Notice and Disclaimer

PLEASE READ THE ENTIRETY OF THIS "NOTICE AND DISCLAIMER" SECTION CAREFULLY. NOTHING HEREIN CONSTITUTES LEGAL, FINANCIAL, BUSINESS OR TAX ADVICE AND YOU SHOULD CONSULT YOUR OWN LEGAL, FINANCIAL, TAX OR OTHER PROFESSIONAL ADVISOR(S) BEFORE ENGAGING IN ANY ACTIVITY IN CONNECTION HEREWITH. NEITHER PROPHESY LIMITED (DBA HOT CROSS LIMITED) (THE COMPANY), ANY OF THE PROJECT TEAM MEMBERS (THE HOT CROSS TEAM) WHO HAVE WORKED ON HOT CROSS (AS DEFINED HEREIN) OR PROJECT TO DEVELOP HOT CROSS IN ANY WAY WHATSOEVER, ANY DISTRIBUTOR/VENDOR OF HOT CROSS TOKENS (THE DISTRIBUTOR), NOR ANY SERVICE PROVIDER SHALL BE LIABLE FOR ANY KIND OF DIRECT OR INDIRECT DAMAGE OR LOSS WHATSOEVER WHICH YOU MAY SUFFER IN CONNECTION WITH ACCESSING THIS WHITEPAPER, THE WEBSITE AT HTTPS://WWW.HOTCROSS.COM/ (THE WEBSITE) OR ANY OTHER WEBSITES OR MATERIALS PUBLISHED BY THE COMPANY.


Project purpose: You agree that you are acquiring $HOTCROSS to participate in Hot Cross and to obtain services on the ecosystem thereon. The Company, the Distributor and their respective affiliates would develop and contribute to the underlying source code for Hot Cross. The Company is acting solely as an arms’ length third party in relation to the $HOTCROSS distribution, and not in the capacity as a financial advisor or fiduciary of any person with regard to the distribution of $HOTCROSS.

Nature of the Whitepaper: The Whitepaper and the Website are intended for general informational purposes only and do not constitute a prospectus, an offer document, an offer of securities, a solicitation for investment, or any offer to sell any product, item or asset (whether digital or otherwise). The information herein may not be exhaustive and does not imply any element of a contractual relationship. There is no assurance as to the accuracy or completeness of such information and no representation, warranty or undertaking is or purported to be provided as to the accuracy or completeness of such information. Where the Whitepaper or the Website includes information that has been obtained from third party sources, the Company, the Distributor, their respective affiliates and/or the Hot Cross team have not independently verified the accuracy or completeness of such information. Further, you acknowledge that circumstances may change and that the Whitepaper or the Website may become outdated as a result; and neither the Company nor the Distributor is under any obligation to update or correct this document in connection therewith.

Token Documentation: Nothing in the Whitepaper or the Website constitutes any offer by the Company, the Distributor or the Hot Cross team to sell any $HOTCROSS (as defined herein) nor shall it or any part of it nor the fact of its presentation form the basis of, or be relied upon in connection with, any contract or investment decision. Nothing contained in the Whitepaper or the Website is or may be relied upon as a promise, representation or undertaking as to the future performance of Hot Cross. The agreement between the Distributor (or any third party) and you, in relation to any distribution or transfer of $HOTCROSS, is to be governed only by the separate terms and conditions of such agreement.

The information set out in the Whitepaper and the Website is for community discussion only and is not legally binding. No person is bound to enter into any contract or binding legal commitment in relation to the acquisition of $HOTCROSS, and no virtual currency or other form of payment is to be accepted on the basis of the Whitepaper or the Website. The agreement for distribution of $HOTCROSS and/or continued holding of $HOTCROSS shall be governed by a separate set of Terms and Conditions or Token Distribution Agreement (as the case may be) setting out the terms of such distribution and/or continued holding of $HOTCROSS (the Terms and Conditions), which shall be separately provided to you or made available on the Website. The Terms and Conditions must be read together with the Whitepaper. In the event of any inconsistencies between the Terms and Conditions and the Whitepaper or the Website, the Terms and Conditions shall prevail.

