LEGAL
Terms of Use
Tread Foundation Last updated: September 16, 2026
1. These terms
IMPORTANT — THESE TERMS CONTAIN A BINDING INDIVIDUAL ARBITRATION AGREEMENT AND A CLASS ACTION WAIVER (CLAUSE 14). THEY AFFECT YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS. READ CLAUSE 14 BEFORE USING THE SITE.
These Terms of Use ("Terms") govern your access to and use of treadfoundation.com and any page, document or file made available on it (the "Site"). By accessing the Site you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, do not use the Site.
The Site is an informational website. It has no user accounts, no login, no wallet connection, no payment function and no transactional facility of any kind. Nothing on the Site permits you to buy, sell, claim, stake, lock or otherwise transact in any crypto-asset.
2. Who we are
The Site is published by Tread Foundation, a foundation company incorporated in the Cayman Islands, of Cayman Fiduciary Limited, Third Floor, Landmark Square, 64 Earth Close, PO Box 707 Camana Bay, Grand Cayman KY1-9006, Cayman Islands ("the Foundation", "we", "us").
The TREAD token is issued by Tread Foundry Ltd, a company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands (registration number 2212741), of Trinity Chambers, PO Box 4301, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands (the "Issuer"). The Issuer is wholly owned by the Foundation, and the Foundation is its sole corporate director.
The tread.fi platform is operated by Tread Labs Corporation, a separate company not owned or controlled by the Issuer. The Foundation does not operate, control, or set parameters for that platform, and is not responsible for it.
In these Terms, "Tread Entities" means the Foundation, the Issuer, and each of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents, contractors, service providers and advisers.
3. Informational purposes only — no offer, no advice
3.1 The Site and its contents are provided for informational purposes only.
3.2 Nothing on the Site is, or should be construed as, an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy, any token, security, financial instrument or other asset in any jurisdiction, nor an invitation or inducement to engage in any investment activity.
3.3 Nothing on the Site is investment, financial, legal, accounting, tax or other professional advice, or a recommendation that any crypto-asset or transaction is suitable for any person. You are solely responsible for any decision you make and should obtain your own professional advice.
3.4 A crypto-asset white paper for TREAD has been notified to the Autoriteit Financiële Markten in the Netherlands and published under Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 (MiCAR). It is available at https://tread.micarwhitepapers.eu. The white paper has not been reviewed or approved by any competent authority in any Member State of the European Union.
4. Forward-looking statements
The Site contains forward-looking statements — statements about intentions, plans, schedules, parameters and expected features. These are not statements of fact or promises of future performance. They rest on assumptions that may prove incorrect, involve risks and uncertainties, and may change. Product features, parameters and figures are subject to calibration and Foundation approval. We undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statement, except where a legal or regulatory obligation requires it.
5. Eligibility and restricted persons
5.1 You must be at least 18 years old, and have the legal capacity to agree to these Terms, to use the Site.
5.2 You may not use the Site if you are located in, ordinarily resident in, organised under the laws of, or a national or government official of any jurisdiction subject to comprehensive economic sanctions administered by the United States, the United Kingdom, the European Union, the United Nations or the Cayman Islands, or if you are listed on any applicable sanctions or restricted-parties list.
5.3 You are responsible for complying with the laws that apply to you. The Site is not directed at any person in any jurisdiction where publication or availability of the Site would be contrary to law or regulation.
6. Acceptable use
You agree not to: use the Site for any unlawful purpose; attempt to gain unauthorised access to the Site or any system or network connected to it; interfere with or disrupt the Site; introduce malicious code; use any automated means to access the Site in a manner that imposes an unreasonable load; scrape, harvest or replicate the Site or its contents other than for personal, non-commercial reference; remove or obscure any proprietary notice; or misrepresent the Site, the Foundation, the Issuer, or your relationship with either.
7. Intellectual property
7.1 The Site and its contents — including text, documents, graphics, the Tread mark and logotype, layout, design and code — are owned by or licensed to the Foundation and are protected by intellectual property laws.
7.2 We grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, revocable licence to access and view the Site, and to download and reproduce documents made available for download, for personal or internal reference and without modification, provided you retain all notices and do not present the material as your own or in a misleading context.
7.3 All rights not expressly granted are reserved. Nothing on the Site grants any licence to use the Tread name, mark or logotype.
7.4 If you send us feedback or suggestions, you grant us a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free licence to use them without restriction or obligation to you.
8. Third-party links and content
The Site links to third-party websites and resources, including tread.fi, the MiCAR white paper register, block explorers, document repositories and social media. We do not control those resources, do not endorse them, and are not responsible for their content, availability, accuracy or practices. Accessing them is at your own risk and subject to their own terms. Links are provided for convenience only.
9. No warranties
9.1 The Site is provided "as is" and "as available". To the fullest extent permitted by law, we disclaim all warranties, representations and conditions of any kind, whether express, implied or statutory, including as to merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, non-infringement, accuracy, completeness or currency.
9.2 We do not warrant that the Site will be uninterrupted, timely, secure or error-free, that defects will be corrected, or that the Site or the servers that make it available are free of harmful components.
9.3 No advice or information obtained from us or through the Site creates any warranty not expressly stated in these Terms.
