Regulatory & Supervisory Notice
1. Company Information
Wolf Ventures SWISS AG (hereinafter referred to as "Company") Registered office: Gubelstrasse 11, 6300 Zug, Switzerland Company Number: CHE-479.332.912 Central Business Name Index: https://www.zefix.ch/en/search/entity/list/firm/1738062 Email: contact@wolfventures.ch Website: www.wolfventures.ch
2. Data Controller
Wolf Ventures SWISS AG is a financial intermediary in the sense of Art. 2 para. 3 of the Swiss Anti-moneyLaundering Act (AMLA) and is affiliated with and supervised by the Self-Regulatory Organization (SRO) "Vereinzur Qualitätssicherung von Finanzdienstleistungen" (VQF) in the area of Anti-Money Laundering (AML) andCounter Financing of Terrorism (CFT) regulations (Affiliation Number: 101344). VQF is a recognized SRO that issupervised by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA). Verein zur Qualitätssicherung von Finanzdienstleistungen (VQF) General-Guisan-Strasse 66300 Zug, Switzerland info@vqf.chwww.vqf.ch For the avoidance of doubt, the Company is neither authorised nor supervised by the FINMA. For moreinformation about the supervisory status of the Company, reference is made to the FINMA website (Search: "SROfinancial intermediaries").
3. Regulatory Status
As a member of the SRO VQF, the Company is authorized, within the limits permitted under applicable Swiss laws and regulations, to provide services in particular in the field of digital assets, payment services and crypto-assets. Inparticular , but not limited thereto, the Company may carry out activities such as: → exchange of crypto-assets against fiat currencies or other crypto-assets; → exchange of fiat currencies against other fiat currencies; → custody of crypto-assets within the framework permitted under applicable Swiss laws and regulations; →execution, transmission and payment processing services relating to clients’ funds and crypto-assets; → safekeeping of funds received from institutional investors with professional treasury management; → escrow agent services; and• any other activities permitted to financial intermediaries affiliated with an SRO under Swiss law. In this context, the Company is subject to Swiss anti-money laundering (“AML”) and counter-terrorist financing(“CTF”) obligations, including, inter alia, duties relating to client identification, beneficial ownership verification, transaction monitoring, risk-based compliance measures, sanctions screening and reporting obligations as required under applicable Swiss AML and sanctions regulations.As a matter of principle, the Company is not authorised to accept deposits from the public within the meaning of theSwiss Banking Act (“BankA”). However, the Company may rely on and benefit from the exemptions provided under the Swiss Banking Ordinance (“BankO”). In particular, pursuant to article 5 paragraph 2 letter d BankO, funds received from institutional investors with professional treasury management do not qualify as public deposits within the meaning of Swiss banking regulations.
4. Absence of Deposit Guarantee & Privilege in case of Bankruptcy
Any funds received by the Company from clients do not benefit from the Swiss depositor protection scheme(esisuisse) and are therefore not protected by any deposit guarantee mechanism applicable to licensed Swiss banks.Furthermore, such funds are not privileged in the event of the Company’s bankruptcy. Accordingly, in the event of insolvency, bankruptcy or liquidation proceedings affecting the Company, fiat funds held by the Company on behalf of clients would form part of the bankruptcy estate of the Company. This does not apply to crypto-assets held in a segregated and individualized manner in accordance with the applicable requirements of Swiss law, including article 242a para. 2 let. a of the Swiss Federal Act on DebtEnforcement and Bankruptcy (DEBA), pursuant to which certain individually attributable crypto-assets may, subject to the fulfillment of the relevant legal conditions, be segregated from the bankruptcy estate in the event of insolvency proceedings
5. Special Risk Warning on crypto-assets
