Cider.trade Terms of Service

1. Acceptance of Terms

By accessing, connecting to, registering for, or using the Platform, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be legally bound by these Terms.

These Terms form a binding agreement between you and Cider.trade, including its affiliates, operators, service providers, licensors, officers, directors, employees, contractors, agents, and representatives.

Your use of the Platform may also be subject to additional policies, disclosures, product terms, API terms, risk warnings, privacy policies, and third-party terms. Those additional terms are incorporated into these Terms by reference.

If you use the Platform on behalf of a company, fund, DAO, partnership, trust, institution, or other entity, you represent that you have authority to bind that entity to these Terms.

2. Eligibility

You may only use the Platform if you are legally permitted to do so.

You represent and warrant that:

• You are at least eighteen (18) years old;
• You have full legal capacity to enter into these Terms;
• You are not prohibited from using the Platform under applicable law;
• You are not located in a restricted or sanctioned jurisdiction;
• You are not subject to economic sanctions;
• You are not acting for or on behalf of a sanctioned person, entity, wallet, organization, or jurisdiction;
• Your use of the Platform will comply with all applicable laws, rules, regulations, orders, and directives;
• All information you provide to Cider is accurate, current, and complete.

Cider may refuse, restrict, suspend, or terminate access to the Platform where it believes a user is ineligible, presents regulatory risk, presents sanctions risk, or has violated these Terms.

Cider is not responsible for determining whether digital asset trading, automated execution, token swaps, yield strategies, leverage, derivatives, or other activities are legal in your jurisdiction. That responsibility rests solely with you.

3. Nature of the Platform

Cider.trade is a technology, software, automation, analytics, routing, and infrastructure platform for digital asset and commodity markets.

The Platform may provide:

• Trading interfaces;
• Automated execution tools;
• APIs;
• Routing infrastructure;
• Market analytics;
• Order management tools;
• Strategy automation;
• Exchange connectivity;
• Liquidity access tools;
• Wallet connectivity;
• Smart contract interfaces;
• Portfolio monitoring tools;
• Blockchain transaction tools;
• Data aggregation tools;
• Risk analytics;
• Account dashboards.

Cider is not, unless expressly stated in a written agreement: a bank; a broker; a dealer; a securities exchange; a futures exchange; a derivatives exchange; a clearing agency; a money services business; a custodian; a trust company; an investment adviser; an investment manager; a fiduciary; a portfolio manager; a financial planner; a tax adviser; or a legal adviser.

Cider does not make investment decisions for users. Cider does not manage user portfolios. Cider does not provide personalized financial advice. Cider does not guarantee the success, profitability, accuracy, execution, settlement, or outcome of any transaction.

All trading activity is initiated, authorized, configured, or accepted by the user.

4. Non-Custodial Nature of the Platform

Unless expressly stated otherwise, Cider does not custody, hold, pool, pledge, rehypothecate, lend, borrow, control, or take ownership of user assets.

Users remain responsible for:

• Their own wallets;
• Private keys;
• Exchange accounts;
• API keys;
• Withdrawal permissions;
• Trading permissions;
• Custodial arrangements;
• Account security;
• Transaction approvals.

Where the Platform connects to third-party exchanges, custodians, wallets, liquidity providers, or blockchain networks, user assets may be held, processed, transferred, converted, exchanged, or settled by those third parties.

Cider does not guarantee that any third-party custodian, exchange, wallet provider, bridge, protocol, liquidity provider, or network will safely maintain assets or complete transactions.

If a Third-Party Provider loses assets, becomes insolvent, is hacked, suspends withdrawals, freezes accounts, fails to execute transactions, misprices an order, or otherwise fails to perform, Cider is not responsible for resulting losses.

5. Third-Party Providers

The Platform may connect to or interact with third parties, including:

• Centralized exchanges;
• Decentralized exchanges;
• Brokers;
• Dealers;
• Liquidity providers;
• Market makers;
• Custodians;
• Wallet providers;
• Bridges;
• Oracles;
• Blockchain networks;
• Smart contracts;
• Payment processors;
• Data providers;
• API providers;
• KYC/KYT providers;
• Analytics providers;
• Infrastructure providers;
• Hosting providers.

Users acknowledge that transactions may be routed, executed, settled, exchanged, converted, cleared, transferred, or otherwise processed through one or more Third-Party Providers.

Cider does not own, operate, supervise, guarantee, audit, or control Third-Party Providers.

Cider makes no representation or warranty regarding any Third-Party Provider's solvency, security, compliance, licenses, regulatory status, liquidity, execution quality, order matching, pricing accuracy, data accuracy, wallet controls, custody practices, smart contract security, settlement reliability, uptime, withdrawal availability, or operational integrity.

