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Terms of Use

Last Updated: March 29, 2026

These Terms of Use ("Terms") constitute a legally binding agreement between you ("User," "you," or "your") and the operators of the Sumo platform ("Sumo," "we," "us," or "our"). By accessing or using the Sumo platform, including the web application at app.sumo.trade, documentation at docs.sumo.trade, the Sumo API, or any associated Telegram bot integrations (collectively, the "Platform"), you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms.

If you do not agree to these Terms, you must immediately cease all use of the Platform.

1. Platform Description

Sumo is a multi-tenant automated trading infrastructure platform. The Platform provides software tools that enable users to:

  • Generate and manage cryptocurrency wallets with encrypted private key storage
  • Configure and execute automated trading strategies on decentralized exchanges ("DEXes"), including Counter Trade, Dollar-Cost Averaging ("DCA"), Limit Orders, and Instant Trades
  • Launch fungible tokens on supported protocols such as PumpFun, including bundled multi-wallet purchases
  • Execute treasury operations including cashouts, token migrations, and privacy-preserving fund distribution
  • Monitor trading activity, balances, and performance analytics
  • Integrate with third-party services including Telegram for notifications and commands

The Platform operates across Solana, Ethereum, BNB Smart Chain (BSC), and Base blockchain networks.

The Platform is a self-service software tool. Sumo does not act as a broker, dealer, exchange, custodian, financial advisor, investment manager, or fiduciary of any kind. You retain full control over your trading decisions, strategy configurations, wallet funding, and withdrawal timing.

2. Eligibility

By using the Platform, you represent and warrant that:

  • You are at least 18 years of age (or the age of legal majority in your jurisdiction, whichever is greater)
  • You have the legal capacity to enter into these Terms
  • You are not a resident of, or located in, any jurisdiction where the use of automated trading tools, decentralized exchanges, or cryptocurrency is prohibited by applicable law
  • You are not identified on any sanctions list maintained by the United States (OFAC), European Union, United Kingdom, United Nations, or any other applicable sanctions authority
  • You are not using the Platform on behalf of any sanctioned person, entity, or government

We reserve the right to restrict access to the Platform from any jurisdiction at any time, for any reason.

3. User Responsibilities and Legal Compliance

3.1 Jurisdictional Compliance

You are solely responsible for determining whether your use of the Platform complies with all laws, rules, and regulations applicable in your jurisdiction. Cryptocurrency regulation varies significantly across jurisdictions and is rapidly evolving. Activities that are lawful in one jurisdiction may be prohibited, restricted, or require licensing in another.

Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, you are responsible for determining whether:

  • Automated trading of digital assets is lawful in your jurisdiction
  • Your trading activities require registration, licensing, or reporting to any regulatory authority
  • Your use of the Platform triggers any tax reporting or withholding obligations
  • The tokens you trade or launch comply with securities laws in your jurisdiction
  • Your trading patterns comply with applicable market conduct regulations

Sumo does not provide legal, tax, or regulatory advice. We strongly recommend that you consult qualified legal and tax professionals in your jurisdiction before using the Platform.

3.2 Market Conduct Awareness

Certain automated trading strategies available on the Platform may, depending on how they are configured and the regulatory framework of your jurisdiction, raise market conduct considerations:

Counter Trade Strategies. Counter Trade strategies automatically execute trades that offset external market activity. Depending on the configuration, this may involve buying tokens that you or related parties have previously sold, or vice versa. In some jurisdictions, such activity may be characterized as wash trading, market manipulation, or artificial price maintenance, and may violate applicable securities, commodities, or market conduct laws.

Token Launch Bundling. The Platform's token launch feature allows bundled purchases from multiple wallets in a single atomic transaction. In certain jurisdictions, launching a token while simultaneously purchasing a significant portion of its supply through multiple wallets may be considered a manipulative practice, may require disclosure, or may trigger securities law obligations.

DCA and Automated Strategies. Automated and systematic trading may be subject to algorithmic trading regulations in certain jurisdictions, which may impose registration, testing, risk control, or reporting requirements.

You are solely responsible for understanding the legal characterization of your trading activity in your jurisdiction and ensuring your configurations comply with applicable law. The availability of a feature on the Platform does not constitute a representation that its use is lawful in your jurisdiction.

