 years old; (b) have not previously been suspended or removed from using our Services or other similar services provided by other parties; (c) have full power and authority to enter into these Terms and in doing so will not violate any other agreement to which you are a party; (d) using our platform in your own name and solely for your own benefit; (e) are not located in, under the jurisdiction of, or a national or resident of any Restricted Locations (as defined in Section 2.1 above); (f) will not use our Services if any applicable laws in your country prohibit you from doing so in accordance with these Terms; (g) are not a designated person under regulations issued pursuant to the lists of individuals or entities identified by the Security Council of the United Nations or the Committee as individuals or entities to whom or which apply the measures referred to in paragraph 8(d) of Resolution 1718 (2006)(including any such list as updated from time to time by the Security Council or the Committee, and made available on the Internet through the official United Nations website at http://www.un.org/) ; and (h) have read and understood these Terms and the Risk Disclosure Statement.
2.3. Pool-X maintains an anti-money laundering, countering the financing of terrorism and know your customer compliance policy (the “AML/CFT Policy”). Pursuant to such policy, Pool-X may, in its discretion, require identity verification and go through other screening procedures with respect to you or transactions associated with your Pool-X Account. You agree and undertake to provide Pool-X with any and all information and documents that Pool-X may from time to time request or require for the purposes of these Terms or in connection with your Pool-X Account (including, but not limited to, your name, address, telephone number, email address, date of birth, government-issued identification number, photograph of your government-issued identity card or document or other photographic proof of your identity, and information regarding your Digital Token Account). Pool-X will have no liability or responsibility for any permanent or temporary inability to access or use any Services as a result of any identity verification or other screening procedures.
Further, pursuant to the AML/CFT Policy, Pool-X may, in its discretion, carry out continuous monitoring of all Pool-X Accounts. If any unusually large or unusual patterns of trades or any inexplicable or suspicious circumstances are observed, Pool-X may, in its discretion, place an administrative hold on or freeze your Pool-X Account. You agree that Pool-X will have no liability or responsibility for any permanent or temporary inability to access or use any Service caused by such action.
2.4. Additionally, by agreeing to these terms you certify that you pursue participation in blockchain-based networks as a part of your professional activity and are familiar with digital tokens or cryptographic tokens and mining and trading in them and the risks attached to them and their mining and trading ncluding but not limited to the risks highlighted in the Risk Disclosure Statement.
3. Pool-X Account
3.1. Number of Pool-X Accounts. Pool-X may, in its sole discretion, limit the number of Pool-X Accounts that you may hold, maintain or acquire.
3.2. Pool-X Account information and security. In order to engage in any trades via the Services, you must create a Pool-X Account and provide any requested information. When you create a Pool-X Account, you agree to: (a) create a strong password that you do not use for any other website or online service; (b) provide accurate, complete and truthful information; (c) maintain and promptly update your Pool-X Account information; (d) maintain the security of your Pool-X Account by protecting your password and restricting access to your Pool-X Account; (e) promptly notify us if you discover or otherwise suspect any security breaches related to your Pool-X Account; and (f) take responsibility for all activities that occur under your Pool-X Account and accept all risks of any authorized or unauthorized access to your Pool-X Account, to the maximum extent permitted by law.
3.3. You are solely responsible for doing all things and taking all actions necessary to monitor and secure your Pool-X Account, and to enable or receive financial or other benefits made available to Digital Token holders.
3.4. You must not create security or any other collateral interest over the Funds in your Pool-X Account except with our prior written consent.
4. Privacy Policy
Please refer to our Privacy Policy for information about how we collect, use and disclose your personal data.
5. General Obligations
This Section 5 applies to: (i) all trades completed via the Services, and (ii) any transaction in which you transfer Funds into your Pool-X Account from your External Account or transfer Funds from your Pool-X Account into an External Account.
5.1. Conditions and Restrictions. We may, at any time and in our sole discretion, refuse any mine and trade submitted via the Services, impose limits on the mine and trade amount permitted via the Services or impose any other conditions or restrictions upon your use of the Services without prior notice. For example,we may restrict trades from certain locations.