All disputes, losses, delays, restrictions, hacks, outages, withdrawal suspensions, execution failures, pricing errors, account freezes, insolvency events, or regulatory issues involving a Third-Party Provider are solely between you and that Third-Party Provider.

Cider shall not be liable for any acts, omissions, failures, interruptions, delays, errors, losses, or damages caused by Third-Party Providers.

6. User Responsibility

You are solely responsible for all actions taken through your account, wallet, API credentials, device, or connected third-party account.

You are responsible for:

• Reviewing all transaction details before approval;
• Confirming wallet addresses;
• Confirming network compatibility;
• Understanding gas fees;
• Understanding slippage;
• Understanding execution risks;
• Monitoring open orders;
• Monitoring automated strategies;
• Monitoring API permissions;
• Protecting login credentials;
• Protecting private keys;
• Maintaining device security;
• Complying with tax obligations;
• Complying with securities, commodities, derivatives, AML, sanctions, and financial laws applicable to you;
• Determining whether any asset, strategy, or transaction is suitable for you.

Cider is not responsible for user mistakes, including wrong wallet addresses, wrong network selection, incorrect order parameters, excessive slippage settings, misconfigured automation, compromised credentials, lost private keys, phishing attacks, malicious browser extensions, unauthorized access, or failure to monitor trading activity.

All transactions in digital assets may be irreversible.

7. No Investment Advice

Nothing provided by Cider constitutes investment, financial, legal, tax, accounting, trading, regulatory, or fiduciary advice.

The Platform may display market data, price information, analytics, signals, charts, backtests, risk metrics, performance summaries, automation outputs, strategy suggestions, transaction simulations, and portfolio data.

Such information is provided for informational and technological purposes only.

Cider does not recommend that you buy, sell, hold, swap, stake, lend, borrow, bridge, leverage, or otherwise transact in any digital asset.

You should consult your own financial, legal, tax, and regulatory advisers before using the Platform.

8. Digital Asset Risks

Digital assets are highly risky, volatile, experimental, and may become worthless.

You acknowledge risks including:

• Extreme price volatility;
• Limited liquidity;
• Total loss of capital;
• Market manipulation;
• Exchange failures;
• Custodian failures;
• Smart contract bugs;
• Oracle failures;
• Bridge hacks;
• Stablecoin depegging;
• Protocol insolvency;
• Validator failures;
• Blockchain forks;
• Network congestion;
• Failed transactions;
• High gas fees;
• Regulatory bans;
• Tax uncertainty;
• Cyberattacks;
• Private key loss;
• Governance attacks;
• Protocol upgrades;
• Token dilution;
• Liquidity pool losses;
• Impermanent loss;
• MEV extraction;
• Slippage;
• Front-running;
• Failed settlement.

Past performance does not predict future performance.

No information on the Platform should be relied upon as a guarantee of future returns.

9. Algorithmic Trading and Automation Risks

The Platform may allow users to configure, deploy, or access automated tools, trading bots, algorithms, routing logic, signals, or execution strategies.

Automated systems involve significant risk.

You acknowledge that automated tools may:

• Execute trades faster than manual review allows;
• Continue operating during volatile markets;
• Execute unintended trades;
• Misinterpret data;
• Fail due to API outages;
• Fail due to exchange downtime;
• Fail due to coding errors;
• Fail due to user configuration errors;
• Produce losses;
• Increase exposure;
• Trigger liquidations;
• Generate tax events;
• Fail to stop trading when expected.

You are solely responsible for reviewing, configuring, monitoring, pausing, modifying, and disabling automated tools.

Cider does not guarantee that any algorithm, automation tool, signal, model, or strategy will be profitable, accurate, secure, or suitable.

10. API Access

Cider may provide API access to certain users.

You are responsible for securing all API credentials, secrets, keys, tokens, permissions, IP restrictions, and connected accounts.

You agree not to:

• Share API credentials with unauthorized persons;
• Circumvent rate limits;
• Interfere with Platform infrastructure;
• Scrape data without permission;
• Reverse engineer API systems;
• Use APIs for unlawful activity;
• Use APIs in a way that harms Platform stability.

Cider may revoke, suspend, throttle, limit, or terminate API access at any time.

Cider is not responsible for losses arising from compromised API keys, excessive permissions, unauthorized API use, API outages, latency, rate limits, or execution delays.

11. Compliance and Regulatory Matters

Users are solely responsible for determining whether their use of the Platform is lawful.

