This Acceptable Use Policy sets out what you may and may not do on Kudu. It forms part of our Terms of Service. Breaking it can lead to your transaction being blocked and your account being suspended or closed.
1. The basics
- Use Kudu only for lawful purposes and in line with these rules
- Give accurate information and keep your account secure
- Hold only one personal account unless we agree otherwise
- Don't use Kudu on behalf of a sanctioned person or in a sanctioned territory
2. Prohibited activities
You must not use Kudu to:
- Launder money, finance terrorism, or move the proceeds of crime
- Commit fraud, scams, phishing or any deception
- Evade or circumvent identity verification, sanctions screening or transaction limits
- Facilitate tax evasion or breach applicable financial regulations
- Infringe intellectual-property rights or misuse the Kudu brand
- Manipulate the rewards, referral or loyalty programmes (self-referral, fake accounts, collusion)
- Engage in market abuse or manipulation involving crypto-assets
- Use Kudu as a trading, investment, exchange or brokerage platform — including speculative or automated trading, arbitrage or market-making. Kudu gives you access to blockchain networks to move and hold value; it is not a venue for trading
- Operate a money-remittance, money-transmission or bureau-de-change business through your account, or resell our services or provide payment or transfer services to third parties — except under a separate written partner agreement. Personal transfers to people you know remain permitted
3. Restricted and prohibited businesses and goods
You must not use Kudu in connection with:
- Weapons, ammunition, or explosives
- Illegal drugs, controlled substances or related paraphernalia
- Child sexual abuse material or any content that exploits minors
- Human trafficking, forced labour or the sale of human organs
- Counterfeit goods or stolen property
- Unlicensed gambling, pyramid or Ponzi schemes, or "guaranteed return" investment schemes
- Trade in endangered species or protected cultural property
- Sanctions evasion or trade with sanctioned parties or territories
- Any other activity prohibited by applicable law or by a licensed partner's rules
4. Sanctions and embargoes
You must comply with applicable sanctions, including those of the UK, EU, UN and other relevant authorities. We screen against sanctions lists. Where activity would breach them, we will withhold our co-signature for the period permitted and report it as required by law, and we may suspend, restrict or close the account. Because transactions settle on a public blockchain and not on Kudu's systems, we cannot reverse or block an individual transaction. See our AML & KYC Policy.
5. Protecting the platform
Don't:
- Introduce malware, or attempt to gain unauthorised access to Kudu or other users' accounts
- Interfere with, overload or disrupt the platform or its infrastructure
- Scrape, harvest or reverse-engineer the platform beyond what the law allows
- Impersonate another person or misrepresent your identity or affiliation
6. What happens if you break these rules
Depending on the seriousness, we may warn you, withhold our co-signature, restrict features, suspend, restrict or close your account, forfeit rewards, and — where required by law — report to the competent authorities. We cannot reverse or block an individual on-chain transaction, as it settles on the public blockchain rather than on our systems. Where lawful, we'll tell you why. Our full record-keeping and reporting duties are described in our AML & KYC Policy.
7. Reporting misuse
If you spot misuse, fraud or a security issue, tell us via our contact form. We take every report seriously.
8. Contact
- Contact: Contact form