# Pond Documentation This file contains the complete documentation for Pond, an AI-powered platform for builders, investors, and partners. ## About this file This llms.txt file follows the specification at https://llmstxt.org/ Last updated: 2025-06-10T15:11:22.437Z ## Core Concepts ### What is Pond # What is Pond Pond is an all-in-one AI platform designed to address the key challenges faced by early-stage AI projects—from project seeding and community backing, to infrastructure overhead to distribution, go-to-market strategy, and the path to product-market fit. By bridging AI with Web3 capital formation and distribution, Pond empowers builders to focus on building by taking over the burden for funding, scaling, distribution and beyond. As a one-stop platform, Pond offers a full stack of products for early-stage AI projects, briefly described below. Whether you are a builder, a hacker, an indie developer, a community member, or a product explorer, we have you covered!
For a quick start, check out our [User Journey](https://pond-docs-v2.readme.io/docs/user-journey). For more detailed instructions: **For builders** Join Pond Hackathons to showcase your skills and project ideas. Propose your project on Pond Markets for community review and seed funding. Build your project. Request access to Pond AI Studio if needed. Let Pond Accelerator boost the distribution, growth and operations of your product. **For product explorers** Discover gem projects early in Pond Hackathons. Join the discussion and vote for projects you like. Review projects in Pond Markets. Provide your feedback and contribute to projects with potential. Explore and enjoy a wide range of applications in Pond App Store. --- ### Why Pond # Why Pond Like many early-stage projects, Pond was born under scrappy conditions—founded by a grassroots team and first time founders working from libraries, living rooms, and borrowed desks. We spent six months traveling the world to raise our first round, overcame legal and accounting hurdles, hired our first engineer from personal savings, and trained models on personal laptops before we had real infrastructure—all while struggling to onboard our first users. We feel every emotion you’re experiencing—and we’re ready to walk this journey with you. We understand better than anyone what early-stage, resource-constrained AI teams truly need—both technically and operationally as we were one. Our mission is simple: to ensure no founder has to walk that path alone. We’ll work alongside you wholeheartedly—celebrating your highs, supporting your lows—until you no longer need us. We’ll roll up our sleeves and listen with humility—until you succeed. Early-stage AI projects often face the following challenges: 1. Seed Funding: Limited access to agile, scalable, and timely capital 2. Infrastructure Burden: High AI operations costs with constrained technical and hiring capacity 3. Distribution: Difficulty reaching early users, gaining exposure, and executing go-to-market 4. Feedback to PMF: Lack of user feedback, iteration loops, and expert product guidance 5. Trusted Professional Services: Limited access to reliable legal, accounting, and operational support 6. Recruitment: Earning the trust of top talent and convincing them to join early From your first check to product-market fit, Pond powers every step of your journey—so you can focus on the fun part with a lean, agile team. * **Hackathon**: Host a hackathon where builders can use your product stack—find co-founders, recruit top talent, outsource works, validate ideas, and co-create your product vision with the community. * **Markets**: Web3-native community contribution with milestone-based token unlocks, auction and automatic DEX migration, and a clear path to sustainability. Instead of spending months pitching 100+ VCs, we’ll work with you to get started. Upload relevant materials such as prototype demo, presentation deck and so on. * **AI Studio**: At the early stage, your focus should be on solving the problem you care about at the application layer—not building infrastructure from scratch. Pond provides the core infrastructure and services you need, including data pipelines, warehouses, data science notebooks, agent creation and deployment tools, plus Pond credits for free access to platforms like Cursor, Replit, Lovable, and more. * **Accelerator**: Build alongside Pond’s in-house technical and operational teams and access go-to-market support from day one. Bring us your toughest technical and business challenges—we’ll tackle them with you. Pond have a team of veteran engineers in data, system design, and AI, as well as a group of business development and marketing experts that can work for you based on your needs. * **App Store** & **Integration Hub**: Launch your first product to 200,000 daily active users on day one with Pond and iterate from their feedback. * **Legal, Finance, and Other Services**: We collaborate with trusted legal and financial partners who also support companies like Figma, EigenLayer, and Notion. While you focus on building and improving your product, we’ll help connect you with the right experts to support your success. --- ### How is Pond Different # How is Pond Different **Incubation and Technical Support Beyond Token Launch** Unlike most launchpads that end their relationship with projects after the launch, Pond provides ongoing support through its App Store, milestone tracking system, and Integration Hub. This positions Pond more as a long-term partner rather than just a token launching platform, helping projects navigate post-launch challenges and scale their operations. **AI-Native Focus with Community-Driven Discovery** While most new platforms focus on AI agents, and traditional platforms focus on institutional projects, Pond uniquely combines AI specialization with community-driven project discovery through hackathons. This creates a pipeline where the community actively participates in identifying and vetting the most promising AI projects before they reach the main launchpad. **Balanced Curation Model** Pond strikes a middle ground between the completely open approaches of meme coin launchpads and the highly restrictive models of ICO platforms. By combining direct team applications with hackathon matriculation, Pond maintains quality standards while still being accessible to innovative teams that might not have traditional VC backing. **Fair Market Mechanism with Anti-Speculation Features** The auction mechanism addresses many pain points seen in other platforms: it prevents the underpricing issues common in fixed-price mechanics, avoids the bot manipulation problems of instant launches, and provides better price discovery than simple bonding curves while maintaining accessibility that merit-based systems might restrict. **Focus on value creation rather than extraction** Pond prioritizes high-quality AI projects that create real value for users. Through our unique hackathon process, we identify strong builders and promising projects with solid use cases and long-term potential across web2 and web3. This sets us apart from other launchpads that focus on meme coins or unrestricted launches. --- ### Frequently Asked Questions # Frequently Asked Questions * **What is Pond?** Pond is an all-in-one AI platform designed to address the key challenges faced by early-stage AI projects—from project seeding and community backing, to infrastructure overhead to distribution, go-to-market strategy, and the path to product-market fit. * **What kind of projects can I launch on Pond Markets?** Pond Markets welcomes projects that align with our core values of putting users first, maintaining high quality standards, and empowering grassroots builders. Your project should demonstrate clear value creation, user focus, and commitment to transparency. To use Pond Markets, you are required to accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy, as amended from time to time. * **If I launch on Pond, will I still be able to raise from traditional primary markets or VCs?** Pond is a technology provider and we recommend that you consult legal counsel if you have questions. Each project must take into account its own governance and investor documents, to the extent such documents apply, to confirm if any specific rules apply for you. By accepting Pond Markets' Terms of Service, each user accept and acknowledge that nothing on the platform grants the user any equity, ownership, voting rights or similar rights in the project. * **Are there limitations on my ability to seek contributions on Pond Markets?** Amounts vary based on project scope, milestones, and community validation. ​Pond retains the right to implement limits in the future. Note that local laws in your jurisdiction may apply to your activity on Pond, and it is your sole responsibility to make sure that you comply with such laws. * **How long does the project approval process take?** The community review phase takes 3 days and the seeding phase takes another 3 days. However, the timeline varies depending on project complexity and completeness of your submission. To facilitate the processes, ensure your proposal is thorough, includes all supporting materials, and demonstrates alignment with Pond's values. * **How do I receive contributions to my project?** Contributions are distributed to your team wallet based on successful completion of pre-defined targets. Make sure to provide a valid wallet address during the approval process. * **What kind of support does Pond provide?** Pond provides end-to-end technical and business support to help you grow and validate your business model. From day one, you’ll have access to Pond’s in-house development and marketing expertise, and technical infrastructure. Pond does not provide legal, tax, financial, or investment advice, and should not be construed as offering such advice. We do not provide any advisory services, and users are solely responsible for evaluating and making their own decisions. Before making any financial, legal, tax, or investment-related decisions, users should consult with qualified professionals who can provide guidance tailored to their specific circumstances. * **How can I make my project stand out?** Your project will stand out more if it demonstrates the following: * A clear problem-solution fit * Well-defined milestones and execution plan * Openness to community feedback and collaboration * Strong supporting materials (e.g. documentation, demos, visuals) * Active community engagement and presence * Transparent and consistent communication * Alignment with Pond’s core values and mission
### General Disclaimer By using this platform, you acknowledge and agree that you do so at your own risk. Pond Global Ltd., and its affiliates (collectively, “**Pond**” or the “**Company**”), provides its services and the platform “as-is,” “where-is” and “as available,” with no guarantees or warranties of any kind, including express, statutory or implied, and Pond hereby disclaims all such guarantees/warranties. The Company accepts no liability for any loss, damage, or consequences arising from your use of the platform or reliance on any information provided, or from tokens or digital assets launched or issued by any user. Each user hereby indemnifies, defends and holds harmless Pond and its affiliates, and each of their respective officers, directors, employees, shareholders, agents and representatives from and against any losses suffered by users related to use of the platform, including the issuance or purchase of any tokens or digital assets available on the platform (“**Tokens**”). Pond is incorporated in the British Virgin Islands and is not licensed under the Securities and Investment Business Act or the Virtual Asset Service Providers Act. Pond provides infrastructure and software tools only, and does not offer, promote, or facilitate the sale of Tokens available on the platform. All projects and Tokens are launched independently by users, who are solely responsible for compliance with applicable laws. Nothing on this platform constitutes legal, tax, financial, or investment advice. Nothing contained herein should be interpreted as a recommendation, research, or endorsement of any investment, investment strategy, legal position, or tax treatment. Any recommendations or suggestions are intended for general informational purposes only and do not create a professional or advisory relationship. The user relies on these at their own risk. Users should consult with qualified legal, financial, or tax professionals before making any decisions. Each user is solely responsible for ensuring that their use of the platform complies with all applicable laws and regulations in all applicable jurisdictions. Tokens have not been registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), or under the securities laws of any other jurisdiction. Tokens must not be offered, sold, or otherwise transferred in the United States of America or to U.S. persons unless the issuer/transferor is registered under the Act or is subject to an applicable legal exemption. Projects issuing Tokens are solely responsible for ensuring that such issuances comply with all applicable laws, rules, and regulations. Any purchase of Tokens involves risks, including the risk of total loss. If you are engaging in Token purchase activities on the platform (“**Purchaser**”), you acknowledge that you are not entitled to any voting rights or ownership of Capital Stock of the issuer. You acknowledge and agree that nothing on the platform grants you any equity, ownership, voting rights or similar rights in the issuer. Token purchases on the platform are not available to persons in the United States of America. Pond has implemented technical measures (e.g., geo-blocking) to prevent United States individuals from purchasing Tokens on the platform. You are prohibited from circumventing any such measures, or using the platform if you are a U.S. person (or doing so on behalf of a U.S. person). Additional terms and conditions may apply, including those set forth in our Terms of Use. --- ## Getting Started ### User Journey # User Journey Below is a typical user journey with Pond, for both builders and Pond community in general: ### Hackathon First, builders participate in our weekly hackathon to showcase their skills and project proposals. They can also find and team up with other builders. Hackathon winners can launch their projects to Markets with one click. ### Markets Once a project is created on the Markets, it goes through 3 phases: Proposed, Seeding, and Active. 