Cider may take compliance-related actions, including requesting information, requesting identity verification, requesting source of funds information, restricting access, blocking transactions, suspending accounts, terminating accounts, refusing service, reporting suspicious activity, cooperating with regulators, cooperating with law enforcement, and complying with subpoenas, court orders, warrants, sanctions rules, and regulatory requests.

Cider may restrict access where it believes activity may involve money laundering, terrorist financing, sanctions evasion, fraud, market manipulation, unauthorized trading, illegal gambling, darknet activity, stolen assets, hacks, ransomware, scams, prohibited jurisdictions, or regulatory violations.

Cider is not required to disclose the basis for any compliance action where disclosure may be prohibited by law or may compromise investigations.

12. Anti-Money Laundering and Sanctions

You represent and warrant that:

• Your funds are from lawful sources;
• You will not use the Platform for money laundering;
• You will not use the Platform for terrorist financing;
• You will not use the Platform to evade sanctions;
• You will not use the Platform to conceal proceeds of crime;
• You will not transact with sanctioned persons, wallets, entities, or jurisdictions;
• You will not use mixers, tumblers, privacy tools, or obfuscation methods in a manner that violates applicable law.

Cider may use blockchain analytics, transaction monitoring, wallet screening, third-party compliance tools, and risk-based controls.

Cider may refuse or restrict activity involving high-risk wallets, suspicious counterparties, sanctioned addresses, or flagged transactions.

13. Data Collection and Privacy

Cider may collect and process information necessary to operate the Platform, provide services, maintain security, comply with law, prevent fraud, resolve disputes, and improve Platform functionality.

Information may include account information, contact information, wallet addresses, IP addresses, device identifiers, API activity, transaction data, usage data, log data, compliance information, and support communications.

Cider may share information with service providers, compliance vendors, analytics providers, infrastructure providers, regulators, law enforcement, courts, Third-Party Providers, affiliates, and professional advisers.

Cider will process personal information in accordance with its Privacy Policy.

14. Law Enforcement and Regulatory Requests

Cider may respond to lawful requests from law enforcement agencies, regulators, courts, tax authorities, securities regulators, financial intelligence units, and other governmental bodies.

Cider may disclose user information, transaction data, wallet addresses, IP data, records, logs, communications, and compliance information where required or permitted by law.

Cider may preserve records where legally required or where necessary to protect the Platform, investigate suspicious activity, or resolve disputes.

15. Prohibited Activities

You agree not to use the Platform to:

• Violate any law;
• Engage in fraud;
• Manipulate markets;
• Engage in wash trading;
• Engage in spoofing;
• Engage in front-running;
• Launder money;
• Finance terrorism;
• Evade sanctions;
• Transact with sanctioned persons;
• Use stolen funds;
• Hack or exploit systems;
• Distribute malware;
• Interfere with Platform operations;
• Reverse engineer the Platform;
• Misuse APIs;
• Impersonate another person;
• Provide false information;
• Circumvent access controls;
• Abuse promotions;
• Violate intellectual property rights;
• Engage in unlawful securities, derivatives, or commodities transactions.

Cider may suspend or terminate access for any suspected prohibited activity.

16. Intellectual Property

The Platform, including all software, interfaces, designs, data structures, algorithms, routing logic, dashboards, branding, trademarks, logos, documentation, content, models, APIs, and technology, is owned by Cider or its licensors.

Subject to these Terms, Cider grants you a limited, revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable license to access and use the Platform for lawful purposes.

You may not copy the Platform, modify the Platform, reverse engineer the Platform, sell access to the Platform, create derivative works, remove proprietary notices, misuse trademarks, extract data for competing services, or interfere with Platform code or systems.

All rights not expressly granted are reserved by Cider.

17. Service Availability

The Platform is provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis.

Cider does not guarantee continuous uptime, error-free operation, accurate data, successful execution, transaction completion, blockchain confirmation, exchange availability, API availability, liquidity availability, compatibility with all devices, compatibility with all wallets, or compatibility with all exchanges.

Cider may modify, suspend, restrict, discontinue, upgrade, or disable any part of the Platform at any time.

Maintenance, outages, cyber incidents, market events, blockchain congestion, exchange failures, or third-party interruptions may affect Platform availability.

18. Fees

Cider may charge fees for access to or use of the Platform.

Fees may include subscription fees, trading fees, routing fees, API fees, performance fees, transaction fees, network fees, third-party fees, data fees, and premium feature fees.

Third-Party Providers may charge additional fees, including trading fees, withdrawal fees, gas fees, spread, slippage, custody fees, or conversion fees.