5.2. Accuracy of Information. You must provide any information required when creating a Pool-X Account or when prompted by any screen displayed within the Services. You represent and warrant that any information you provide via the Services is accurate and complete.
5.3. Cancellations.
Cancellation of Lock-ups. You may only cancel the lock-ups initiated via the Services if such cancellation occurs before Pool-X executes the mining and trading. Once your order has been executed, you may not change, withdraw or cancel your existing order.
5.4. Insufficient Funds. If you have an insufficient amount of Funds in your Pool-X Account to complete the lock-ups via the Services, we may cancel the lock-ups or may fulfill a partial lock-up using the amount of Funds currently available in your Pool-X Account.
5.5. Taxes. It is your responsibility to determine what, if any, taxes apply to the trades you complete via the Services, and it is your responsibility to report and remit the correct tax to the appropriate tax authority. You agree that Pool-X is not responsible for determining whether taxes apply to your trades or for collecting, reporting, withholding or remitting any taxes arising from any trades.
5.6. Compliance with all applicable laws and regulations. You represent, warrant and undertake that you have and shall at all times comply with all applicable laws and regulations in all jurisdictions relevant to any Service provided or made available by us to you.
6. Pool-X Account Funds
6.1. Transferring Funds to your Pool-X Account. In order to mine or trade via the Services (as described in Section 7), you must first transfer Funds to your Pool-X Account using one of the approved External Accounts identified via the Services. You may be required to verify that you control the External Account that you use to load Funds to your Pool-X Account. You may be charged fees by the External Account you use to transfer Funds to your Pool-X Account. Pool-X is not responsible for any External Account fees or for the management and security of any External Account. You are solely responsible for your use of any External Account, and you agree to comply with all terms and conditions applicable to any External Account. The timing associated with a transaction for the transfer of Funds to or from an External Account will depend in part upon the performance of third parties responsible for maintaining the applicable External Account, and Pool-X makes no guarantee regarding the amount of time it may take to transfer Funds into your Pool-X Account.
6.2. Transferring Funds to an External Account. Provided that the lock-up period has
finished and your satisfaction of all requirements under Pool-X’s AML/CFT Policy as provided in Section 2.3 above, Pool-X may (but is not obligated to) agree to your request to transfer any amount of Funds, up to the total amount of Funds in your Pool-X Account in excess of such minimum balance requirements, from your Pool-X Account to an External Account.
6.3. Transfer Authorization. When you request that we transfer Funds into your Pool-X Account from your External Account or request that we transfer Funds to your External Account from your Pool-X Account, you authorize Pool-X to execute such transaction via the Services.
6.4. Rejected Minings and Transactions. In the situation that the lock-up quota is full,
the Pool-X Account may reject your Funds. You agree that you will not hold Pool-X liable for any loss resulting from such rejected mining and transactions.
6.5. Ownership of Digital Tokens. You hereby represent and warrant that any Digital Tokens transferred to your Pool-X Account from an External Account or otherwise used by you in connection with the Services are owned by you legally and beneficially, and that all orders, trades and transactions initiated with your Pool-X Account are for your own account and not on behalf of any other person or entity.
7. Mining and Trading
7.1. Lock-ups, Authorization.The lock-up address is created when you enter an instruction to lock up a specified quantity of a type of Digital Token. To complete the lock-ups successfully, you must have a sufficient amount of the specific type of Digital Token in your Pool-X Account to cover the total amount of the specific type of Digital Token.
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7.2. Mines and Trades Settlement. Subject to the terms and conditions in these Terms, we will use commercially reasonable efforts to settle trades on a spot basis within two (2) days as of the end date of the lock-ups.
7.3. Independent Relationship, No Advice. You acknowledge and agree that: (a) Pool-X is not holding monies and/or Funds as your trustee, and is not acting as your broker, intermediary, agent, or advisor or in any fiduciary capacity, and (b) no communication or information provided to you by Pool-X shall be considered or construed as advice.