Deemed Representations and Warranties: By accessing the Whitepaper or the Website (or any part thereof), you shall be deemed to represent and warrant to the Company, the Distributor, their respective affiliates, and the Hot Cross team as follows:

in any decision to acquire any $HOTCROSS, you have shall not rely on any statement set out in the Whitepaper or the Website; you will and shall at your own expense ensure compliance with all laws, regulatory requirements and restrictions applicable to you (as the case may be); you acknowledge, understand and agree that $HOTCROSS may have no value, there is no guarantee or representation of value or liquidity for $HOTCROSS, and $HOTCROSS is not an investment product nor is it intended for any speculative investment whatsoever; none of the Company, the Distributor, their respective affiliates, and/or the Hot Cross team members shall be responsible for or liable for the value of $HOTCROSS, the transferability and/or liquidity of $HOTCROSS and/or the availability of any market for $HOTCROSS through third parties or otherwise; and you acknowledge, understand and agree that you are not eligible to participate in the distribution of $HOTCROSS if you are a citizen, national, resident (tax or otherwise), domiciliary and/or green card holder of a geographic area or country (i) where it is likely that the distribution of $HOTCROSS would be construed as the sale of a security (howsoever named), financial service or investment product and/or (ii) where participation in token distributions is prohibited by applicable law, decree, regulation, treaty, or administrative act (including without limitation the United States of America and the People's Republic of China); and to this effect you agree to provide all such identity verification document when requested in order for the relevant checks to be carried out.

The Company, the Distributor and the Hot Cross team do not and do not purport to make, and hereby disclaims, all representations, warranties or undertaking to any entity or person (including without limitation warranties as to the accuracy, completeness, timeliness or reliability of the contents of the Whitepaper or the Website, or any other materials published by the Company or the Distributor). To the maximum extent permitted by law, the Company, the Distributor, their respective affiliates and service providers shall not be liable for any indirect, special, incidental, consequential or other losses of any kind, in tort, contract or otherwise (including, without limitation, any liability arising from default or negligence on the part of any of them, or any loss of revenue, income or profits, and loss of use or data) arising from the use of the Whitepaper or the Website, or any other materials published, or its contents (including without limitation any errors or omissions) or otherwise arising in connection with the same. Prospective acquirors of $HOTCROSS should carefully consider and evaluate all risks and uncertainties (including financial and legal risks and uncertainties) associated with the distribution of $HOTCROSS, the Company, the Distributor and the Hot Cross team.

Token functionalities: $HOTCROSS is a non-refundable functional utility token which will be used as the medium of exchange between participants on Hot Cross. The goal of introducing $HOTCROSS is to provide a convenient and secure mode of payment and settlement between participants who interact within the ecosystem on Hot Cross, and it is not, and not intended to be, a medium of exchange accepted by the public (or a section of the public) as payment for goods or services or for the discharge of a debt; nor is it designed or intended to be used by any person as payment for any goods or services whatsoever that are not exclusively provided by the issuer. $HOTCROSS does not in any way represent any shareholding, participation, right, title, or interest in the Company, the Distributor, their respective affiliates, or any other company, enterprise or undertaking, nor will $HOTCROSS entitle token holders to any promise of fees, dividends, revenue, profits or investment returns, and are not intended to constitute securities in Singapore or any relevant jurisdiction. $HOTCROSS may only be utilised on Hot Cross, and ownership of $HOTCROSS carries no rights, express or implied, other than the right to use $HOTCROSS as a means to enable usage of and interaction within Hot Cross.

$HOTCROSS also provides the economic incentives which will be distributed to encourage users to contribute and maintain the ecosystem on Hot Cross, thereby creating a win-win system where every participant is fairly compensated for its efforts. $HOTCROSS is an integral and indispensable part of Hot Cross, because without $HOTCROSS, there would be no incentive for users to expend resources to participate in activities or provide services for the benefit of the entire ecosystem on Hot Cross. Given that additional $HOTCROSS will be awarded to a user based only on its actual usage, activity and contribution on Hot Cross, users of Hot Cross and/or holders of $HOTCROSS which did not actively participate will not receive any $HOTCROSS incentives.