1. In the **Proposed** phase, project creators are required to set their seed funding target, improve their project information, and actively respond to community questions in the Discussion Area over a 3-day period. After that, the project moves into the Seeding phase. 2. In the **Seeding** phase, a project token (i.e., cryptocurrency) will be launched for the project, and 37.5% of the token supply will be offered via an auction for the project and for the liquidity pool. See [Token Generation and Auction](https://pond-docs-v2.readme.io/docs/token-auction#/) for details. For instance, if you set a $30,000 target, the system automatically calculates the required liquidity pool amount. The community contributes stable coins in exchange for the project token. This phase lasts for 3 days. Meanwhile, Pond users can participate in the auction by pledging stablecoins for the project token. The auction is conducted in a decreasing price auction style - a simplified version of Dutch auction. The auction lasts for 3 days with price decreasing every 6 hours. Some examples of benefits of the auction are: 1. Fair Price Discovery – The market sets the price based on actual demand, reducing mis-pricing. 2. Anti-Bot and Anti-Gas War – Discourages front-running and gas wars by making early participation more expensive. 3. Incentivizes Thoughtful Participation – Auction participants choose their entry point, leading to more intentional and committed supporters. 4. Fairer Distribution – Reduces FOMO and favors a more equitable allocation across participants. 5. Transparency and Flexibility – Live price dynamics create a clear and open process that aligns with crypto’s decentralization ethos. ![](https://files.readme.io/4cc2ac34e958a5aa2958c75999c0ad55d1ddee5d048a21b21f31143d7f50d03a-image.png) At the end of the token generation: 1. If the auction reaches its goal, the project team receives their target amount in stablecoins, while the remainder goes to a liquidity pool on a DEX. Tokens claimed in the token generation event will be transferred to the community contributors' wallets immediately. 2. If the auction doesn't meet the goal, the community contributors will be made whole. Rest assured, This token neither represents equity nor confers rights over the project, which allows the project team to freely pursue VC funding or launch new tokens in the future \[[Disclaimer](https://pond-docs-v2.readme.io/docs/project-token-disclaimer#/)]. 3. After reaching the target and the liquidity pool requirements, the project enters the **Active** phase, and starts working to reach milestones. Meanwhile, 12.5% of the token supply will be transferred to a Uniswap liquidity pool. 25% of the token supply is reserved and will be unlocked to the team after the project MVP is delivered. ### AI Studio Pond offers a suite of AI infrastructure and services to facilitate the development process. * Various data sources including both on-chain and off-chain data * Scalable data pipeline for large-data processing * The most popular data science environment, Jupyter notebook, for analytics and machine learning * Affordable GPU resources integrated with the notebook * Agent tooling for no-code creation of AI agents * Builder copilot, an AI assistant to help you build with models, agents, and applications on Pond ### Accelerator, App Store & Integration Hub After delivering the Minimum Viable Product (MVP) defined in the project proposal, Pond will help you publish your product into App Store, Integration Hub, or both, depending on the nature of your product. More importantly, Pond Accelerator will help with the distribution, marketing, and operations of your project, giving you full support for your to iterate on your product and bring it to the next unicorn. ### Project Team Token Unlock Once the project team delivers their first Minimum Viable Product (MVP) defined in their proposal, 25% of the token supply will gradually unlock based on time and price milestones, following a principle similar to what CZ proposed: [https://x.com/cz\_binance/status/1895837657613078574?s=46](https://x.com/cz_binance/status/1895837657613078574?s=46). Each unlock requires two conditions: 1. At least 2 months since the last unlock event 2. At certain time point after the last unlock, the daily average price has to reach a certain level compared to the initial price. Both conditions must be met to trigger an unlock event. For example, the first unlock requires more than 2 months after delivery and the daily average price must increase by at least 5 times compared to the initial price on a certain day during that period. | Unlock Event | Time Since Last Unlock | Daily Price / Initial Price | Unlock Amount | | :----------- | :--------------------- | :-------------------------- | :------------ | | 1 | ≥ 2 months | ≥ 5x | 2.5% | | 2 | ≥ 2 months | ≥ 15x | 2.5% | | 3 | ≥ 2 months | ≥ 25x | 2.5% | | 4 | ≥ 2 months | ≥ 35x | 2.5% | | 5 | ≥ 2 months | ≥ 45x | 2.5% | | 6 | ≥ 2 months | ≥ 55x | 2.5% | | 7 | ≥ 2 months | ≥ 65x | 2.5% | | 8 | ≥ 2 months | ≥ 75x | 2.5% | | 9 | ≥ 2 months | ≥ 85x | 2.5% | | 10 | ≥ 2 months | ≥ 100x | 2.5% | This approach ensures sustainable growth and long-term alignment with the community as project continues building. The system and unlock mechanism are designed so that all project tokens can be fully unlocked within two years—provided the token price reaches 100x the initial launch price. --- ### Project Token Explained # Project Token Explained When a project enters the seeding phase, a project token launches. This token neither represents equity nor confers rights over the project, which allows the project team to freely pursue VC funding or launch new tokens in the future \[[Disclaimer](https://pond-docs-v2.readme.io/docs/project-token-disclaimer#/)]. The project token has a fixed total supply of 1 billion, following industry standards. Default token allocations and unlocking schedule are discussed on the page. Please see the Token Milestones in each project for the actual unlock schedule. ### Community Contribution During the Seeding phase, 37.5% of the token supply will be available in an auction for both the project and liquidity pool. See [Token Generation and Auction](https://pond-docs-v2.readme.io/docs/token-presales#/) for details. For instance, if you set a $30,000 target, the system automatically calculates the required liquidity pool amount. The community contributes stable coins in exchange for the project token. The project team receives $30,000 of the stablecoins, while the remainder goes to a liquidity pool on a DEX. If the auction is not successful, stablecoins will be returned automatically. ### Liquidity Pool Upon successful completion of the Seeding phase, 12.5% of the token supply will be transferred to a Uniswap liquidity pool for secondary market trading. ### Project Unlock Once the project team delivers their Minimum Viable Product (MVP) defined in their proposal, 25% of the token supply will gradually unlock based on time and price milestones, following a principle similar to what CZ proposed: [https://x.com/cz\_binance/status/1895837657613078574?s=46](https://x.com/cz_binance/status/1895837657613078574?s=46). Each unlock requires two conditions: * At least 2 months since the last unlock event * At certain time point after the last unlock, the daily average price has to reach a certain level compared to the initial price. Both conditions must be met to trigger an unlock event. For example, the first unlock requires more than 2 months after delivery and the daily average price must increase by at least 5 times compared to the initial price on a certain day during that period. | Unlock Event | Time Since Last Unlock | Price Increase | Unlock Amount | | :----------- | :--------------------- | :------------- | :------------ | | 1 | ≥ 2 months | ≥ 5x | 2.5% | | 2 | ≥ 2 months | ≥ 15x | 2.5% | | 3 | ≥ 2 months | ≥ 25x | 2.5% | | 4 | ≥ 2 months | ≥ 35x | 2.5% | | 5 | ≥ 2 months | ≥ 45x | 2.5% | | 6 | ≥ 2 months | ≥ 55x | 2.5% | | 7 | ≥ 2 months | ≥ 65x | 2.5% | | 8 | ≥ 2 months | ≥ 75x | 2.5% | | 9 | ≥ 2 months | ≥ 85x | 2.5% | | 10 | ≥ 2 months | ≥ 95x | 2.5% | This approach ensures sustainable growth and long-term alignment with the community as the project continues building. The unlock mechanism is designed to fully release all project tokens within two years—provided the token price reaches 100x the initial launch price. ### Business and Operations Many startups face significant challenges in business development, such as marketing and scaling. To address this, 25% of the project token will support distribution, marketing, growth, and operations after product delivery. For example, Pond can help grow the product's user base through airdrops. Any remaining tokens will go to Pond for platform maintenance. Importantly, Pond commits to maintaining token value rather than selling for profit. --- ### Token Generation and Auction # Token Generation and Auction Pond uses a descending price auction-style mechanism for project token initial generation and distribution. This mechanism is used to mitigate sniper activity and ensure a fairly priced launch. Every 6 hours, the price descends to the next tranche until no tokens allocated for the auction are remaining. Users can participate at the opening, or wait until the next tranche; however, there is no guarantee that any tokens will be available when the next tranche starts. This mechanism mitigates bot manipulation typical of bonding curve style launches, and discourages early participants from accumulating tokens at excessively low prices. The result is a healthier market foundation with higher average acquisition prices and stronger conviction among holders. When the project is in the Seeding phase, you can see the live auction chart on the project detail page. The chart displays the token price trajectory as well as volume in each period. On the right side of the project detail page, you will find detailed information about the auction including how much time is left, the target and current position, auction price, and users who have participated. Most importantly, you can connect your wallet and jump in, if you find a project that you are excited about and want to contribute to.
Some examples of benefits of this descending price auction are: * Fair Price Discovery – The market sets the price based on actual demand, reducing mis-pricing. * Anti-Bot – Discourages front-running by making early participation more expensive. * Incentivizes Thoughtful Participation – Buyers choose their entry point, leading to more intentional and committed supporters. * Fairer Distribution – Reduces FOMO and favors a more equitable allocation across participants. * Transparency and Flexibility – Live price dynamics create a clear and open process that aligns with crypto’s decentralization ethos. --- ## Platform Features for Builders ### Hackathon Overview # Hackathon Overview There are two major types of hackathons on Pond: **Model Competitions** and **Hackathons**. ### Model Competitions **Format:** Kaggle-style challenges with specific datasets and scoring criteria * Build a machine learning model to solve a specific task—such as Sybil detection or price prediction—in a Kaggle-style challenge. We partner with top-tier projects to host model competitions across diverse use cases. As a builder, you’ll have the opportunity to showcase your model, compete for rewards, and optionally deploy it on Pond to gain exposure and monetize through third-party usage. **How it Works** 1. Browse active competitions 2. Download datasets or use Pond AI Studio 3. Build and iterate 4. Submit your models: You can submit at most 3 times per day 5. View the leaderboard: Many competitions provide scoring while the submission window is still open. Don't like your score? Submit another iteration and move up the leaderboard. 