3.3 Token Launch Disclosures

If you launch a token through the Platform, you acknowledge and agree that:

  • You are the issuer or creator of that token and bear full responsibility for any obligations arising from its creation and distribution
  • Depending on the characteristics and marketing of the token, it may be classified as a security, commodity, or other regulated financial instrument under the laws of one or more jurisdictions
  • Bundled purchases at launch using multiple wallets may create a misleading appearance of widespread demand, which could constitute market manipulation or fraud under applicable law
  • You may have disclosure obligations regarding your holdings, your identity as the token creator, or the nature of bundled launch transactions
  • Sumo has no obligation to verify the legal status of any token launched through the Platform

3.4 Privacy Cashout Features

The Platform integrates with third-party privacy providers (including Husher and SplitNOW) that enable fund distribution without creating direct on-chain links between source and destination wallets. You acknowledge that:

  • These features are provided as a privacy tool for legitimate purposes such as operational security and wallet unlinking
  • You are solely responsible for ensuring your use of privacy features complies with applicable anti-money laundering (AML), counter-terrorism financing (CTF), and financial reporting laws in your jurisdiction
  • The use of privacy tools to evade tax obligations, circumvent sanctions, launder proceeds of crime, or finance terrorism is strictly prohibited and constitutes a violation of these Terms

4. No Financial Advice

Nothing on the Platform, in our documentation, or in any communication from Sumo constitutes financial advice, investment advice, trading advice, tax advice, legal advice, or any other form of professional advice.

The Platform is a software tool. Strategy descriptions, configuration parameters, analytics, performance metrics, fee calculations, and any other information presented on the Platform are provided for informational purposes only and should not be relied upon as a basis for making financial decisions.

Past performance of any strategy, whether displayed on the Platform or discussed in documentation, is not indicative of future results. All trading involves risk, and automated trading involves additional risks specific to software execution and market conditions.

5. Risk Acknowledgment

By using the Platform, you expressly acknowledge and accept the following risks:

Market Risk. Cryptocurrency markets are highly volatile. Token prices can decline to zero. You may lose some or all of the funds you deposit into Platform wallets.

Smart Contract Risk. The Platform interacts with third-party smart contracts on decentralized exchanges. These contracts may contain bugs, vulnerabilities, or design flaws that could result in loss of funds. Sumo does not audit or control third-party smart contracts.

Strategy Execution Risk. Automated strategies execute based on configured parameters and market conditions. Network congestion, insufficient liquidity, slippage, MEV extraction, RPC failures, oracle manipulation, or other technical factors may cause strategies to execute in ways that differ from expectations, including at unfavorable prices.

Key Management Risk. While Sumo employs enterprise-grade encryption (AES-256-GCM envelope encryption with hardware-backed key management), no security system is infallible. You should not deposit more funds than you can afford to lose.

Blockchain Risk. Blockchain transactions are irreversible. Transactions submitted to a blockchain network cannot be cancelled or reversed. Network forks, reorganizations, or consensus failures may affect transaction finality.

Regulatory Risk. The regulatory environment for cryptocurrency is uncertain and evolving. Changes in law or regulation may adversely affect your ability to use the Platform, the value of tokens you hold, or the legality of your trading activities.

Third-Party Risk. The Platform relies on third-party infrastructure including blockchain RPC providers, DEX protocols, Jito block engines, privacy swap providers, and Telegram APIs. Failures, outages, or adverse changes in these third-party services are beyond Sumo's control.

Token Launch Risk. Tokens launched through the Platform may fail to achieve liquidity, may be exploited by malicious actors, or may face adverse regulatory action. You bear all risk associated with tokens you create or launch.

Liquidity Risk. DEX pools may have insufficient liquidity for your trade sizes, resulting in significant slippage or failed transactions. Low-liquidity tokens may be difficult or impossible to sell.

6. Fees

Sumo charges a flat 5% fee on all withdrawals (cashouts) of native assets and tokens from Platform wallets. This fee is automatically deducted at the time of withdrawal.

  • Deposits, internal transfers, strategy execution, wallet generation, and all other Platform operations are free of charge
  • Withdrawal fees are non-refundable
  • Sumo reserves the right to modify the fee structure with 30 days' prior notice posted on the Platform

Third-party fees (blockchain network fees, DEX swap fees, Jito tips, privacy provider fees) are separate from and in addition to the Sumo platform fee.

7. Prohibited Uses

You agree not to use the Platform for any of the following purposes:

  • Money laundering or the processing of proceeds derived from any criminal activity
  • Sanctions evasion or any transaction involving sanctioned persons, entities, jurisdictions, or governments
  • Terrorism financing or the provision of material support to terrorist organizations
  • Tax evasion or the deliberate concealment of taxable income or assets from tax authorities
  • Fraud or any activity intended to deceive or defraud any person or entity
  • Market manipulation in jurisdictions where your specific trading activity constitutes a violation of applicable law
  • Circumvention of access controls, including using VPNs, proxies, or other tools to access the Platform from restricted jurisdictions
  • Unauthorized access to other users' accounts, wallets, or data
  • Reverse engineering, decompiling, or disassembling the Platform or its components
  • Automated access to the Platform (scraping, bots, crawlers) outside of authorized API usage
  • Distribution of malware, exploits, or malicious code through tokens launched via the Platform
  • Rug pulls or the intentional creation of tokens with the premeditated intent to abandon the project and abscond with investor funds
  • Any other activity that violates applicable law or these Terms

Sumo reserves the right to suspend or terminate access for any User reasonably suspected of engaging in prohibited activities, with or without prior notice.