We shall not give advice to you on the merits of any trade and shall deal with you on an execution-only basis. None of our employees or staff are authorised by us to give you investment advice. Accordingly, you should not regard any proposed trades, suggested mining and trading strategies or other written or oral communications from us as investment recommendations or advice or as expressing our view as to whether a particular trade is suitable for you or meets your financial objectives. You must rely on your own judgement for any investment decision you make in relation to your Pool-X Account. If you require investment or tax advice, please contact an independent investment or tax adviser. You acknowledge and agree that you have made your own independent analysis and decision when executing a trade and such trades are entered into without reliance upon any views, representations (whether written or oral), advice, recommendation, information or other statement by us.
8. Legal Statement
Please refer to the Legal Statement which is available at [https://www.kucoin.com/news/en-pool-x-legal-statement]
9. Electronic Notices
9.1. Consent to Electronic Delivery. You agree and consent to receive electronically all communications, agreements, documents, receipts, notices and disclosures (collectively, “Communications”) that Pool-X provides in connection with your Pool-X Account and/or use of the Pool-X Services. You agree that Pool-X may provide these Communications to you by posting them via the Services, by emailing them to you at the email address you provide. You should maintain copies of electronic Communications by printing a paper copy or saving an electronic copy. You may also contact us through support to request additional electronic copies of Communications or, for a fee, paper copies of Communications (as described below).
9.2. Hardware and Software Requirements. In order to access and retain electronic Communications, you will need a computer with an Internet connection that has a current web browser with cookies enabled and 128-bit encryption. You will also need to have a valid email address on file with Pool-X and have sufficient storage space to save past Communications or an installed printer to print them.
9.3. Withdrawal of Consent. You may withdraw your consent to receive electronic Communications by contacting Pool-X Help Center. If you decline or withdraw consent to receive electronic Communications, Pool-X may suspend or terminate your use of the Services.
9.4. Requesting Paper Copies. If, after you consent to receive Communications electronically, you would like a paper copy of a Communication we previously sent you, you may request a copy within 30 days after the date we provided the Communication to you by contacting Pool-X Help Center. In order for us to send paper copies to you, you must have a current street address on file with Pool-X. Please note that Pool-X operates exclusively online and it is very burdensome for us to produce paper copies of Communications. Therefore, if you request paper copies, you understand and agree that Pool-X may charge you a processing fee, in the amount described in the Fee Structure, for each page of Communication requested.
9.5. Updating Contact Information. It is your responsibility to keep your email address on file with Pool-X up to date so that Pool-X can communicate with you electronically. You understand and agree that if Pool-X sends you an electronic Communication but you do not receive it because your email address on file is incorrect, out of date, blocked by your service provider, or you are otherwise unable to receive electronic Communications, Pool-X will be deemed to have provided the Communication to you. Please note that if you use a spam filter that blocks or re-routes emails from senders not listed in your email address book, you must add Pool-X to your email address book so that you will be able to receive the Communications we send to you. You can update your email address at any time by logging into your Pool-X Account or by contacting Pool-X Help Center. If your email address becomes invalid such that electronic Communications sent to you by Pool-X are returned, Pool-X may deem your account to be inactive, and you may not be able to complete any transaction via our Services until we receive a valid, working email address from you. We shall not be liable for any failure of communication (for any reason).
10. Unclaimed or Disputed Property
10.1 Notwithstanding the below 10.2 provision, If for any reason Pool-X is holding Funds in your Pool-X Account, such Funds remain unclaimed, and Pool-X is unable to return your Funds to your designated External Account after a period of three years after your last login to Pool-X or any specified period notified by Pool-X, and Pool-X determines in good faith that it is not able to trace you, you agree that all such Funds shall be deemed to have been abandoned by you in favour of Pool-X and may be appropriated by Pool-X to and for itself, and you thereafter shall have no right to claim such Funds.
