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This post is also available in: Please read these kucoinbitcoin exchange bitcoin ethereum litecoin kcs of use carefully. This summary of our Terms of Use offers you an overview of the key terms that apply to your use of our website and trading services. While we hope this summary section is helpful, you should read the complete Terms of Use kucoinbitcoin exchange bitcoin ethereum litecoin kcs since they provide important information about how our services work.
KuCoin provides you with a simple and convenient way to trade one type of digital asset for another type of digital asset. Users are not able to predetermine a trade with a particular user or with a particular account. Additionally, an order may be partially filled or may be filled by multiple matching orders.
You must meet certain eligibility criteria to use KuCoin. For instance, you must be an adult and there are certain locations from which you may not be able to use some or all of KuCoin. Additionally, there are certain things you cannot do when using KuCoin, such as engage in illegal activities, lie, or do anything that would kucoinbitcoin exchange bitcoin ethereum litecoin kcs damage to our services or systems. Please see the acceptable use section for more details.
Engaging in trades may be risky, especially if you use sophisticated trading options. Please do kucoinbitcoin exchange bitcoin ethereum litecoin kcs use KuCoin or any of the trading options if you do not understand these risks. 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 most disputes.
Please take the time to read these terms carefully. You can always contact us through support if you have any questions support KuCoin. You further represent and warrant that you: Additionally, by agreeing to this terms you certify that you pursue participation in blockchain-based networks as a part of your professional activity. Number of KuCoin Accounts.
KuCoin may, in its sole discretion, limit the number of KuCoin Accounts that you may hold, maintain or acquire. KuCoin Account information and security. In order to engage in any trades via the Services, you must create a KuCoin Account and provide any requested information. When you create a KuCoin Account, you agree to: Please refer to our Privacy Policy for information about how we collect, use and share your information.
This Section 5 applies to: We may, at any time and in our sole discretion, refuse any trade submitted via the Services, impose limits on the 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 limit the number of open orders that you may establish via the Services or we may restrict trades from certain locations. You must provide any information required when creating a KuCoin 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. You may only cancel an order initiated via the Services if such cancellation occurs before KuCoin executes the transaction.
Once your order has been executed, you may not change, withdraw or cancel your authorization kucoinbitcoin exchange bitcoin ethereum litecoin kcs KuCoin to complete such transaction. If an kucoinbitcoin exchange bitcoin ethereum litecoin kcs has been partially filled, you may cancel the unfilled remainder unless the order relates to a market trade.
We reserve the right to refuse any cancellation request associated with a market order once you have submitted such order. In contrast to exchange orders, all trades are irreversible once initiated. While we may, at our sole discretion, reverse a trade under certain extraordinary conditions, a customer does not have a right to a reversal of a trade.
If you have an insufficient amount of Funds in your KuCoin Account to complete an order via the Services, we may cancel the entire order or may fulfill a partial order using the amount of Funds currently available in your KuCoin Account, less any fees owed to KuCoin in connection with our execution of the trade. 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 kucoinbitcoin exchange bitcoin ethereum litecoin kcs and remit the correct tax to the appropriate tax authority.
You agree that KuCoin is not responsible for determining whether taxes apply to your trades or for collecting, reporting, withholding or remitting any taxes arising from any trades. Funding your KuCoin Account. In order to complete an order or kucoinbitcoin exchange bitcoin ethereum litecoin kcs via the Services as described in Section 7you must first load Funds to your Kucoinbitcoin exchange bitcoin ethereum litecoin kcs 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 KuCoin Kucoinbitcoin exchange bitcoin ethereum litecoin kcs. KuCoin 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 load transaction will depend in part upon the performance of third parties responsible for maintaining the applicable External Account, and KuCoin makes no guarantee regarding the amount of time it may take to load Funds into your KuCoin Account.
Pushing Funds to an External Account. Provided that the balance of Funds in your KuCoin Account is greater than any minimum balance requirements needed to satisfy any of your open positions, you may push any amount of Funds, up to the total amount of Funds in your KuCoin Account in excess of such minimum balance requirements, from your KuCoin Account to an External Account, less any fees charged by KuCoin for such transactions as described in the Fee Schedule at the time of your request to push Funds to an External Account.