8. Account Security

You are responsible for maintaining the security of your account credentials, including your password and any Telegram-linked sessions. You agree to:

  • Use a strong, unique password for your Sumo account
  • Not share your account credentials with any third party
  • Notify Sumo immediately if you become aware of any unauthorized access to your account

Sumo is not liable for any losses resulting from unauthorized access to your account that is attributable to your failure to secure your credentials.

9. Wallet Custody and Key Management

Sumo generates and manages cryptocurrency wallets on your behalf using hierarchical deterministic (HD) key derivation from encrypted seed phrases. Your private keys are:

  • Encrypted at rest using AES-256-GCM envelope encryption
  • Protected by Key Encryption Keys (KEK) stored in hardware security modules or dedicated key management infrastructure
  • Decrypted only in an isolated Rust signing service for the brief moment required to sign a transaction
  • Never stored in plaintext in any database, log, or API response

While Sumo holds encrypted copies of your wallet keys as a necessary function of the Platform's automated trading capabilities, Sumo is not a custodian in the traditional financial services sense. Sumo does not exercise discretionary control over your funds. All trading strategies, cashouts, and fund movements require your configuration and initiation.

10. Multi-Tenant Isolation

Sumo operates as a multi-tenant platform. Each organization's wallets, trading data, strategies, and configuration are logically and cryptographically isolated from other organizations. Cross-tenant access is enforced at the database, API, application, and encryption layers.

11. Intellectual Property

All intellectual property rights in the Platform, including but not limited to the software, algorithms, user interface, documentation, trade names, logos, and all related materials, are owned by or licensed to Sumo.

Subject to your compliance with these Terms, Sumo grants you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to access and use the Platform for your personal or business trading activities.

12. Limitation of Liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, SUMO, ITS AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, AND LICENSORS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR:

  • Any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages
  • Any loss of profits, revenue, data, or business opportunities
  • Any loss of cryptocurrency, tokens, or digital assets, regardless of the cause
  • Any losses arising from the execution or non-execution of automated trading strategies
  • Any losses arising from the use of third-party smart contracts, DEX protocols, or blockchain networks
  • Any losses arising from unauthorized access to your account due to your failure to secure credentials
  • Any losses arising from regulatory action taken against you in connection with your use of the Platform

IN NO EVENT SHALL SUMO'S TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY FOR ALL CLAIMS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THESE TERMS OR YOUR USE OF THE PLATFORM EXCEED THE TOTAL FEES PAID BY YOU TO SUMO IN THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS PRECEDING THE CLAIM.

13. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Sumo, its affiliates, officers, directors, employees, agents, and licensors from and against any and all claims, damages, losses, liabilities, costs, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of or related to:

  • Your use of the Platform
  • Your breach of these Terms
  • Your violation of any applicable law, rule, or regulation
  • Your trading activities, including any tokens you launch, strategies you configure, or transactions you execute
  • Any claim by a third party arising from your use of the Platform
  • Your use of privacy features in a manner that violates applicable AML/CTF laws

14. Service Availability

Sumo provides the Platform on an "as is" and "as available" basis. We do not guarantee uninterrupted, timely, secure, or error-free operation of the Platform.

15. Disclaimers

THE PLATFORM IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY, OR OTHERWISE. Sumo expressly disclaims all warranties, including but not limited to implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, and non-infringement.

16. Dispute Resolution

Any dispute, claim, or controversy arising out of or relating to these Terms or the Platform shall be resolved through binding arbitration administered in accordance with the rules of a recognized arbitration institution, unless you are located in a jurisdiction where mandatory consumer protection laws require disputes to be resolved in local courts.

CLASS ACTION WAIVER: TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ALL CLAIMS MUST BE BROUGHT IN THE PARTIES' INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY AND NOT AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY PURPORTED CLASS, COLLECTIVE, OR REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING.

17. Modifications to Terms

Sumo reserves the right to modify these Terms at any time. Material changes will be communicated through the Platform, documentation site, or email notification at least 14 days before they take effect.

Your continued use of the Platform after the effective date of any modification constitutes your acceptance of the modified Terms.

18. Termination

Either party may terminate this agreement at any time. You may terminate by ceasing to use the Platform and withdrawing all funds from your wallets. Sumo may terminate or suspend your access for any reason, including violation of these Terms, suspected illegal activity, or regulatory requirements.

Upon termination, your right to use the Platform ceases immediately. Provisions that by their nature should survive termination (including Sections 5, 7, 12, 13, 15, and 16) shall survive.

19. Severability

If any provision of these Terms is held to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable, the remaining provisions shall continue in full force and effect.

20. Entire Agreement

These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy, constitute the entire agreement between you and Sumo regarding your use of the Platform.

21. Contact

For questions about these Terms, contact us at legal@sumo.trade.