10.2 In the event that any type of tokens in your Pool-X Account will be/has been delisted in accordance with the Pool-X’s delisting rules updated from time to time ("Event"), Pool-X is entitled to publish an official announcement on its website to inform you of the Event ("Delisting Announcement") and require you to withdraw such delisting tokens before the deadline (“Deadline”). In the event that you are unable to withdraw such delisting tokens held in your Pool-X Account before the Deadline, Pool-X determines in good faith that it is not able to trace you, you agree that all such Funds shall be deemed to have been abandoned by you in favour of Pool-X and may be appropriated by Pool-X to and for itself, and you thereafter shall have no right to claim such Funds. For the avoidance of doubts, unless otherwise notified, the definition of the Deadline should be the period of six (6) months from the date of Delisting Announcement.
10.3 If Pool-X receives notice that any Digital Tokens held in your Pool-X Account are alleged to have been stolen or otherwise are not lawfully possessed by you, Pool-X may, but has no obligation to, place an administrative hold on or freeze the affected Digital Tokens or your Pool-X Account. If Pool-X does place an administrative hold on or freeze some or all of your Digital Tokens, Pool-X may continue such hold until such time as the dispute has been resolved and evidence of the resolution acceptable to Pool-X has been provided to Pool-X in a form acceptable to Pool-X. Pool-X will not involve itself in any such dispute or the resolution of the dispute. You agree that Pool-X will have no liability or responsibility for any losses, damages or prejudice arising from or in connection with such hold or freeze, or for your inability to withdraw Digital Tokens or execute trades during the period of any such hold or freeze.
11. Acceptable Use
11.1. When accessing or using the Services, you agree that you will not violate any law or any contractual, intellectual property or other third-party right or commit a tort, and that you are solely responsible for your conduct while using our Services. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, you agree that you will not:
Use our Services in any manner that could interfere with, disrupt, negatively affect or inhibit other users from fully enjoying our Services, or that could damage, disable, overburden or impair the functioning of our Services or bring disrepute to our Services in any manner;
Use our Services to pay for, support or otherwise engage in any illegal gambling activities; fraud; market manipulation or abuse (including but not limited to your taking actions, or acting in concert with another user to take actions, on or outside the Services, which are intended to deceive or mislead other users, or artificially control or manipulate the price or mining and trading volume of a Digital Token); money-laundering; or terrorist activities; or other illegal activities;
Use any robot, spider, crawler, scraper or other automated means or interface not provided by us to access our Services or to extract data;
Use or attempt to use another user’s account without authorization;
Attempt to circumvent any content filtering techniques we employ, or attempt to access any service or area of our Services that you are not authorized to access;
Introduce to the Services any malware, virus, trojan worms, logic bombs, or other harmful material;
Develop any third-party applications that interact with our Services without our prior written consent;
Provide false, inaccurate, or misleading information;
Encourage or induce any third party to engage in any of the activities prohibited under this section.
12. Feedback
We will own exclusive rights, including all intellectual property rights, to any feedback, suggestions, and ideas or other information or materials regarding Pool-X or our Services that you provide, whether by email, posting through our Services or otherwise (“Feedback”). Any Feedback you submit is non-confidential and shall become the sole property of Pool-X. We will be entitled to the unrestricted use and dissemination of such Feedback for any purpose, commercial or otherwise, without acknowledgment or compensation to you. You waive any rights you may have to the Feedback (including any copyrights). Do not send us Feedback if you expect to be paid or want to continue to own or claim rights in them; your idea might be great, but we may have already had the same or a similar idea and we do not want disputes. You also acknowledge and agree that we have the right to disclose your identity to any third party who is claiming that any content posted by you constitutes a violation of their intellectual property rights, or of their right to privacy. We have the right to remove any posting you make on our website if, in our opinion, your post does not comply with the content standards set out in our website.
