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Customer information for the conduct of investment activities of bitcoin transactions by Bitcoin Deutschland AG as contractual intermediary of FIDOR Bank AG.

1. Bitcoin Deutschland AG, Nordstraße 14, 32051 Herford places transactions on the acquisition and sale of bitcoins, and in so doing of financial instruments in the meaning of § 1 para. 1a sentence 2 no. 1 KWG (Banking Act) via the internet platform www.bitcoin.de. Bitcoin Deutschland AG is exclusively acting in this regard as contractual intermediary for settlements and is covered by the liability of the FIDOR Bank AG, Sandstraße 33, 80335 München (FIDOR) (§ 2 para. 10 KWG). Bitcoin Deutschland AG acts as the representative of FIDOR in investment activities. FIDOR is a German financial institution and is supervised by the Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht (BaFin) (Federal Financial Supervisory Authority) and the Bundesbank (German Central Bank).
2. FIDOR assumes the civil liability for all infringements of obligations by Bitcoin Deutschland AG towards the customer receiving the intermediary service that are in direct association with their activities as intermediary of transactions relating to the acquisition or sale of bitcoins (investment intermediary in the meaning of § 1 Abs. 1a para 2 no. 1 KWG). The customer can assert their rights directly against FIDOR for infringements of obligations of the intermediary agreement by Bitcoin Deutschland AG.
3. FIDOR has registered its assumption of liability with the Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht (BaFin). Bitcoin Deutschland AG is entered as the contractual intermediary of FIDOR in the public register of contractual intermediaries available on the internet site of BaFin (https://portal.mvp.bafin.de/database/VGVInfo/ ).
4. Bitcoin Deutschland AG is not authorized to acquire property or ownership of money or securities from customers.
5. Bitcoin Deutschland AG also provides other services on the internet platform www.bitcoin.de in its own name that are not subject to license besides the investment activities of bitcoins transactions as the contractual intermediary of FIDOR. These services include the safe custody of bitcoins in an ‘online wallet’ in particular. FIDOR does not assume any liability for the infringement of obligations by Bitcoin Deutschland AG relating to these additional services provided by Bitcoin Deutschland AG.
6. The monetary unit is traded as a currency not associated with any country or central bank in online markets such as bitcoin.de and is convertible into a variety of different currencies in the most important industrial and developing countries.
7. While a significant part of its use has supposedly been speculative and the conversion rate subject to considerable short-term fluctuation, small traders as well as several large well-known online service providers, including users totalling many millions have begun to accept the bitcoin as a means of payment. Furthermore Bitcoin has generated interest as a means of protecting value due to its characteristic of a long-term strictly limited money supply (protection against inflation) and general independence from the traditional financial system.