All fees are non-refundable unless expressly stated otherwise.

Cider may modify fees at any time.

19. Taxes

You are solely responsible for determining, reporting, withholding, collecting, and paying all taxes arising from your use of the Platform.

Digital asset transactions may result in taxable events.

Cider does not provide tax advice and is not responsible for your tax obligations.

You should consult a qualified tax adviser.

20. Disclaimer of Warranties

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, CIDER DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY, OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, AVAILABILITY, SECURITY, PERFORMANCE, AND ERROR-FREE OPERATION.

CIDER DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE PLATFORM WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS OR THAT ANY DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED.

YOU USE THE PLATFORM ENTIRELY AT YOUR OWN RISK.

21. Limitation of Liability

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, CIDER AND ITS AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, CONTRACTORS, AGENTS, LICENSORS, AND SERVICE PROVIDERS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR TRADING LOSSES, DIGITAL ASSET LOSSES, LOST PROFITS, LOST REVENUE, LOST OPPORTUNITY, LOST DATA, LOSS OF GOODWILL, INDIRECT DAMAGES, INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SPECIAL DAMAGES, PUNITIVE DAMAGES, EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, EXCHANGE FAILURES, CUSTODIAN FAILURES, BLOCKCHAIN FAILURES, SMART CONTRACT FAILURES, UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS, USER ERROR, OR THIRD-PARTY FAILURES.

CIDER'S TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY SHALL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF THE FEES PAID BY YOU TO CIDER IN THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS BEFORE THE CLAIM AROSE, OR USD $100.

22. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Cider and its affiliates, officers, directors, employees, contractors, agents, service providers, and licensors from any claims, damages, liabilities, losses, penalties, costs, and expenses arising from your use of the Platform, your trading activity, your violation of these Terms, your violation of applicable law, your violation of third-party rights, your tax obligations, your regulatory obligations, your misuse of APIs, your interaction with Third-Party Providers, your negligence or misconduct, or any dispute involving your account, wallet, assets, or transactions.

This obligation survives termination of these Terms.

23. Force Majeure

Cider shall not be liable for delay, failure, interruption, or loss caused by events beyond its reasonable control, including acts of God, natural disasters, war, terrorism, civil unrest, government action, regulatory action, court orders, cyberattacks, exchange outages, blockchain failures, network congestion, power failures, internet failures, software bugs, labor disruptions, market crashes, liquidity crises, stablecoin failures, custodian failures, or banking failures.

24. Suspension and Termination

Cider may suspend, restrict, or terminate your access to the Platform at any time, with or without notice, if Cider believes you violated these Terms, you violated applicable law, your activity presents risk, your account is compromised, your activity is suspicious, continued access may expose Cider to liability, or where required by law, regulation, court order, or law enforcement.

Upon termination, your right to use the Platform immediately ends.

Provisions relating to liability, indemnification, compliance, intellectual property, dispute resolution, and governing law survive termination.

25. Amendments

Cider may update these Terms from time to time.

Updated Terms become effective when posted on the Platform or otherwise communicated.

Continued use of the Platform after updates constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms.

If you do not agree to revised Terms, you must stop using the Platform.

26. Governing Law

These Terms shall be governed by the federal laws of Cayman Islands applicable therein, without regard to conflict of law principles.

27. Dispute Resolution

Any dispute arising from or relating to these Terms, the Platform, or any related services shall be resolved by binding arbitration in Cayman Islands, unless prohibited by applicable law.

You and Cider agree to waive any right to participate in a class action, collective action, representative proceeding, or jury trial to the fullest extent permitted by law.

28. Severability

If any provision of these Terms is found invalid, unlawful, or unenforceable, the remaining provisions shall remain in full force and effect.

The invalid provision shall be modified to the minimum extent necessary to make it enforceable.

29. No Waiver

Cider's failure to enforce any provision of these Terms shall not constitute a waiver of that provision or any other provision.

Any waiver must be in writing and signed by Cider.

30. Assignment

You may not assign or transfer your rights or obligations under these Terms without Cider's prior written consent.

Cider may assign or transfer these Terms in connection with a merger, acquisition, restructuring, financing, sale of assets, corporate reorganization, or by operation of law.

31. Entire Agreement

These Terms, together with any Privacy Policy, Risk Disclosure, API Terms, product-specific terms, or other documents incorporated by reference, constitute the entire agreement between you and Cider regarding the Platform.

They supersede all prior agreements, understandings, representations, and communications.

32. Contact Information

Questions regarding these Terms may be directed to:

Cider.trade

Email: legal@cider.trade

Website: https://cider.trade