6. Deploy your model: Top performing models will be deployed to Pond Integration Hub for others to use and the model developers will share the revenue generated from the model usage. ### Hackathons **Format:** Project oriented under a general theme * The goal is normally broader - you can build in different cases proposed by the hackathon hosts, such as building agents in finance applications, a calendar app with advanced voice synthesis technologies, or walk in the randomness if the host proposed a hackathon with a theme of the most creative application in general (in that case you can develop freely and the market, judges and hackathon organizers will choose the best ones). The outcome can be more free-form. * Top-performing hackathon participants are eligible to launch their projects on Pond Markets, gaining access to our infrastructure and acceleration support. Recognized by both the community and the market, these projects continue their journey with backing from Pond and early users. --- ### Markets # Markets The Pond Markets is a platform that allows creators to engage with the Pond community and launch tokens to help achieve their dreams. You will propose your project, get community feedback, and commit to milestones for you project’s success. However, Pond Markets is more than just a token launch platform. It's a community-driven accelerator where passionate builders connect with supporters who believe in grassroots innovation. Here, you'll propose your project, engage with thoughtful community feedback, and commit to meaningful milestones that demonstrate real progress toward your goals. We believe in empowering founders with heart, persistence, and integrity. If you're building something that matters, we want to help you succeed. Here is a step-by-step guide on how to use the Markets. ### Step 1: Create a Pond Account Visit cryptopond.xyz, click Markets, and sign up. You can sign in directly with Google for convenience. Once registered, notify your Pond contact of your email address. ### Step 2: Create Project In the Pond Markets, click `Create` to start the process. You can save your work as a draft and complete it later—there's no need to fill everything in at once. ![](https://files.readme.io/46bc0e4c6290191b760e7a17a716f5b41f956607bfe83bac48339171d5b960cd-image.png) ### Step 3: Finish the Proposal and Submit Most parts of the proposal form are self-explanatory, but here are some important clarifications. Please reach out if you have any questions. * Project Info * Ticker: Symbol of your project token to be launched. * Seeding goal: Maximum limit is $50,000 currently. * Project description: A concise elevator pitch of your project. * Project Plan ![](https://files.readme.io/8b1bc0fc693c2a3ae710c51bafb26ba5f3d6fe7c542ddb726d7b61a5f6b8501a-image.png) * This is the most important part of the proposal. Under **Final deliverables**, provide clear descriptions of the product you'll deliver at project completion. It doesn't need to be perfect, and we actually prefer a realistic, minimal viable product (MVP). List all features and functions you commit to delivering. Note that 25% of your project tokens will begin unlocking only after you deliver the product as outlined in your proposal. * Development Milestones * For now, your target amount from community contribution will be transferred to you immediately after the token auction completes successfully; however, breaking down your final deliverable into several milestones helps both you and the community track development progress. * Token Milestones and Tokenomics are currently filled with default values and cannot be modified. It might subject to change in the future. Please contact us if you have any questions about these parameters. ### Step 4: Respond to Community Feedback Once submitted, your project proposal enters a 3-day "Proposed" phase for community review. Monitor the Discussion section on your project's detail page, where you can interact with the community and address their feedback. ![](https://files.readme.io/99a325e766ec7b113dd42712e18df67fc03820942781c6e07a055e7eccd66de9-image.png) ### Step 5: Auction & Start Building After community review, your project enters the Seeding phase and a project token is launched (see [Project Token Explained](https://pond-docs-v2.readme.io/docs/project-token-explained#/) for token details). During this phase, 37.5% of project tokens will be allocated for auction. The auction target includes both your project target amount and the liquidity pool requirement (automatically calculated). The auction can run for up to 3 days—if successful, you'll receive your community contributions at the end and can begin building! ### Step 6: Communicate Development Progress Share your progress regularly in the project's Discussion area, particularly when reaching major milestones. This helps you gather valuable early feedback from potential users and builds trust with your community. Demonstrating your commitment not only guides development but can positively influence your token's market value. ![](https://files.readme.io/c09cae0b79dc1083809973273288f9208f74a954385ff83364d3d47ef46a911c-image.png) ### Step 7: Deliver and Accelerate After delivering the product outlined in your proposal, Pond Accelerator will help with distribution, marketing, and operations. Your project token allocation begins to unlock during this phase (see [Project Token Explained](https://pond-docs-v2.readme.io/docs/project-token-explained#/) for the unlocking schedule). You'll then iterate on your product and collaborate with Pond to take it to the next level. --- ### AI Studio # AI Studio Pond offers a suite of AI infrastructure and services to facilitate the development process. * Various data sources including both on-chain and off-chain data * Scalable data pipeline for large-data processing * The most popular data science environment, Jupyter notebook, for analytics and machine learning * Affordable GPU resources integrated with the notebook * Agent tooling for no-code creation of AI agents * Builder copilot, an AI assistant to help you build with models, agents, and applications on Pond Currently, the data infrastructures are available for use upon request while other features are in internal testing - please contact us if you need early access. --- ### Integration Hub # Integration Hub The Integration Hub provides API access to the models, agents, and applications developed by the community and other builders. So you don't need to reinvent the wheels and can stand on the shoulders of the giants. Some of the APIs are MCP compatible so your AI friends are welcome to use them too. --- ### App Store # App Store Final products from the projects in Pond Markets will be published here. It is currently under internal testing and will be open for public preview soon. --- ### Accelerator # Accelerator Build alongside Pond’s in-house technical and operational teams and access go-to-market support from day one. Bring us your toughest technical and business challenges—we’ll tackle them with you. Pond have a team of veteran engineers in data, system design, and AI, as well as a group of business development and marketing experts that can work for you based on your needs. Below are part of the engineering team that are at your service. * Founding data engineer from Yuga Labs (backed by a16z, Coinbase, Lightspeed, Tiger Global, etc., at a $450M seed round) * Principle engineer from WeChat * Senior architecture from TigerGraph On the business side, we have * Founding product manager from Blackbird (backed by a16z, QED, Amex Ventures, Coinbase Ventures, Circle Ventures and more at a $50 Million Series B round) * Growth Lead from Nansen (backed by Accel, GIC, a16z, Tiger Global and more at a $75M Series B round) * And plenty of advisors and connections from our collective network! --- ## Platform Features for Community ### Hackathons # Hackathons Note: The Hackathon platform is currently undergoing final testing and will launch in the coming weeks. This is your chance to spot promising projects before anyone else. Discover and support builders on Pond from day one—and follow their journey as they grow. When you believe in a founder, their vision, and their technology, cast your vote on our hackathon platform. Projects selected by you, the organizer, and Pond will have the opportunity to launch their hackathon project—or a new product—on Markets, with ongoing support and acceleration from us. Your vote matters. Be the first to back the next breakout founder. Below is a step-by-step guide on how to use the Hackathon platform. 1. Browse the Hackathon homepage to find hackathons that interest you. Note the following status types: 1. Upcoming: The hackathon hasn't begun yet. You can view its details and click `Remind me` to get notified when it starts. 2. Live: The hackathon is in progress. During the review phase, submitted projects appear in the Project Gallery. Click View projects to see submissions and cast your vote. 3. Past: The hackathon has concluded. Explore the Project Gallery and winning projects to discover inspiring ideas and talented builders. 2. For Live hackathons, click `View projects` to access the Project Gallery. During the review phase, you can explore project details, presentations, demo videos, and prototypes. Support your favorites by casting your vote! 3. After the review phase ends, find the winning projects under the Winners tab on the hackathon page. --- ### Markets # Markets [Pond Markets](https://cryptopond.xyz/markets) is a platform that allows creators to engage with the Pond community and receive community contribution as seed funding to achieve their dreams. However, it is also more than just a token launch platform. It's a community-driven launchpad where passionate builders connect with supporters who believe in grassroots innovation. Here, you'll engage with the project creators by providing feedbacks, participate in project token generation events and auctions, and review project progress. Here is a step-by-step guide on how to use the Markets. At the homepage of Pond Markets, you will get an overview of all the projects. ![](https://files.readme.io/d33cf67f30fc911523897e42011e6bc036714e1b95c334a5e2ad97f02e5aa2c7-image.png) Every project can be in one of the five status: Proposed, Seeding, Active, Launched, and Unsuccessful. Below are the details and what each of them means to you. ### Proposed The project is just created by its team, and is under review by the community and Pond. Normally, the project has to win the Pond Hackathons to be able to enter the Markets. In this stage, you can review the project details and provide your feedback in the Discussion section. Your engagement could potentially shape the direction of the project and even its outcome.
### Seeding The project has passed initial review and the auction of the project token has started. The auction can last for up to 3 days and the contributions collected are used for the project development and the initial liquidity pool. A descending price auction-style mechanism is used here. Every 6 hours, the price descends to the next tranche until all of the tokens allocated for the auction are accounted for. You can participate at the opening, or wait until the next tranche, however, there is no guarantee that any tokens will be available when the next tranche starts. Please see [Token Generation and Auction](https://pond-docs-v2.readme.io/docs/token-auction#/) for more details. ![](https://files.readme.io/abea6f5d73690e7f8102ac5b17fc69d0ef8b9c8703be4e817045820447120a18-image.png) ### Active or Unsuccessful If the project has reached its auction target (and the overhead for the liquidity pool), it enters the Active phase. The project tokens will be transferred to you immediately. The project team will start building their product. They will need to deliver their development milestones and provide progress update every week in the Discussion section. You are encouraged to provide your feedback throughout and beyond the development phase.
As soon as the project becomes Active, a percentage of the project tokens will be transferred to a liquidity pool on Uniswap, and everyone can trade the project token on the secondary market. You will be able to see the price chart of the token on the project page and trade the token directly. If the auction does not reach its goal, then the project moves to the Unsuccessful status. In the event of an auction failure, all stablecoins will be automatically returned to the participants. ### Launched Once the project team delivers their Minimum Viable Product (MVP) defined in their proposal, the project enters the Launched status. A link to the product will be added to the project detail, and you are welcome to try it out. A Review function will be added soon for you to rate the product and the project. Meanwhile, the Pond Accelerator will help the product to grow by providing support on distribution, marketing, operations and beyond. The project team also need to improve their product in order to unlock the remaining project tokens. See [Project Token Explained](https://pond-docs-v2.readme.io/docs/project-token-explained#/) for the unlocking schedule. --- ### App Store # App Store Final products from the projects in Pond Markets will be published here. It is currently under internal testing and will be open for public preview soon. --- ## User Guides ### For Builders # Overview Anything you want to build, Pond has you covered from seed funding all the way to go-to-market. Here is what you need to know: * Take part in our periodic hackathons to showcase a prototype of your idea. You can also leverage the opportunity to find and team up with other builders. Winners from the hackathon will be able to move their projects to the Markets with one click. See [Hackathon](https://pond-docs-v2.readme.io/docs/hackathon#/) for details. * As your project is moved to the Markets, you will be able to fill out the amount of seed funding you need and your project milestones. If you are new to web3, no worries, we have thought carefully about the options and you can go ahead with the default values. See [Markets](https://pond-docs-v2.readme.io/docs/markets#/) for details. * Once your project is created, it will go through 3 phases: Proposed, Seeding, and Active. * In the Proposed phase, the community will post their questions in the Discussion area. Timely responses