In some cases, the External Account may reject your Funds or may otherwise be unavailable. You agree that kucoinbitcoin exchange bitcoin ethereum litecoin kcs will not hold KuCoin liable for any damages resulting from such rejected transactions. KuCoin does not purchase, sell, or exchange any Digital Assets on its own behalf. When you submit a new order via the Services, you authorize KuCoin to execute kucoinbitcoin exchange bitcoin ethereum litecoin kcs transaction in accordance with such order on a spot basis and charge you any applicable fees as described in Section 9 below.
You acknowledge and agree that: Once the Services execute your trade, a confirmation will be electronically made available via the Services detailing the particulars of the trade. You acknowledge and agree that the failure of the Services to provide such confirmation shall not prejudice or invalidate the terms of such trade. If you select a market trade, KuCoin will attempt, on kucoinbitcoin exchange bitcoin ethereum litecoin kcs commercially reasonable basis, to execute the trade on or close to the prevailing market exchange rate, as defined via the Services.
You acknowledge and agree that the exchange rate information made available via kucoinbitcoin exchange bitcoin ethereum litecoin kcs Services may differ from prevailing exchange rates made available via other sources outside of the Services.
Particularly during periods of high volume, illiquidity, fast movement or volatility in the marketplace for any Digital Assets or Legal Tender, the actual market rate at which a market order or trade is executed may be different from the prevailing rate indicated via the Services at the time of your order or trade. You understand that we are not liable for any such price fluctuations. In the event of a market disruption or Force Majeure event as defined in Section 22KuCoin may do one or more of the following: Following any such event, when trading resumes, you acknowledge that prevailing market rates may differ significantly from the rates available prior to such event.
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 of the date upon which users have agreed to execute a trade via the Services.
You acknowledge and agree that you shall access and use the Services at your own risk. You should, therefore, carefully consider whether such trading is suitable for you in light of your circumstances and financial resources.
You should be aware of the following points:. All of the points noted above apply to all digital asset pair and digital asset and legal tender pair trading. This brief statement cannot, of course, disclose all the risks and other aspects associated with these trades.
You acknowledge that there are risks associated with utilizing an Internet-based trading system including, but not limited to, the failure of hardware, software, and Internet connections. You acknowledge that KuCoin shall not be responsible for any communication failures, disruptions, errors, distortions or delays you may experience when trading via the Services, howsoever caused. Changes to the Kucoinbitcoin exchange bitcoin ethereum litecoin kcs Schedule are effective as of the effective date indicated in the posting of the revised Fee Schedule to the Services, and will apply prospectively to any trades that take place following the effective date of such revised Fee Schedule.
In addition to the Fees, your External Account may impose fees in connection with your use of your designated External Account via the Services. Any fees imposed by your External Account provider will not be reflected on the transaction screens containing information regarding applicable Fees. You are solely responsible for paying any fees imposed by an External Account provider.
You authorize us, or our designated payment processor, to charge or deduct your KuCoin Account Funds for any applicable Fees owed in connection with trades you complete via the Services.
Consent to Electronic Delivery. You agree that KuCoin 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.
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 bit encryption.
You will also need to have a valid email address on file with KuCoin and have sufficient storage space to save past Communications or an installed printer to print them. You may withdraw your consent to receive electronic Communications by sending a withdrawal notice to support. If you decline or withdraw consent to receive electronic Communications, KuCoin may suspend or terminate your use of the Services. 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 support.
In order for us to send paper copies to you, you must have a current street address on file with KuCoin. Please note that KuCoin 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 KuCoin may charge you a processing fee, in the amount described in the Fees and Limits, for each page of Communication requested. It is your responsibility to keep your email address on file with KuCoin up kucoinbitcoin exchange bitcoin ethereum litecoin kcs date so that KuCoin can communicate with you electronically.
You understand and agree that if KuCoin 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, KuCoin 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 KuCoin 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 KuCoin Account or by sending such information to support. If your email address becomes invalid such that electronic Communications sent to you by KuCoin are returned, KuCoin 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. If for any reason KuCoin is holding Funds in your KuCoin Account on your behalf and KuCoin is unable to return your Funds to your designated External Account after a period of inactivity, then KuCoin may report and remit such Funds in accordance with applicable state unclaimed property laws.
When accessing or using the Services, you agree that you will not violate any law, contract, 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 in kucoinbitcoin exchange bitcoin ethereum litecoin kcs manner.
Use our Services to pay for, support kucoinbitcoin exchange bitcoin ethereum litecoin kcs otherwise engage in any illegal gambling activities; fraud; 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. 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.
Develop any third-party applications that interact with our Services without our prior written consent. Encourage or induce any third party to engage in any of the activities prohibited under this Section.