$HOTCROSS are designed to be utilized, and that is the goal of the $HOTCROSS distribution. In fact, the project to develop Hot Cross would fail if all $HOTCROSS holders simply held onto their $HOTCROSS and did nothing with it. In particular, it is highlighted that $HOTCROSS:

does not have any tangible or physical manifestation, and does not have any intrinsic value (nor does any person make any representation or give any commitment as to its value); is non-refundable and cannot be exchanged for cash (or its equivalent value in any other virtual currency) or any payment obligation by the Company, the Distributor or any of their respective affiliates; does not represent or confer on the token holder any right of any form with respect to the Company, the Distributor (or any of their respective affiliates), or its revenues or assets, including without limitation any right to receive future dividends, revenue, shares, ownership right or stake, share or security, any voting, distribution, redemption, liquidation, proprietary (including all forms of intellectual property or licence rights), right to receive accounts, financial statements or other financial data, the right to requisition or participate in shareholder meetings, the right to nominate a director, or other financial or legal rights or equivalent rights, or intellectual property rights or any other form of participation in or relating to Hot Cross, the Company, the Distributor and/or their service providers; is not intended to represent any rights under a contract for differences or under any other contract the purpose or pretended purpose of which is to secure a profit or avoid a loss; is not intended to be a representation of money (including electronic money), security, commodity, bond, debt instrument, unit in a collective investment scheme or any other kind of financial instrument or investment; is not a loan to the Company, the Distributor or any of their respective affiliates, is not intended to represent a debt owed by the Company, the Distributor or any of their respective affiliates, and there is no expectation of profit; and does not provide the token holder with any ownership or other interest in the Company, the Distributor or any of their respective affiliates.

Notwithstanding the $HOTCROSS distribution, users have no economic or legal right over or beneficial interest in the assets of the Company, the Distributor, or any of their affiliates after the token distribution.

To the extent a secondary market or exchange for trading $HOTCROSS does develop, it would be run and operated wholly independently of the Company, the Distributor, the distribution of $HOTCROSS and Hot Cross. Neither the Company nor the Distributor will create such secondary markets nor will either entity act as an exchange for $HOTCROSS.

Informational purposes only: The information set out herein is only conceptual, and describes the future development goals for Hot Cross to be developed. In particular, the project roadmap in the Whitepaper is being shared in order to outline some of the plans of the Hot Cross team, and is provided solely for INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES and does not constitute any binding commitment. Please do not rely on this information in deciding whether to participate in the token distribution because ultimately, the development, release, and timing of any products, features or functionality remains at the sole discretion of the Company, the Distributor or their respective affiliates, and is subject to change. Further, the Whitepaper or the Website may be amended or replaced from time to time. There are no obligations to update the Whitepaper or the Website, or to provide recipients with access to any information beyond what is provided herein.

Regulatory approval: No regulatory authority has examined or approved, whether formally or informally, of any of the information set out in the Whitepaper or the Website. No such action or assurance has been or will be taken under the laws, regulatory requirements or rules of any jurisdiction. The publication, distribution or dissemination of the Whitepaper or the Website does not imply that the applicable laws, regulatory requirements or rules have been complied with.

Cautionary Note on forward-looking statements: All statements contained herein, statements made in press releases or in any place accessible by the public and oral statements that may be made by the Company, the Distributor and/or the Hot Cross team, may constitute forward-looking statements (including statements regarding intent, belief or current expectations with respect to market conditions, business strategy and plans, financial condition, specific provisions and risk management practices). You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements given that these statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual future results to be materially different from that described by such forward-looking statements, and no independent third party has reviewed the reasonableness of any such statements or assumptions. These forward-looking statements are applicable only as of the date indicated in the Whitepaper, and the Company, the Distributor as well as the Hot Cross team expressly disclaim any responsibility (whether express or implied) to release any revisions to these forward-looking statements to reflect events after such date.

References to companies and platforms: The use of any company and/or platform names or trademarks herein (save for those which relate to the Company, the Distributor or their respective affiliates) does not imply any affiliation with, or endorsement by, any third party. References in the Whitepaper or the Website to specific companies and platforms are for illustrative purposes only.

English language: The Whitepaper and the Website may be translated into a language other than English for reference purpose only and in the event of conflict or ambiguity between the English language version and translated versions of the Whitepaper or the Website, the English language versions shall prevail. You acknowledge that you have read and understood the English language version of the Whitepaper and the Website.