to those questions will greatly help with the community backing results. The people here will likely be your first users! * In the Seeding phase, a project token will be launched and is used to exchange for community contributions to your project. The auction will commence once the community deems the project ready for Seeding. * Once the target amount is reached, your project will become Active and a fraction of your project token will be migrated to a Decentralized Exchange (DEX). You will receive funds from the auction for your development. * To facilitate your development process, we provide a suite of tools and building blocks. Check out [AI Studio](https://pond-docs-v2.readme.io/docs/pond-ai-studio#/) for notebooks, agent tooling, etc., and [Integration Hub](https://pond-docs-v2.readme.io/docs/integration-hub#/) for access to tools and APIs others have built on Pond. * Once your product is ready, it will be available on our App Store, Integration Hub, or both, depending on the nature of your product. * Pond also helps you with the tedious but important things like finding users, marketing, operations, and so on. Check out [Accelerator](https://pond-docs-v2.readme.io/docs/accelerator#/) for details. --- ### For Community # Overview Pond offers ample opportunities for you to engage with the projects and contribute to project success. * Discover projects early in [Pond Hackathons](https://pond-docs-v2.readme.io/docs/hackathons-1#/). Join the discussion and vote for projects you like. * Review projects in [Pond Markets](https://pond-docs-v2.readme.io/docs/markets-1#/). Provide your feedback and participate in auctions. * Explore and enjoy a wide range of applications in [Pond App Store](https://pond-docs-v2.readme.io/docs/app-store#/). To learn more about the process for project builders, please see [User Journey](https://pond-docs-v2.readme.io/update/docs/user-journey#/) --- ### For Partners # Overview First of all, thank you for your interest in working with Pond—we’re truly honored by the opportunity to collaborate with you. 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We do not guarantee, represent, or warrant, and you should not rely on any assumption, that digital assets created and/or accessible through the Services: (i) represent any shareholding, ownership, participation, right, title, or interest in any company, entity or project; (ii) give you the right to receive any compensation or funds, including digital assets or fiat; (iii) entitle holders to any revenue, fees, profits, or investment returns; (iv) represent a loan or debt obligation of any kind; (v) have any value or liquidity, or that they will retain or acquire value over time; or (vi) will deliver any functionality, utility, or benefit, regardless of what may have been promised or represented by any third party. We make no assurances as to the legal characterization, enforceability, or regulatory treatment of any tokens created or accessible through the Services. WE HAVE NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY DIGITAL ASSET YOU MAY CREATE OR ACQUIRE, EVEN IF MADE AVAILABLE ON OR THROUGH THE SERVICES. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT DIGITAL ASSETS OR CONTENT CREATED BY USERS MAY CONTAIN MATERIALS WHICH YOU MAY FIND OFFEND YOUR SENSIBILITIES, OR CONTAIN OR MAKE USE OF MATERIALS SUBJECT TO INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PROTECTIONS OF A THIRD-PARTY. COMPANY IS NOT LIABLE FOR, AND HAS NO RESPONSIBILITY TO YOU OR ANY OTHER PERSON WITH RESPECT TO SUCH MATERIALS. WE DO NOT CONTROL OR MONITOR THE CONTENT OF DIGITAL ASSETS CREATED BY USERS, AND WHILE WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO TAKE DOWN OR PREVENT ACCESS TO ANY DIGITAL ASSETS IN OUR DISCRETION, WE DO NOT UNDERTAKE AND HAVE NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR MONITORING OR POLICING THE CONTENT ON DIGITAL ASSETS GENERATED ON THE SERVICES. Pond Global Ltd is incorporated in the British Virgin Islands and is not licensed under the Securities and Investment Business Act or the Virtual Asset Service Providers Act. Pond Global provides infrastructure and software tools only, and does not offer, promote, or facilitate the sale of any tokens or digital assets. All tokens made available through the platform are created and distributed independently by users. **Intellectual Property Rights** The Services and their entire contents, features, and functionality (including but not limited to all information, software, text, displays, images, video, and audio, and the design, selection, and arrangement thereof), are owned by Company, developers, or their respective licensors, or other providers of such materials and are protected by copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, and other intellectual property or proprietary rights laws across the globe. You must not reproduce, distribute, modify, create derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, republish, download, store, or transmit any of the material on the Services that is not yours, except as follows: * Your computer may temporarily store copies of such materials in RAM incidental to your accessing and viewing those materials. * You may store files that are automatically cached by your Web browser for display enhancement purposes. * If we provide social media features with certain content, you may take such actions as are enabled by such features. You must not: * Modify copies of any materials from the Services. * Use any illustrations, photographs, video or audio sequences, or any graphics separately from the accompanying text. * Delete or alter any copyright, trademark, or other proprietary rights notices from copies of materials from this site. 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You agree not to use the Services: * In any way that violates any applicable federal, state, local, or international law or regulation (including, without limitation, any laws regarding the export of data or software to and from the US or other countries). * For the purpose of exploiting, harming, or attempting to exploit or harm minors in any way by exposing them to inappropriate content, asking for personally identifiable information, or otherwise. * To send, knowingly receive, upload, download, use, or re-use any material that does not comply with the Content Standards set out in these Terms. * To transmit, or procure the sending of, any advertising or promotional material without our prior written consent, including any “junk mail”, “chain letter”, “spam”, or any other similar solicitation. * To impersonate or attempt to impersonate Company, a Company employee, another user, or any other person or entity (including, without limitation, by using email addresses or screen names associated with any of the foregoing). * To engage in any other conduct that restricts or inhibits anyone’s use or enjoyment of the Services, or which, as determined by us, may harm Company or users of the Services or expose them to liability. Additionally, you agree not to: * Use the Services in any manner that could disable, overburden, damage, or impair the site or interfere with any other party’s use of the Services, including their ability to engage in real time activities through the Services. * Use any content available on or via the Services, any portion thereof, or any output generated, for training any machine learning or artificial intelligence tool, software, or platform. * Use any content available on or via the Services, any portion thereof, or any output generated, for the purpose of identifying a specific individual or extracting personal information. * Use any robot, spider, or other automatic device, process, or means to access the Services for any purpose, including monitoring or copying any of the material on the Services. * Use any manual process to monitor or copy any of the material on the Services or for any other unauthorized purpose without our prior written consent. * Use any device, software, or routine that interferes with the proper working of the Services.\ Introduce any viruses, Trojan horses, worms, logic bombs, or other material that is malicious or technologically harmful. * Using the Services to carry out any financial activities subject to registration or licensing; * Use the Services in or from any Restricted Jurisdiction; * Use the Services if you are a Restricted Person (or on their behalf); * Using the Services for market manipulation (such as pump and dump schemes, wash trading, self-trading, front running, quote stuffing, and spoofing or layering, regardless of whether prohibited by law), fraud, or other deceptive, misleading, or manipulative activity; * Engaging in any anticompetitive behavior or other misconduct; * Using the Services as a tool to commit theft, fraud or any other property crime; or * Attempt to gain unauthorized access to, interfere with, damage, or disrupt any parts of the Services, the server on which the Services are stored, or any server, computer, or database connected to the Services. * Copy, mirror or otherwise attempt to replicate or reproduce the Services. * Attack the Services via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of-service attack. * Otherwise attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Services. **Feedback and User Contributions** You may from time to time provide us with feedback about our Services, or suggestions or ideas for improvement of or different functionality, options, content or other changes to our Services (collectively, “**Feedback**”). The Services may allow you to input information into user-generated tools, upload software code related to user-generated tools, provide ideas and suggestions about potential future user-generated tools or Company tools to be developed, and may also contain message boards, chat rooms, personal profiles, forums, bulletin boards, leaderboards, and other interactive features (collectively, “**Interactive Services**”) that allow users to post, submit, publish, display, deploy, or transmit to other users or other persons (hereinafter, “**post**”) content or materials (collectively, “**User Contributions**”) on or through the Services. All User Contributions must comply with the Content Standards set out in these Terms. Any User Contribution and Feedback will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary. By providing any Feedback or posting any User Contribution on the Services, you hereby grant us and our affiliates and service providers, and each of their and our respective licensees, successors, and assigns a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, universal, royalty-free, fully paid-up, sublicensable, and transferable license for any purpose, including to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, create derivative works of, perform, display, distribute, store, transmit, and otherwise exploit your User Contributions and/or Feedback in any format, medium, or distribution method now known or hereafter developed. For the avoidance of doubt, this license includes, without limitation, the rights to: (i) use your User Contributions and/or Feedback to enhance, develop, and refine the Services or related offerings; (ii) commercialize your User Contributions or Feedback, or any derivative works thereof, including but not limited to incorporating it into products or services for sale or licensing to third-parties; and (iii) share, disclose, or otherwise provide access to your User Contributions and/or Feedback to third-parties for any purpose, including without limitation, for collaboration, development, or monetization opportunities, and without giving you attribution. This license survives any termination of your account or use of the Services. You waive any moral rights or similar rights in your User Contributions and/or Feedback to the extent permitted by applicable law, acknowledging that we may make modifications to your User Contributions and/or Feedback for purposes of use, display, or distribution. You further grant to the applicable developer into whose tools you input any information, if any, the right to process that information, which you acknowledge may be processed outside your country of residence or location, to produce the output you requested, and to train their model. You represent and warrant that, throughout any time you use the Services: * You own or control all rights in and to the User Contributions and the Feedback, and have the right to grant the license granted above to us, the developers, and to our affiliates and service providers, and each of their and our respective licensees, successors, and assigns. * All of your User Contributions and the Feedback do and will comply with these Terms. You understand and acknowledge that you are responsible for any User Contributions and Feedback you submit or contribute, and you, not Company, have fully responsibility for such content, including its legality, reliability, accuracy, and appropriateness. We are not responsible or liable to any third-party for the content or accuracy of any User Contributions posted by you or any other user of the Services. **Monitoring and Enforcement; Termination** We have the right, but do not undertake the obligation to: * Remove or refuse to post any User Contributions for any or no reason in our sole discretion.