13. Copyrights and Other Intellectual Property Rights
13.1. Unless otherwise indicated by us, all copyright and other intellectual property rights in all content and other materials contained on our website or provided in connection with the Services, including, without limitation, the Pool-X or Pool-X logo and all designs, text, graphics, pictures, information, data, software, sound files, other files and the selection and arrangement thereof (collectively, “Pool-X Materials”) are the proprietary property of Pool-X or our licensors or suppliers and are protected by international copyright laws and other intellectual property rights laws.
13.2. We hereby grant you a limited, nonexclusive and non-sublicensable license to access and use the Pool-X Materials for your personal use. Such license is subject to these Terms and does not permit (a) any resale of the Pool-X Materials; (b) the distribution, public performance or public display of any Pool-X Materials; (c) modifying or otherwise making any derivative uses of the Pool-X Materials, or any portion thereof; or (d) any use of the Pool-X Materials other than for their intended purposes. The license granted under this section will automatically terminate if we suspend or terminate your access to the Services.
14. Third-Party Content
In using our Services, you may view content provided by third parties, including links to web pages of such parties, including but not limited to Facebook and Twitter links (“Third-Party Content”). We do not control, endorse or adopt any Third-Party Content and shall have no responsibility for Third-Party Content, including without limitation material that may be misleading, incomplete, erroneous, offensive, indecent or otherwise objectionable. In addition, your business dealings or correspondence with such third parties are solely between you and the third parties. We are not responsible or liable for any loss or damage of any sort incurred as the result of any such dealings, and you understand that your use of Third-Party Content, and your interactions with third parties, is at your own risk.
15. Suspension; Termination
In the event of any Force Majeure Event (as defined in Section 21.6), breach of these Terms or any laws or regulations, or any other event that would make provision of the Services commercially unreasonable for Pool-X, we may, in our discretion and without liability to you, with or without prior notice, suspend your access to all or a portion of our Services and/or as may be required by applicable laws, file a suspicious transaction report with the relevant authorities or otherwise report or inform the relevant authorities or take any other steps to protect Pool-X’s interests as Pool-X deems appropriate. We may also terminate your access to the Services in our sole discretion, immediately and without prior notice, and delete or deactivate your Pool-X Account and all related information and files in such account without liability to you, including, for instance, in the event that you breach any term of these Terms. In the event of discontinuation of all Services or termination of your access to the Services or deletion or deactivation of your Pool-X Account: (a) all amounts payable by you to Pool-X will immediately become due; (b) Pool-X may cancel any open orders or other transaction requests that are pending at the time of discontinuation or termination or deletion or disactivation;(c) Pool-X will, where possible, return any Funds stored in your Pool-X Account not otherwise owed to Pool-X and/or will use commercially reasonable efforts to provide you with a period of 90 days to transfer affected Digital Tokens from your Pool-X Account, unless prohibited by applicable laws or regulations or by order of law enforcement or governmental authority, or Pool-X believes you have committed fraud, negligence or other misconduct; and/or (d) Pool-X may take such other steps as Pool-X deems necessary or desirable to protect its own interests. We are not and shall not be responsible or liable for any loss or damages incurred as a result of or arising from any actions taken under this section.
16. Support for Digital Tokens and Discontinuance of Services
We may, in our sole discretion and without liability to you, with or without prior notice and at any time, modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, all or any portion of our Services, which may include but is not limited to suspending mining and trading in or ceasing to offer Services in respect of any of the Digital Tokens or prohibiting use of the Services in or from certain jurisdictions.
Unless Pool-X notifies you or makes a public statement to the contrary, Pool-X does not support related side chains or other Underlying Technology of Digital Tokens that are based on a fork, enhancement, or derivative of a different Digital Token or the software, networks, protocols, systems and other technology (including, if applicable, any blockchain) used to administer, create, issue, transfer, cancel, use or transact in any Digital Token (“Derivative Protocols”), even if such is based on a Digital Token that is supported by Pool-X, and you should not use your Pool-X Account to attempt to transfer, store, trade or engage in any other type of transaction based on such Derivative Protocols. Pool-X will have no responsibility or liability whatsoever for any losses or damages in respect of any Derivative Protocol.