Clients acknowledge and accept that transactions involving crypto assets are associated with substantial risks, including the risk of partial or total loss of the invested assets. Crypto assets are highly speculative, technologically complex, and subject to rapidly evolving legal and regulatory frameworks. Clients should only engage in crypto asset transactions if they fully understand the associated risks and are capable of bearing potentially significant financial losses. The principal risks associated with crypto assets include, without limitation, the following: → Market Risk: Crypto assets are subject to extreme price volatility. Market prices may fluctuate significantly within very short periods of time due to market sentiment, liquidity constraints, macroeconomic events, technological developments, regulatory actions, or other factors. Past performance is not indicative of future results, and no assurance can be given regarding the future value or liquidity of any crypto asset. → Liquidity Risk: Certain crypto assets may have limited or no active market. Clients may therefore be unable to sell, transfer, exchange, or liquidate crypto assets at the desired time or price. Market disruptions, exchange failures, or low trading volumes may further impair liquidity. → Technical and Operational Risks: Crypto assets rely on distributed ledger technology (“DLT”), blockchain protocols, smart contracts, private keys, wallets, validators, nodes, and other technological infrastructures that maybe vulnerable to malfunction, cyberattacks, hacking, fraud, software bugs, coding vulnerabilities, human error, protocol failures, forks, denial-of-service attacks, or other technical incidents. Loss, theft, compromise, or unauthorized access to private keys may result in irreversible loss of crypto assets. Transactions recorded on blockchain networks are generally irreversible. → Custody Risk: Custody arrangements involving crypto assets may expose clients to increased operational, counterparty, insolvency, segregation, and legal risks, particularly where assets are held through third-party custodians, omnibus wallets, foreign custodians, or entities not subject to prudential supervision equivalent toSwiss standards. In the event of insolvency of a custodian or service provider, clients may suffer delays, restrictions, or losses regarding the recovery of their assets. → Legal and Regulatory Risk: The legal and regulatory treatment of crypto assets differs between jurisdictions and remains subject to ongoing changes. Future laws, regulations, regulatory interpretations, enforcement actions, tax rules, or restrictions may adversely affect the issuance, transferability, custody, exchangeability, value, legality, or usability of crypto assets and related services. Certain crypto asset activities may become prohibited or subject to licensing or reporting obligations. → Counterparty and Credit Risk: Clients may be exposed to the insolvency, fraud, misconduct, negligence, operational failure, or default of exchanges, liquidity providers, custodians, issuers, brokers, staking providers, stablecoin issuers, counterparties, or other service providers involved in crypto asset transactions. → Technology and Protocol Risk: Blockchain protocols and smart contract systems may be modified, upgraded, forked, attacked, abandoned, or discontinued. Such events may materially affect the value, functionality, transferability, or availability of crypto assets. Certain crypto assets may depend on experimental or untested technologies. → Fraud and Cybersecurity Risk: The crypto asset industry is exposed to elevated risks of fraud, phishing, scams, market manipulation, theft, ransomware attacks, and cybercrime. Fraudulent projects, token issuers, ordecentralized applications may result in complete loss of invested funds. → No Deposit Protection: Crypto assets are generally not protected by depositor protection schemes or investor compensation schemes. Clients may therefore lose the entirety of their crypto assets without compensation in the event of insolvency, fraud, technical failure, or other adverse events. Clients are encouraged to seek independent financial, legal, regulatory, and tax advice prior to engaging in transactions involving crypto assets. By using the Services, the Client confirms that it understands and accepts the risks associated with crypto assets and acknowledges that such risks may result in substantial or total losses
6. Content Amendments and Updates
We reserve the right to modify, update, or replace this notice at any time without prior notice. There is no obligation to notify recipients of changes or to update outdated or obsolete information, unless required by law.
Wolf Ventures SWISS AG with registered office at Gubelstrasse 11, 6300 Zug, Switzerland (UID CHE-479.332.912), is a financial intermediary affiliated with and supervised by the Self-Regulatory Organization (SRO) "Verein zur Qualitätssicherungvon Finanzdienstleistungen" (VQF) in the area of Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Counter Financing of Terrorism (CFT) regulations (Affiliation Number: 101344). VQF is a recognized SRO that is supervised by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority(FINMA).