\ Take any action with respect to any User Contribution that we deem necessary or appropriate in our sole discretion, including if we believe that such User Contribution violates the Terms, including the Content Standards, infringes any intellectual property right or other right of any person or entity, threatens the personal safety of users of the Services or the public, or could create liability for Company. * Disclose your identity or other information about you to any third-party who claims that material posted by you violates their rights, including their intellectual property rights or their right to privacy. * Take appropriate legal action, including without limitation, referral to law enforcement, for any illegal or unauthorized use of the Services. * Terminate or suspend your access to all or part of the Services for any or no reason, including any violation of these Terms. Without limiting the foregoing, we have the right to fully cooperate with any law enforcement authorities or court order requesting or directing us to disclose the identity or other information of anyone posting any materials on or through the Services. YOU WAIVE AND HOLD THE COMPANY INDEMNIFIED PARTIES HARMLESS FROM AND AGAINST ANY AND ALL CLAIMS ASSOCIATED WITH OR ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH SUCH INVESTIGATIONS BY EITHER SUCH PARTIES OR LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES. However, we do not undertake to review any material before it is posted on the Services, and cannot ensure prompt removal of objectionable material after it has been posted. Accordingly, we assume no liability for any action or inaction regarding transmissions, communications, or content provided by any user or third-party. We have no liability or responsibility to anyone for performance or nonperformance of the activities described in this section. **Content Standards** These content standards apply to any and all User Contributions and use of Interactive Services. User Contributions must in their entirety comply with all applicable federal, state, local, provincial, and international laws and regulations. Without limiting the foregoing, User Contributions must not: * Contain any material that is defamatory, obscene, indecent, abusive, offensive, harassing, violent, hateful, inflammatory, or otherwise objectionable. * Promote sexually explicit or pornographic material, violence, or discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, or age. * Infringe any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, or other intellectual property or other rights of any other person. * Violate the legal rights (including the rights of publicity and privacy) of others or contain any material that could give rise to any civil or criminal liability under applicable laws or regulations or that otherwise may be in conflict with these Terms. * Be likely to deceive any person.\ Promote any illegal activity, or advocate, promote, or assist any unlawful act. * Cause annoyance, inconvenience, or needless anxiety or be likely to upset, embarrass, alarm, or annoy any other person. * Impersonate any person, or misrepresent your identity or affiliation with any person or organization.\ Involve commercial activities or sales, such as contests, sweepstakes and other sales promotions, barter, or advertising. * Give the impression that they emanate from or are endorsed by us or any other person or entity, if this is not the case. **Copyright Infringement** If you believe that any User Contributions violate your copyright, please see our Copyright Policy, which is hereby incorporated into these Terms by this reference, for instructions on sending us a notice of copyright infringement. We reserve the right to terminate the user accounts of repeat infringers. **Reliance on Information Posted / Third-party Materials** The information presented on or through the Services is made available solely for general information purposes. We do not warrant the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information found on the Services. Any reliance you place on such information is strictly at your own risk. We disclaim all liability and responsibility arising from any reliance placed on such materials by you or any other visitor to the Services, or by anyone who may be informed of any of its contents. The Services include content provided by third-parties, including materials used to create, train and produced by user-generated tools, other users, third-party licensors, syndicators, aggregators, and/or reporting services. All statements and/or opinions expressed in these materials, and all articles and responses to questions and other content, other than the content provided by Company, are solely the opinions and the responsibility of the person or entity providing those materials. These materials do not necessarily reflect the opinion of Company. We are not responsible, or liable to you or any third-party, for the content or accuracy of any materials provided by any third-parties. WE DO NOT ENDORSE AND ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR ANY THIRD-PARTY MATERIALS, USER GENERATED TOOLS, INFORMATION, PROTOCOLS, NETWORKS, INFRASTRUCTURE, RESOURCES, APPLICATIONS, DATA, CONTENT, OR SERVICES, EVEN IF AVAILABLE ON, THROUGH OR FROM THE SERVICES. WE HAVE NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR, NO CONTROL OVER, AND MAKE NO GUARANTEES WITH RESPECT TO, THE QUALITY, SECURITY, ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, OR UPTIME OF SUCH THIRD-PARTY MATERIALS. YOU HEREBY HOLD THE COMPANY INDEMNIFIED PARTIES HARMLESS FROM AND AGAINST ANY AND ALL CLAIMS ASSOCIATED WITH OR ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE OF SUCH ITEMS. **No Financial or Investment Advice** You understand that we do not act as your financial advisor, investment manager, arranger, introducer, or commodity trading advisor, or give you any investment advice of any kind with respect to what assets you choose to create, purchase or any trading thereof. It is your responsibility and you are solely responsible for your purchase decisions, how and when you trade digital assets and with whom. It is also your responsibility to ensure you understand crypto assets, how they work, what their value is, and about trading and purchasing such assets, as there are significant risks in doing so, all of which you solely assume. We may suspend your use of or cancel your use of the Services or any portion thereof for any reason, including if we believe you have engaged in or are about to engage in any kind of fraud, if required pursuant to applicable laws, or you violate these Terms. We may provide you with notice of suspension, but do not undertake an obligation to do so.\ We may change the functionality of the Services at any time, which means some networks could no longer be supported after a time. You acknowledge that this is the case, and accept this risk. You agree and understand that all decisions you make on the Services are made solely by you. You agree and understand that under no circumstances will the operation of our Services and your use of them be deemed to create a relationship that includes the provision of or tendering of investment advice. NO FINANCIAL, INVESTMENT, TAX, LEGAL OR SECURITIES ADVICE IS GIVEN THROUGH OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SERVICES. No content found on our Services, whether created by us, our service providers, our business partners, or another user is or should be considered as investment advice. You agree and understand that we accept no responsibility whatsoever for, and shall in no circumstances be liable in connection with, your decisions or your use of the Services. **Risks** You acknowledge and agree that digital assets are volatile and risky, and their trading is affected by many factors outside our or your control. You are solely responsible for any transactions, and for all fees that you may incur as a result of your acquisition or sales of digital assets. Our Services do not control the timing of any transaction, yet you acknowledge that the time of a transaction can affect the value of the asset or the fees associated with a transaction or both. You hereby hold us harmless against any and all claims arising from the transaction of your digital assets, or the timing of such transactions. Digital assets are not legal tender and are not backed by any government. Digital assets are not subject to Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or Securities Investor Protection Corporation protections, or other similar protections offered by other governmental bodies. We are not a bank, and we have no fiduciary duty to you. We make no guarantee as to the functionality of any digital asset network which might cause delays, conflicts of interest or might be subject to operational decisions of third-parties that are unfavorable to you or affect your digital assets, or lead to your inability to complete a transaction using our Services. You acknowledge that our software and smart contracts could have bugs or security vulnerabilities, and you hereby accept this risk. You hereby hold us harmless from any Claims you suffer as a result of your use of our Services, which you agree you use at your sole risk. Digital assets and use of our Services may be subject to expropriation and/or theft. Hackers or other malicious actors may attempt to interfere with our Services or your use thereof in a variety of ways, including, but not limited to, use of malware, denial of service attacks, Sybil attacks, and spoofing. We do not guarantee that our Services will be available without interruption. The information on our Services may not always be entirely accurate, complete or current. Information on the Services may be changed or updated from time to time without notice, including information regarding our policies, products and services. Accordingly, you should verify all information before relying on it. All decisions you make based on information provided through the Services are your sole responsibility and you hold us harmless from and against any Claims you suffer as a result of such decisions. YOU HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT WE WILL HAVE NO RESPONSIBILITY OR LIABILITY FOR THE RISKS SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION. **Taxes** You are entirely responsible for any tax liability which may arise from activities you engage in while on the Services, if any. It is your responsibility to ensure you have accounted for, reported to the proper governmental authority, and paid all such taxes to the applicable governmental authority. We do not undertake any obligation to report any such taxes, nor collect or disburse them on your behalf. The taxes you owe are solely your responsibility. YOU HEREBY HOLD THE COMPANY INDEMNIFIED PARTIES HARMLESS FROM AND AGAINST ANY AND ALL CLAIMS ASSOCIATED WITH OR ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR TRANSACTIONS ON THE SERVICES. **Changes to the Services** We may update or modify the content on the Services from time to time, but its content is not necessarily complete or up-to-date. Any of the material on the Services may be out of date at any given time, and we are under no obligation to update such material. **Information About You and Your Visits to the Services** All information we collect on the Services is subject to our Privacy Policy. By using the Services, you consent to all actions taken by us with respect to your information in compliance with the Privacy Policy. Further, you acknowledge and agree that the developers of user-generated tools process your information when you use such models, and we do not control such processing. Users are responsible for understanding the data handling and processing by each user-generated tool developer, when using their models. **Linking to the Services and Social Media Features** You may link to our homepage, provided you do so in a way that is fair and legal and does not damage our reputation or take advantage of it, but you must not establish a link in such a way as to suggest any form of association, approval, or endorsement on our part without our express written consent. The Services may provide certain social media features that enable you to: * Link from your own or certain third-party websites to certain content on the Services. * Send emails or other communications with certain content, or links to certain content, on the Services. * Cause limited portions of content on the Services to be displayed or appear to be displayed on your own or certain third-party websites. You may use these features solely as they are provided by us, and solely with respect to the content they are displayed with and otherwise in accordance with any additional terms and conditions we provide with respect to such features. Subject to the foregoing, you must not: * Establish a link from any website that is not owned by you. * Cause the Services or portions of it to be displayed on, or appear to be displayed by, any other site, for example, framing, deep linking, or in-line linking. * Link to any part of the Services other than the homepage. * Otherwise take any action with respect to the materials on the Services that is inconsistent with any other provision of these Terms. The website from which you are linking, or on which you make certain content accessible, must comply in all respects with the Content Standards set out in these Terms. You agree to cooperate with us in causing any unauthorized framing or linking immediately to stop. We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice. We may disable all or any social media features and any links at any time without notice in our discretion.