17. Disclaimer of Warranties
1.71. Except as expressly provided to the contrary in a writing by us, our services are provided on an “As is” and “As available” basis. We expressly disclaim, and you waive, all warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including, without limitation, implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title and non-infringement as to our services, including the information, content and materials contained therein, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable laws.
17.2. You acknowledge that information you store or transfer through our services may become irretrievably lost or corrupted or temporarily unavailable due to a variety of causes, including software failures, protocol changes by third party providers, internet outages, force majeure event or other disasters including third party Distributed Denial of Service attacks, scheduled or unscheduled maintenance, or other causes either within or outside our control. You are solely responsible for backing up and maintaining duplicate copies of any information you store or transfer through our Services.
Some jurisdictions do not allow the disclaimer of implied terms in contracts with consumer, so some or all of the disclaimers in this section may not apply to you.
18. Limitation of Liability
18.1. Except as otherwise required by law, in no event shall Pool-X, our directors, officers, members, employees, agents or contractors be liable for any special, indirect or consequential damages, or any other damages of any kind, including but not limited to loss of use, loss of profits or loss of data, whether in an action in contract, tort (including but not limited to negligence) or otherwise, arising out of or in any way connected with the use of or inability to use our Services or the Pool-X Materials, including without limitation any damages caused by or resulting from reliance by any user on any information obtained from Pool-X, or that result from mistakes, omissions, interruptions, deletion of files or email, errors, defects, viruses, delays in operation or transmission or any failure of performance, whether or not resulting from a force majeure event, communications failure, theft of, destruction of or unauthorized access to Pool-X’s records, programs or services.
Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of certain warranties or the limitation or exclusion of liability for incidental or consequential damages. Accordingly, some of the limitations of this section may not apply to you.
18.2. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, in no event shall the aggregate liability of Pool-X (including our directors, officers, members, employees and agents), whether in contract, warranty, tort (including negligence, whether active, passive or imputed), product liability, strict liability or other theory, arising out of or relating to the use of, or inability to use the Services, Pool-X or to these terms exceed the fees paid by you to Pool-X during the 12 months immediately preceding the date of any claim giving rise to such liability.
18.3. We have no control over, or liability for, the delivery, quality, safety, legality or any other aspect of any Digital Tokens that you may purchase or sell to or from a user of the Services. We are not responsible for ensuring that a third-party buyer or a seller you transact with will complete a trade or transaction or is authorised to do so. If you experience a problem with any Digital Tokens or services purchased from, or sold to, a user using the Services, or if you have a dispute with such user, you should resolve the dispute directly with that user. If you believe a user has behaved in a fraudulent, misleading, or inappropriate manner, or if you cannot adequately resolve a dispute with a third party, you may notify Pool-X Help Center if you have any questions.
18.4. You acknowledge that there is no guarantee fund established or other arrangement in place to cover or compensate you for any pecuniary loss suffered by you as a result of any defaults by or the insolvency of any other users of the Services.
19. Indemnity
You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Pool-X (and each of our officers, directors, members, employees, agents and affiliates) from any claim, demand, action, damage, loss, cost or expense, including without limitation reasonable attorneys’ fees, arising out or relating to (a) your use of, or conduct in connection with, our Services; (b) any Feedback you provide; (c) your violation of these Terms or any agreement incorporated by reference in these Terms; and/or (d) your violation of any rights of any other person or entity or of any laws and regulations including but not limited to anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism laws and regulations. If you are obligated to indemnify us, we will have the right, in our sole discretion, to control any action or proceeding (at our expense) and determine whether we wish to settle it.
20. Applicable Law and Disputes Resolution
Please read the following paragraph carefully because it requires you to settle disputes with us and it limits the manner in which you can seek relief.
You and Pool-X agree to notify each other in writing of any dispute within thirty (30) days of when it arises. Notice to Pool-X shall be sent to legal@Pool-X.com. You and Pool-X further agree that you and Pool-X shall spend not less than three (3) months on full communication, consultation or mediation before either party submits the disputes in question for litigation. If no settlement can be reached through consultation, the litigation shall be under the jurisdiction of the court located in the place where the plaintiff has his/her/its domicile.