10. Limitation of liability
10.1 To the fullest extent permitted by law, no Tread Entity will be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary or punitive damages, or for any loss of profits, revenue, goodwill, data, business opportunity, or the value of any crypto-asset, arising out of or in connection with the Site or these Terms, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), statute or otherwise, and whether or not we were advised of the possibility of such loss.
10.2 To the fullest extent permitted by law, the aggregate liability of the Tread Entities arising out of or in connection with the Site and these Terms will not exceed one hundred United States dollars (US$100).
10.3 Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits liability for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or for any other liability that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited.
10.4 The limitations in this clause are an essential basis of the bargain between you and us, and apply even if a limited remedy fails of its essential purpose.
11. Indemnity
You agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Tread Entities from and against any claim, demand, loss, liability, damage, cost or expense (including reasonable legal fees) arising out of or in connection with your use of the Site, your breach of these Terms, or your violation of any law or of the rights of any third party.
12. Changes
12.1 We may change, suspend, withdraw or discontinue the Site, or any part of it, at any time and without notice.
12.2 We may amend these Terms at any time by posting the amended Terms on the Site and updating the "last updated" date. Amendments take effect when posted. Your continued use of the Site after amended Terms are posted constitutes acceptance of them. Review these Terms periodically.
13. Governing law
These Terms, and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with them or their subject matter or formation (including non-contractual disputes or claims), are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Cayman Islands, without regard to conflict-of-laws principles.
14. Dispute resolution — individual arbitration
14.1 Informal resolution first. Before commencing arbitration, you agree to notify us in writing at legal@treadfoundation.com describing the dispute and the relief sought, and to attempt in good faith to resolve it for sixty (60) days from the date of that notice. This step is a condition precedent to commencing arbitration.
14.2 Arbitration. Any dispute, controversy or claim arising out of or in connection with these Terms or the Site, including any question regarding its existence, validity or termination, that is not resolved under clause 14.1 will be referred to and finally resolved by arbitration administered by the Cayman International Mediation and Arbitration Centre (CI-MAC) in accordance with its Arbitration Rules in force at the time of the reference, which Rules are deemed incorporated by reference into this clause.
14.3 The seat of arbitration is the Cayman Islands. The tribunal consists of one arbitrator. The language of the arbitration is English. Where the amount in dispute permits, the arbitration will be conducted on documents only, without an oral hearing.
14.4 CLASS ACTION WAIVER — NO CLASS OR REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDINGS.
YOU AND WE EACH AGREE THAT ANY CLAIM MAY BE BROUGHT ONLY IN AN INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, AND NOT AS A PLAINTIFF, CLAIMANT, REPRESENTATIVE OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY PURPORTED CLASS, COLLECTIVE, CONSOLIDATED, GROUP, MULTI-PARTY, PRIVATE ATTORNEY GENERAL OR OTHER REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING.
YOU EXPRESSLY WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO COMMENCE, JOIN, PARTICIPATE IN, OR RECOVER ANY RELIEF THROUGH, ANY CLASS OR REPRESENTATIVE ACTION AGAINST ANY TREAD ENTITY, AND ANY RIGHT TO ACT AS A CLASS REPRESENTATIVE OR TO HAVE COUNSEL ACT ON A CLASS-WIDE BASIS.
The arbitrator has no authority to hear or arbitrate any class, collective or representative claim, may not consolidate or join the claims of more than one person, and may not award relief to, or on behalf of, anyone who is not a party to the individual arbitration. Relief is limited to the individual claimant and to what is necessary to remedy that claimant's own claim.
This waiver applies in arbitration and in court alike, and applies to the fullest extent permitted by law. If this clause 14.4 is held unenforceable in whole or in part, the whole of clause 14 is void and clause 14.7 applies; the unenforceable part is not severed so as to permit a class or representative proceeding in arbitration.
14.5 Jury waiver. To the extent any dispute proceeds in court notwithstanding this clause, you and we each irrevocably waive any right to trial by jury.
14.6 Exceptions. Either party may seek interim or injunctive relief from a court of competent jurisdiction to protect intellectual property rights or prevent unauthorised access to the Site, and either party may bring an individual claim in a small-claims court of competent jurisdiction.
14.7 Fallback jurisdiction. If clause 14 is held void or unenforceable in whole, the courts of the Cayman Islands have exclusive jurisdiction over any dispute arising out of or in connection with these Terms or the Site, and you irrevocably submit to that jurisdiction.
15. General
15.1 Entire agreement. These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy, constitute the entire agreement between you and us in relation to the Site and supersede all prior understandings.
15.2 Severability. If any provision is held invalid or unenforceable, it is severed to the minimum extent necessary and the remaining provisions continue in full force.
15.3 No waiver. A failure or delay in enforcing any provision is not a waiver of it.
15.4 Assignment. You may not assign or transfer your rights or obligations under these Terms. We may assign or transfer ours without restriction.
15.5 No third-party rights. Except for the Tread Entities, who may enforce clauses 9, 10 and 11, no person other than you and us has any right to enforce these Terms.
15.6 No agency. Nothing in these Terms creates any partnership, joint venture, agency or employment relationship between you and us.
15.7 Electronic communications. You consent to receive communications from us electronically, and agree that electronic communications satisfy any legal requirement that a communication be in writing.
16. Contact
Tread Foundation Cayman Fiduciary Limited, Third Floor, Landmark Square, 64 Earth Close, PO Box 707 Camana Bay, Grand Cayman KY1-9006, Cayman Islands legal@treadfoundation.com
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