\ YOU HEREBY HOLD THE COMPANY INDEMNIFIED PARTIES HARMLESS FROM AND AGAINST ANY AND ALL CLAIMS ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR CONNECTION OF YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS TO THE SERVICES. **Links from the Services** If the Services contain links to other sites and resources provided by third-parties, these links are provided for your convenience only. This includes links contained in advertisements, including banner advertisements and sponsored links. We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources, and accept no responsibility for them or for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them. If you decide to access any of the third-party websites linked to the Services, you do so entirely at your own risk and subject to the terms and conditions of use for such websites. **Geographic Restrictions** Access to the Services may not be legal by certain persons or in certain countries. You are responsible for compliance with the local laws applicable to your use of the Services. Users who are U.S. Persons (defined below) are restricted from using the Platform and Services for purchasing tokens or digital assets. Tokens and/or digital assets may not be resold to U.S. Persons. “U.S. Person” means: (i) Any natural person resident in the United States; (ii) Any partnership or corporation organized or incorporated under the laws of the United States; (iii) Any estate of which any executor or administrator is a U.S. Person; (iv) Any trust of which any trustee is a U.S. Person; (v) Any agency or branch of a foreign entity located in the United States; (vi) Any non-discretionary account or similar account (other than an estate or trust) held by a dealer or other fiduciary for the benefit or account of a U.S. Person; (vii) Any discretionary account or similar account (other than an estate or trust) held by a dealer or other fiduciary organized, incorporated, or (if an individual) resident in the United States; and (viii) Any partnership or corporation if: (A) Organized or incorporated under the laws of any foreign jurisdiction; and (B) Formed by a U.S. Person principally for the purpose of investing in securities not registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), unless it is organized or incorporated, and owned, by accredited investors (as defined in § 230.501(a) of the Act) who are not natural persons, estates or trusts. **Disclaimer of Warranties and Limitation on Liability** You understand that we cannot and do not guarantee or warrant that any materials available for downloading from the internet or the Services will be free of viruses or other destructive code. You are responsible for implementing sufficient procedures and checkpoints to satisfy your particular requirements for anti-virus protection, security, and accuracy of data input and output, and for maintaining a means external to our site for any reconstruction of any lost data. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PROVIDED BY LAW, WE WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS, LIABILITY, COST, EXPENSE OR DAMAGE CAUSED, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, BY A DENIAL OF SERVICE OR DISTRIBUTED DENIAL-OF-SERVICE ATTACK, VIRUSES, OR OTHER TECHNOLOGICALLY HARMFUL MATERIAL THAT MAY INFECT YOUR COMPUTER EQUIPMENT, COMPUTER PROGRAMS, DATA, OR OTHER PROPRIETARY MATERIAL DUE TO YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES OR ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE SERVICES OR TO YOUR DOWNLOADING OF ANY MATERIAL POSTED ON IT, OR ON ANY WEBSITE LINKED TO IT. YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES, THEIR CONTENT, AND ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE SERVICES IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. 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TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PROVIDED BY LAW, COMPANY HEREBY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, STATUTORY, OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND FITNESS FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSE. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PROVIDED BY LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL THE COMPANY INDEMNIFIED PARTIES BE LIABLE FOR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, UNDER ANY LEGAL THEORY, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE, OR INABILITY TO USE, THE SERVICES, ANY WEBSITES LINKED TO IT, ANY CONTENT ON THE SERVICES OR SUCH OTHER WEBSITES, INCLUDING ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PERSONAL INJURY, PAIN AND SUFFERING, EMOTIONAL DISTRESS, LOSS OF REVENUE, LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF BUSINESS OR ANTICIPATED SAVINGS, LOSS OF USE, LOSS OF GOODWILL, LOSS OF DATA, AND WHETHER CAUSED BY TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), BREACH OF CONTRACT, OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF FORESEEABLE. THE FOREGOING DOES NOT AFFECT ANY LIABILITY THAT CANNOT BE EXCLUDED OR LIMITED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW. **Indemnification** You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold the Company Indemnified Parties harmless from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, judgments, awards, losses, costs, expenses, or fees (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and legal costs) arising out of or relating to your violation of these Terms or your use of the Services, including, but not limited to, your User Contributions, any use of the Services’ content, services, and products other than as expressly authorized in these Terms or your use of any information obtained from the Services. **Governing Law and Jurisdiction** All matters relating to the Services and these Terms and any dispute or claim arising therefrom or related thereto (in each case, including non-contractual disputes or claims), shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York without giving effect to any choice or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdiction). Subject to the provisions of the Arbitration Section below, any legal suit, action, or proceeding arising out of, or related to, these Terms or the Services shall be instituted exclusively in the federal courts of the United States or the courts of the State of New York in each case located in New York City and County, although we retain the right to bring any suit, action, or proceeding against you for breach of these Terms in your country of residence or any other relevant country. You waive any and all objections to the exercise of jurisdiction over you by such courts and to venue in such courts. **Arbitration** At Company’s sole discretion, it may require you to submit any disputes arising under these Terms, or in connection with your use of the Services, including disputes arising from or concerning their interpretation, violation, invalidity, non-performance, or termination, to final and binding arbitration under the Rules of Arbitration of the American Arbitration Association applying New York law. IF COMPANY ELECTS TO PURSUE ARBITRATION AS SET FORTH HEREIN, ANY DISPUTE, CONTROVERSY OR CLAIM ARISING OUT OF, RELATING TO OR IN CONNECTION WITH THESE TERMS, OUR SERVICES (OR ANY PORTION OR ALL OF THE FOREGOING), INCLUDING THE BREACH, TERMINATION OR VALIDITY OF THESE TERMS, SHALL BE FINALLY RESOLVED BY ARBITRATION. THE TRIBUNAL SHALL HAVE THE POWER TO RULE ON ANY CHALLENGE TO ITS OWN JURISDICTION OR TO THE VALIDITY OR ENFORCEABILITY OF ANY PORTION OF THE AGREEMENT TO ARBITRATE. THE PARTIES AGREE TO ARBITRATE SOLELY ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS, AND THAT THIS AGREEMENT DOES NOT PERMIT CLASS ARBITRATION OR ANY CLAIMS BROUGHT AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY CLASS OR REPRESENTATIVE ARBITRATION PROCEEDING. THE ARBITRAL TRIBUNAL MAY NOT CONSOLIDATE MORE THAN ONE PERSON’S CLAIMS, AND MAY NOT OTHERWISE PRESIDE OVER ANY FORM OF A REPRESENTATIVE OR CLASS PROCEEDING. **Limitation on Time to File Claims** ANY CAUSE OF ACTION OR CLAIM YOU MAY HAVE ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THESE TERMS OR THE SERVICES MUST BE COMMENCED WITHIN ONE (1) YEAR AFTER THE CAUSE OF ACTION ACCRUES, OTHERWISE, SUCH CAUSE OF ACTION OR CLAIM IS PERMANENTLY BARRED. **Waiver and Severability** No waiver of by Company of any term or condition set out in these Terms shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or condition or a waiver of any other term or condition, and any failure of Company to assert a right or provision under these Terms shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any provision of these Terms is held by a court or other tribunal of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason, such provision shall be eliminated or limited to the minimum extent such that the remaining provisions of the Terms will continue in full force and effect. **Entire Agreement** The Terms, our Privacy Policy, and our Copyright Policy constitute the sole and entire agreement between you and Company regarding the Services and supersede all prior and contemporaneous understandings, agreements, representations, and warranties, both written and oral, regarding the Services. **Your Comments and Concerns** All notices of copyright infringement claims should be sent to the copyright agent designated in our Copyright Policy in the manner and by the means set out therein. All other feedback, comments, requests for technical support, and other communications relating to the Services should be directed to: [hello@cryptopond.xyz](mailto:hello@cryptopond.xyz). --- ### Privacy Policy # Privacy Policy **Introduction** Pond Global Limited and Pond Global Inc. (each referred to herein as “**Company**”, “**us**” or “**we**”) respect your privacy and are committed to protecting it through our compliance with this privacy policy. This policy describes the types of information we may collect from you or that you may provide when you visit or use our Services. This privacy policy is part of the Terms of Use applicable to the use of our Services. Please review this policy together with the Terms of Use to understand all of your rights and obligations, and how we operate our Services. All capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Terms of Use. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE USE SERVICE PROVIDERS AND THIRD-PARTY TECHNOLOGIES, INCLUDING COOKIES, PIXELS, WEB BEACONS, ANALYTICS SERVICES, AND OTHER TECHNOLOGIES THAT TRACK YOUR ACTIVITIES AND COLLECT DATA ABOUT YOU AS YOU NAVIGATE OUR SERVICES. ADDITIONALLY, OTHER USERS WHO PROVIDE THEIR AI MODELS OR OTHER USER-GENERATED TOOLS TO THE SERVICES MAY ALSO COLLECT DATA AS YOU INTERACT WITH SUCH MODELS. THESE USERS, THIRD PARTIES, AND SERVICE PROVIDERS MAY INTERCEPT YOUR COMMUNICATIONS, COLLECT DATA ABOUT YOU, MONITOR YOUR INTERACTIONS WITH THE SERVICES, TRACK YOUR ACTIVITIES ON OUR SERVICES AND ACROSS DIFFERENT CHANNELS, AND MAY COLLECT ENOUGH INFORMATION ABOUT YOU AS YOU USE OUR SERVICES TO BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY YOU ON THEIR OWN PLATFORMS (E.G., SOCIAL MEDIAL PIXELS). BY USING THE SERVICES, YOU SPECIFICALLY CONSENT TO THIS INTERCEPTION, TRACKING AND DATA COLLECTION. This privacy policy applies to information we collect: * On the Website; * On or through the Services; * In email, text, and other electronic messages between you and the Services; * Through mobile and desktop applications, if any, that you download from the Services, if this policy is posted to them; * When you interact with our advertising and applications on third-party websites and services, if such advertising or applications include links to this policy; and * Through any other means associated with or relating to the Services. This policy does not apply to information collected by: * Us offline or through any other means, including on any other website operated by Company or any third party (including our affiliates and subsidiaries); or * Any third party, including through any application or content (including advertising) that may link to or be accessible from or on the Services. Please read this policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information and how we will treat it. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, your choice is not to use our Services. By accessing or using the Services, you agree to the terms of this privacy policy. This privacy policy may change from time to time. Your continued use of the Services after we make changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes, so please check the privacy policy periodically for updates. Pond Global Ltd is incorporated in the British Virgin Islands, which does not currently maintain a comprehensive data protection regime. By using the Services, you acknowledge that your personal data may be processed and stored in other jurisdictions that may not offer equivalent protections to those in your home country. **Information about Children** Our Services are not intended for children under eighteen (18) years of age. No one under age eighteen (18) may provide any personal information to us or on or through the Services. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of sixteen (16). If you are under sixteen (16), do not use or provide any information on the Services or on or through any of their features or register on the Services (if such feature is available), make any purchases through the Services (if such feature is available), use any of the interactive or public comment features of the Services (if such feature is available) or provide any information about yourself to us, including your name, address, telephone number, email address, or any screen name or user name you may use. If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under sixteen (16) years of age, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under the age of sixteen (16), please contact us at [hello@cryptopond.xyz](mailto:hello@cryptopond.xyz). **Information We Collect About You and How We Collect It** We and our service providers may collect several types of information from and about users of our Services (some of which is considered “personal information” pursuant to applicable law), including: * Identifiers, such as name, mailing address, e-mail address, telephone number, digital wallet address, or any other information that the Services collects, which applicable law may consider personally identifiable, personal information, personal data, and other such designations;\ Information about the device you use to access the Services; * Your IP address, Identifier for Advertisers (“IDFA”), Android/Google Advertising ID, International Mobile Equipment Identity (“IMEI”), or another unique identifier; * Your device characteristics and functionality (including information about your operating system, hardware, mobile network, browser, browser language, etc.);\ Referring and exit web pages and URLs; * Your browsing history, including the areas within our Services that you visit and your activities there, including remembering you and your preferences; * Your device location or other geolocation information; * Certain other device data, including the time of day you visit our Services; * Information about your internet connection and internet provider; * Information about your use of AI Models or other user-generated tools; * Information about your transaction history and associated fees paid or received; * Information about your digital assets; * Information about your social media accounts, such as profile information and other information made public on such third-party platforms; * Your activity on the Services, including your trades, use of AI Models or other user-generated tools and posts (including all content therein); and * We collect information on links you interact with across our services (including in our emails sent to you). We and our service providers collect this information: * Directly from you when you provide it to us, such as when filling in forms on the Services (including when you register for an account, connect your wallet, subscribe to a service, or request something from us, or when you fill out surveys, if any such features are available to you). * Automatically as you navigate through the Services, including through the use of cookies, web beacons, and other tracking technologies (including information about your network or computing device) and analytics services; * From third parties, for example, our business partners and service providers, and the social media accounts that you connect to the Services;\ Records and copies of your correspondence (including email addresses), if you contact us through the Services; * When you engage in transactions on our Services; * When you run searches on our Services; and * When you contact our customer service agents, if available. **Automatic Data Collection Technologies** As you navigate through and interact with our Services, we may use third-party automatic data collection technologies to collect certain information about you, your equipment, your technology providers, and your activities, including: * Details of your visits to our Services, including traffic data, browsing patterns, location data, logs, and other communication data and the resources that you access and use on the Services; * Information necessary to allow you to log into our Services through your social media accounts; and * Information about your device and about your internet connection and service provider, as set forth above. You acknowledge and understand that our service providers will be collecting this information about you, and may monitor and intercept your communications and actions on our Services as you browse, interact with or use certain functionality, such as chat features or social media logins. These service providers may use the information they collect for their own benefit, without any restriction. You specifically agree to this arrangement, and consent to your communications and information being intercepted by our third party providers. The information we collect automatically may be statistical data and may also include personal information, or we may maintain it or associate it with personal information we collect in other ways or receive from third parties. This information enables us to: * Allow you to use and access the Services; * Prevent fraudulent activity and improve security functionality; * Assess the performance of the Services, including as part of our analytic practices or otherwise to improve the content, products or services offered through the Services; * Offer you enhanced functionality when accessing the Services, including identifying you when you sign into our Services, connect your digital wallet, or social media accounts, and keeping track of your specified preferences; * Deliver content relevant to your interests on our Services and third-party sites based on how you interact with our advertisements and/or content; * Estimate our audience size and usage patterns; * Speed up your searches; and * Analyze our services and products and perform market research. When you visit or leave our Services by clicking a hyperlink or when you view a third-party site that includes our plugins or cookies (or similar technology), we may automatically receive the URL of the site from which you came or the one to which you are directed. We may also receive location data passed to us from third-party services or GPS-enabled devices that you have set up, which we may use for fraud prevention and security purposes, among other uses. We may use this information to provide customized services, content, and other information that may be of interest to you. If you no longer wish for us, our affiliates, or our service providers to collect and use location information, you may disable the location features on your device. Consult your device manufacturer settings for instructions on how to do this. Please note that if you disable such features, your ability to access certain features, services, content, or products may be limited or disabled. The technologies we use for this automatic data collection may include: * Cookies (or browser cookies). A cookie is a small file placed on the hard drive of your computer. Note that while you can set your browser to not allow cookies, we may not be able to honor that request, and may track your activity and collect information about you and your online activities even when the browser is set to “do not track”; * Flash Cookies. Certain features of our Services may use local stored objects (or Flash cookies) to collect and store information about your preferences and navigation to, from, and on our Services. Flash cookies are not managed by the same browser settings as are used for browser cookies and you may not be able to shut down our collection of and use of information through this technology; * Web Beacons, Pixels and Tags. Pages of our Services and our e-mails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit us, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of certain website content and verifying system and server integrity); * Embedded Scripts. An embedded script is programming code that is designed to collect information about your interactions with the Services, such as information about the links you click on; * ETag, or entity tag. An ETag, or entity tag, is a feature of the cache in browsers. It is an opaque identifier assigned by a web server to a specific version of a resource found at a URL. It is one of several mechanisms that HTTP provides for web cache validation. These allow websites to be more efficient and not serve content again, when data is already cached and ready to view; * Fingerprinting. Fingerprinting refers to the collection and analysis of information from your device, such as your operating system, plug-ins, system fonts and other data, for purposes of identification; * Recognition Technologies. Recognition technologies refers to various technology features used by websites, including application of statistical probability to data sets, which attempt to recognize or make assumptions about users and devices (e.g., that a user of multiple devices is the same user); and * Log Files. These track actions occurring on our Services, and which help us collect your IP address, browser type, Internet service provider, the webpages from which you came or to which you go before and after visiting our Services, and the date and time of your visits. **Behavioral Advertising** We may use your personal information to provide you with targeted advertisements or marketing communications we believe may be of interest to you. For more information about how targeted advertising works, you can visit the Network Advertising Initiative’s (“NAI”) educational page at [http://www.networkadvertising.org/understanding-online-advertising/how-does-it-work](http://www.networkadvertising.org/understanding-online-advertising/how-does-it-work). **Do Not Track** Do Not Track (“DNT”) is a concept promoted by certain regulatory authorities and industry groups for development and implementation of a mechanism that would allow internet users to control the tracking of their online activities across websites. Currently, various browsers (including Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Safari) offer a DNT option that allows a user to set a preference in the browser to not have his/her activities on the internet tracked. You can usually access your browser’s DNT option in your browser’s preferences. When a user’s browser is set to DNT, some cookies and other tracking technologies may become inactive, depending on how the website visited responds to DNT browser settings. If that occurs, the website visited will not recognize you upon return to that website, save your passwords or user names, and some other features of a website may become unavailable or not function properly. Given the lack of a standard in the industry or any clear regulatory guidance on this issue, we do not comply with DNT signals from your browser at this time. **Third-Party Use of Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies** Some content or applications, including advertisements, on the Services may be served by third-parties, including advertisers, ad networks and servers, content providers, developers of AI Models or other user-generated tools, and other application providers. These third parties may use cookies alone or in conjunction with web beacons or other tracking technologies to collect information about you when you use our Services or the AI Models or other user-generated tools or applications they offer. The information they collect may be associated with your personal information or they may collect information, including personal information, about your online activities over time and across different websites and other online services. They may use this information to provide you with interest-based (behavioral) advertising or other targeted content. We do not control these third parties’ technologies or how they may be used. If you have any questions about their use of your information, you should contact the responsible provider directly. **How We Use Your Information** We may use information that we collect about you or that you provide to us, including any personal information: * To present our Services and their contents to you; * To provide you with information, products, or services that you request from us; * To fulfill any other purpose for which you provide it; * To provide you with notices about your account and/or the Services; * To carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any contracts entered into between you and us, including for billing and collection, if needed; * To notify you about changes to our Services or any products or services we offer or provide though them; * To allow you to participate in interactive features on our Services, if any; * To develop and improve our products and services; * To provide customer support, if such features are available; * For behavioral tracking, profiling and advertising; * For any other purpose as needed for our business;\ In any other way we may describe when you provide the information; * For any other purpose with your consent; * To contact you about our own and third-parties’ goods and services that we think may be of interest to you; and * To enable us to display advertisements to our advertisers’ target audiences. **Disclosure of Your Information** We may disclose aggregated information about our users, and information that does not identify any individual, without restriction. We may disclose personal information that we collect or you provide as described in this privacy policy: * To our affiliates; * To contractors, service providers, and other third parties we use to support our business and assist us in providing services and offering our products; * To developers of any AI Model or other user-generated tools you use; * To a buyer or other successor in the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of Company’s assets or stock, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which personal information held by Company about users of our Services is among the assets transferred; * To third parties to market their products or services to you; * To fulfill the purpose for which you provide it; * To provide customer support, if such features are available; * For any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide the information; and\ With your consent. We may also disclose your personal information: * To comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including responding to any government or regulatory request; * To enforce or apply the Terms of Use, including this privacy policy, and any other agreements between us, including for billing and collection purposes; and * If we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of Company, our customers, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction. **International Data Transfers** We, our affiliates, subsidiaries, and third-party providers may process your personal information outside of your home country. Data privacy laws in the countries to which your personal information is transferred may not be equivalent to, or as protective as, the laws in your home country. You hereby consent to the transfer of your information to other countries, and hereby hold us harmless from and against any losses or damages you may suffer as a result of such transfers. **Data Security** You acknowledge and agree that some of your information will be made available on the blockchain, available for the public to see. However, please note that your trading information and digital asset allocation may also be available on or through the Services or other public blockchains, and if you connected your social media accounts, all your activities may also be seen on that social media page, and we have no control over such features or other technologies or services. With respect to information not on-chain, we have implemented measures intended to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure. However, the safety and security of your information also depends on you. Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password for access to certain parts of our Services, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share your password with anyone and to change your password from time to time. We also highly recommend that you use a password that is dissimilar to and cannot be easily found by unauthorized third parties who may have obtained your login credentials to other sites. Keep in mind that if you use the same password for all websites, if someone obtains your credentials for one site, they may be able to then use those credentials to log into any other site you use. Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we try to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted through or collected through the use of our Services. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the Services. **California Residents** California Civil Code Section § 1798.83, known as the “Shine The Light” law, permits users of our Services who are California residents to request and obtain from us a list of what personal information (if any) we disclosed to third parties for direct marketing purposes in the preceding year, and the names and addresses of those third parties. You may request this information from us no more than once a year, but such request will be handled by us free of charge to you. To make such a request, please send an email to [hello@cryptopond.xyz](mailto:hello@cryptopond.xyz). **Changes to Our Privacy Policy** It is our policy to post any changes we make to our privacy policy on this page. If we make material changes to how we treat our users’ personal information, we will notify you by email to the email address specified in your account, if applicable. We may also post a notice on the Services home page. The date this privacy policy was last revised is identified at the top of this page. You are responsible for ensuring we have an up-to-date active and deliverable email address for you, and for periodically visiting our Services and this privacy policy to check for any changes. **Contact Information** To ask questions or comment about this privacy policy and our privacy practices, contact us at: E-mail: [hello@cryptopond.xyz](mailto:hello@cryptopond.xyz) --- ### Copyright Policy # Copyright Policy **Last Modified: February 3, 2025** This policy is part of the **Terms of Use**. Capitalized terms used in this policy have the meanings given to them in the **Terms of Use**. This policy applies to all User Contributions posted to or made available on the Services which are subject to protection under United States Copyright laws. If you believe that another user has posted copyrighted material on the Services that infringes your U.S. copyright, please follow the process outlined below to notify us. If you are located elsewhere, please contact us for further information. **Reporting Claims of Copyright Infringement** We take claims of copyright infringement seriously. If you believe any materials accessible on or through the Services\ infringe your copyright, you may request removal of those materials (or access to them) from the Services by submitting written notification to our Copyright Agent (designated below). We will respond to notices of alleged U.S. copyright infringement that comply with law only. In accordance with the Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation Act of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. § 512) (“**DMCA**”), the written notice (the “**DMCA Notice**”) must include substantially the following: * Your physical or electronic signature; * Identification of the copyrighted work you believe to have been infringed or, if the claim involves multiple works on the Services, a representative list of such works; * Identification of the material you believe to be infringing in a sufficiently precise manner to allow us to locate that material; * Adequate information by which we can contact you (including your name, postal address, telephone number, and, if available, email address); * A statement that you have a good faith belief that use of the copyrighted material is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; * A statement that the information in the written notice is accurate; and * A statement, under penalty of perjury, that you are authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner. **Our designated Copyright Agent to receive DMCA Notices is:** Pond Global Ltd Att: Chief Executive Officer 7628 222nd St SW Unit B6, Edmonds, WA 98026 +1 (919) 448 8946 [copyright@cryptopond.xyz](mailto:copyright@cryptopond.xyz) If you fail to comply with all of the requirements of Section 512(c)(3) of the DMCA, your DMCA Notice may not be effective. Please be aware that if you knowingly materially misrepresent that a material or an activity on the Services is infringing your copyright, you may be held liable for damages (including costs and attorneys’ fees) under Section 512(f) of the DMCA. **Counter-Notification Procedures** If you believe that material you posted on the Services was removed or access to it was disabled by mistake or misidentification, you may file a counter-notification with us (a “**Counter-Notice**”) by submitting written notification to our copyright agent (identified above). Pursuant to the DMCA, the Counter-Notice must include substantially the following: * Your physical or electronic signature; * An identification of the material that has been removed or to which access has been disabled and the location at which the material appeared before it was removed or access disabled; * Adequate information by which we can contact you (including your name, postal address, telephone number, and, if available, email address); * A statement under penalty of perjury by you that you have a good faith belief that the material identified above was removed or disabled as a result of a mistake or misidentification of the material to be removed or disabled; and * A statement that you will consent to the jurisdiction of the Federal District Court for the judicial district in which your address is located (or if you reside outside the United States for any judicial district in which the Services may be found) and that you will accept service from the person (or an agent of that person) who provided the Services with the complaint at issue. The DMCA allows us to restore the removed content if the party filing the original DMCA Notice does not file a court action against you within ten business days of receiving the copy of your Counter-Notice. Please be aware that if you knowingly materially misrepresent that a material or an activity on the Services was removed or disabled by mistake or misidentification, you may be held liable for damages (including costs and attorneys’ fees) under Section 512(f) of the DMCA. --- ### General Disclaimer # General Disclaimer By using this platform, you acknowledge and agree that you do so at your own risk. Pond Global Ltd., and its affiliates (collectively, “**Pond**” or the “**Company**”), provides its services and the platform “as-is,” “where-is” and “as available,” with no guarantees or warranties of any kind, including express, statutory or implied, and Pond hereby disclaims all such guarantees/warranties. The Company accepts no liability for any loss, damage, or consequences arising from your use of the platform or reliance on any information provided, or from tokens or digital assets launched or issued by any user. Each user hereby indemnifies, defends and holds harmless Pond and its affiliates, and each of their respective officers, directors, employees, shareholders, agents and representatives from and against any losses suffered by users related to use of the platform, including the issuance or purchase of any tokens or digital assets available on the platform (“**Tokens**”). Pond is incorporated in the British Virgin Islands and is not licensed under the Securities and Investment Business Act or the Virtual Asset Service Providers Act. Pond provides infrastructure and software tools only, and does not offer, promote, or facilitate the sale of Tokens available on the platform. All projects and Tokens are launched independently by users, who are solely responsible for compliance with applicable laws. Nothing on this platform constitutes legal, tax, financial, or investment advice. Nothing contained herein should be interpreted as a recommendation, research, or endorsement of any investment, investment strategy, legal position, or tax treatment. Any recommendations or suggestions are intended for general informational purposes only and do not create a professional or advisory relationship. The user relies on these at their own risk. Users should consult with qualified legal, financial, or tax professionals before making any decisions. Each user is solely responsible for ensuring that their use of the platform complies with all applicable laws and regulations in all applicable jurisdictions. Tokens have not been registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), or under the securities laws of any other jurisdiction. Tokens must not be offered, sold, or otherwise transferred in the United States of America or to U.S. persons unless the issuer/transferor is registered under the Act or is subject to an applicable legal exemption. Projects issuing Tokens are solely responsible for ensuring that such issuances comply with all applicable laws, rules, and regulations. Any purchase of Tokens involves risks, including the risk of total loss. If you are engaging in Token purchase activities on the platform (“**Purchaser**”), you acknowledge that you are not entitled to any voting rights or ownership of Capital Stock of the issuer. You acknowledge and agree that nothing on the platform grants you any equity, ownership, voting rights or similar rights in the issuer. Token purchases on the platform are not available to persons in the United States of America. Pond has implemented technical measures (e.g., geo-blocking) to prevent United States individuals from purchasing Tokens on the platform. You are prohibited from circumventing any such measures, or using the platform if you are a U.S. person (or doing so on behalf of a U.S. person). Additional terms and conditions may apply, including those set forth in our Terms of Use. --- ### Project Token Disclaimer # Project Token Disclaimer 1. Launching a token through Pond Markets does not affect the project's ability to raise additional funds. Project teams remain free to pursue equity offerings (such as SAFEs, convertible notes, or Preferred Equity rounds) and token offerings (such as token warrants, SAFTs, or direct token sales) in the future. 2. Tokens launched on Pond Markets are separate from equity—they don't appear on the cap table and have no dilutive effect. However, if the project team has previously entered into agreements with investors stating that any tokens created (whether on Pond's platform or not) are subject to pro rata distribution or other investor rights, the team must consider these existing contracts. 3. Project token purchasers receive no equity rights in the project. The project team's capitalization stays unchanged, and they remain free to bring in equity investors like any other company. 4. Token purchasers' rights are limited to the specific token launched through Pond Markets. They receive no rights to future tokens unless explicitly granted by the project team. The team maintains complete freedom to launch new tokens at a later stage without conflict. 5. Tokens launched on Pond Markets are neither created nor endorsed by Pond. Pond simply provide the technology platform. The project teams themselves are the token creators. ---