These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English Common Law. The International Business Companies Act 1994 is the principal legislation that governs corporates in the Republic of Seychelles.
21. Miscellaneous
21.1. Entire Agreement; Order of Precedence.
These Terms contain the entire agreement, and supersede all prior and contemporaneous understandings between the parties regarding the Services. These Terms do not alter the terms or conditions of any other electronic or written agreement you may have with Pool-X for the Services or for any other Pool-X product or service or otherwise. In the event of any conflict between these Terms and any other agreement you may have with Pool-X, the terms of that other agreement will prevail only if these Terms are specifically identified and declared to be overridden by such other agreement.
21.2. Third Party Rights
A person who is not a party to these Terms has no right to enforce any term of these Terms.
21.3. Amendment
We reserve the right to make changes or modifications to these Terms from time to time, in our sole discretion. If we make changes to these Terms, we will provide you with notice of such changes, such as by sending an email, providing notice on the homepage of our website and/or by posting the amended Terms via the applicable Pool-X websites and mobile applications and updating the “Last Updated” date at the top of these Terms. The amended Terms will be deemed effective immediately upon posting for any new users of the Services. In all other cases, the amended Terms will become effective for preexisting users upon the earlier of either: (i) the date users click or press a button to accept such changes, or (ii) continued use of our Services 30 days after Pool-X provides notice of such changes. Any amended Terms will apply prospectively to use of the Services after such changes become effective in accordance with these Terms. If you do not agree to any amended Terms, you must discontinue using our Services and contact us to terminate your account.
21.4. Waiver
Our failure or delay in exercising any right, power or privilege under these Terms shall not operate as a waiver thereof.
21.5. Severability
The invalidity or unenforceability of any of these Terms shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other of these Terms, all of which shall remain in full force and effect.
21.6. Force Majeure Events
Pool-X shall not be liable for (1) any inaccuracy, error, failure, delay in, or omission of (i) any information, (ii) the transmission or delivery of information, or (iii) carrying out its obligations under these Terms; (2) any loss or damage in any and all cases arising from any event beyond Pool-X’s reasonable control, including but not limited to flood, extraordinary weather conditions, earthquake, or other act of God, fire, war, insurrection, riot, labor dispute, accident, action of government, terrorist attacks, market failure or disruption, telecommunications or network breakdown or disruption, communications, power failure, attacks on the security, integrity or operation of Digital Tokens, the Services and/or the Pool-X Accounts and Funds held therein, or equipment or software malfunction or any other cause beyond Pool-X’s reasonable control (each, a “Force Majeure Event”).
21.7. Assignment
You may not assign or transfer any of your rights or obligations under these Terms without prior written consent from Pool-X, including by operation of law or in connection with any change of control. Pool-X may assign or transfer any or all of its rights under these Terms, in whole or in part, without obtaining your consent or approval.
21.8. Headings
Headings of sections are for convenience only and shall not be used to limit or construe such sections.
21.9. Governing language and translations
These Terms, the Privacy Policy, and other agreements or communications notified through the Services have been drafted in English. Although translations in other languages of any of the foregoing documents may be available, such translations may not be up to date or complete. Accordingly, you agree that in the event of any conflict between the English language version of the foregoing documents and any other translations thereof, the English language version of such documents shall govern and prevail.
21.10. Survival
Sections 2 (Eligibility), Section 3 (Pool-X Account), Section 8 (Legal Statement), , Section 10(Unclaimed Property), Section 12 (Feedback), Section 13 (Copyrights and other Intellectual Property Rights), Section 14 (Third-Party Content), Section 17 (Disclaimer of Warranties), Section 18 (Limitation of Liability); Section 19 (Indemnity), Section 20 (Applicable Law; Arbitration) and this Section 21(Miscellaneous) shall survive any termination or expiration of these Terms.