No Distribution: No part of the Whitepaper or the Website is to be copied, reproduced, distributed or disseminated in any way without the prior written consent of the Company or the Distributor. By attending any presentation on this Whitepaper or by accepting any hard or soft copy of the Whitepaper, you agree to be bound by the foregoing limitations.

Risks: You acknowledge and agree that there are numerous risks associated with acquiring $HOTCROSS, holding $HOTCROSS, and using $HOTCROSS for participation in Hot Cross. In the worst scenario, this could lead to the loss of all or part of $HOTCROSS held. IF YOU DECIDE TO ACQUIRE $HOTCROSS, YOU EXPRESSLY ACKNOWLEDGE, ACCEPT AND ASSUME THE FOLLOWING RISKS:

Uncertain Regulations and Enforcement Actions: The regulatory status of $HOTCROSS and distributed ledger technology is unclear or unsettled in many jurisdictions. The regulation of virtual currencies has become a primary target of regulation in all major countries in the world. It is impossible to predict how, when or whether regulatory agencies may apply existing regulations or create new regulations with respect to such technology and its applications, including $HOTCROSS and/or Hot Cross. Regulatory actions could negatively impact $HOTCROSS and/or Hot Cross in various ways. The Company, the Distributor (or their respective affiliates) may cease operations in a jurisdiction in the event that regulatory actions, or changes to law or regulation, make it illegal to operate in such jurisdiction, or commercially undesirable to obtain the necessary regulatory approval(s) to operate in such jurisdiction. After consulting with a wide range of legal advisors and continuous analysis of the development and legal structure of virtual currencies, a cautious approach will be applied towards the distribution of $HOTCROSS. Therefore, for the token distribution, the distribution strategy may be constantly adjusted in order to avoid relevant legal risks as much as possible. For the token distribution, the Company and the Distributor are working with the specialist blockchain department at Bayfront Law LLC.
Inadequate disclosure of information: As at the date hereof, Hot Cross is still under development and its design concepts, consensus mechanisms, algorithms, codes, and other technical details and parameters may be constantly and frequently updated and changed. Although this whitepaper contains the most current information relating to Hot Cross, it is not absolutely complete and may still be adjusted and updated by the Hot Cross team from time to time. The Hot Cross team has no ability and obligation to keep holders of $HOTCROSS informed of every detail (including development progress and expected milestones) regarding the project to develop Hot Cross, hence insufficient information disclosure is inevitable and reasonable.
Competitors: Various types of decentralised applications and networks are emerging at a rapid rate, and the industry is increasingly competitive. It is possible that alternative networks could be established that utilise the same or similar code and protocol underlying $HOTCROSS and/or Hot Cross and attempt to re-create similar facilities. Hot Cross may be required to compete with these alternative networks, which could negatively impact $HOTCROSS and/or Hot Cross.
Failure to develop: There is the risk that the development of Hot Cross will not be executed or implemented as planned, for a variety of reasons, including without limitation the event of a decline in the prices of any digital asset, virtual currency or $HOTCROSS, unforeseen technical difficulties, and shortage of development funds for activities.
Security weaknesses: Hackers or other malicious groups or organisations may attempt to interfere with $HOTCROSS and/or Hot Cross in a variety of ways, including, but not limited to, malware attacks, denial of service attacks, consensus-based attacks, Sybil attacks, smurfing and spoofing. Furthermore, there is a risk that a third party or a member of the Company, the Distributor or their respective affiliates may intentionally or unintentionally introduce weaknesses into the core infrastructure of $HOTCROSS and/or Hot Cross, which could negatively affect $HOTCROSS and/or Hot Cross. Further, the future of cryptography and security innovations are highly unpredictable and advances in cryptography, or technical advances (including without limitation development of quantum computing), could present unknown risks to $HOTCROSS and/or Hot Cross by rendering ineffective the cryptographic consensus mechanism that underpins that blockchain protocol.
Other risks: In addition, the potential risks briefly mentioned above are not exhaustive and there are other risks (as more particularly set out in the Terms and Conditions) associated with your acquisition of, holding and use of $HOTCROSS, including those that the Company or the Distributor cannot anticipate. Such risks may further materialize as unanticipated variations or combinations of the aforementioned risks. You should conduct full due diligence on the Company, the Distributor, their respective affiliates, and the Hot Cross team, as well as understand the overall framework, mission and vision for Hot Cross prior to acquiring $HOTCROSS.