Legal & risk Notice

Mainnet status: contract verified and Uniswap V3 HORMUZ/USDC 1% pool live on Base mainnet. Thin liquidity; verify the contract before interacting.

Clear terms. Public records. No fine-print games.

The Legal & Risk page explains what HORMUZ is, what it is not, and the risks to review before interacting with any token, contract, pool, account, or social channel.

Mainnet status

live on Base

Contract source is verified and the official Uniswap V3 pool is published below.

Token type

fixed-supply culture token

HORMUZ is an ERC-20 culture token on Base with a fixed supply.

Core reminder

no financial promise

No redemption rights, no reserves, no promised return, and no guaranteed price.

Risk disclosure

read before interacting

Not a security. Not financial advice. Crypto is volatile, you could lose everything. Only use funds you can afford to lose.

Current public snapshot

Supply snapshot: Base block: 48,584,505, observed 2026-07-13T15:59:18.798Z. Total/max supply is 1,000,000,000 HORMUZ; treasury balance is 998,499,900; deployer balance is 100; circulating supply is 1,500,000.

Liquidity: Uniswap V3 HORMUZ/USDC 1% is live at pool 0x20c497699faf52e25f79d8a66b315d1f264e8674. As observed 2026-07-14, GeckoTerminal and DexTools are live; DEX Screener is unconfirmed.

Listings: CoinCodex was submitted 2026-07-14; review is pending; it is not approved. DropsTab was submitted 2026-07-15 after a fresh venue-specific OFAC screen; review is pending and it is not approved. Other free forms are partially submitted: DropsTab is the only submitted request; the seven remaining forms require restoration and are not submitted. Centralized exchanges (CEX): none submitted. Official X: @hormuzians.

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Core disclosure

Read this block before interacting with HORMUZ, any related contract, pool, wallet, or social channel.

This disclosure covers the three legally important points reviewers look for: a clear risk-of-loss warning, an explicit not-financial-advice statement, and an explicit not-a-security statement. It also states that nothing on this site is an offer or solicitation.

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Status

HORMUZ is live on Base mainnet at the verified contract and official Uniswap V3 pool published on this page. Any different contract, pool, or account should be treated as unverified.

Live status does not reduce risk: liquidity is thin, access can fail, and market prices can move sharply. This content is not financial guidance or a promise that any additional market will exist.

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Token overview

HORMUZ is a fixed-supply ERC-20 culture token on Base. It is intended as cultural commentary and community expression around chokepoints, institutions, markets, and internet culture.

HORMUZ is designed for expression and public-record transparency, not as a financial product, profit vehicle, or substitute for professional advice. Participation should be understood as voluntary engagement with a culture token, not as an investment decision based on promised outcomes.

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What HORMUZ is not

These limits are part of the project record and should be read before any interaction.

  • HORMUZ is not an investment.
  • HORMUZ is not a security.
  • HORMUZ is not financial advice, legal advice, tax advice, accounting advice, or investment advice.
  • HORMUZ is not a stablecoin.
  • HORMUZ is not backed by reserves.
  • HORMUZ is not redeemable for money, goods, services, or anything else.
  • HORMUZ does not provide ownership in a company, fund, project treasury, revenue stream, or business.
  • HORMUZ does not provide voting rights over a company or business.
  • HORMUZ does not promise returns, income, yield, appreciation, or any financial outcome.
  • HORMUZ is not designed to protect anyone from inflation, currency loss, market stress, war, oil shocks, or economic events.
  • HORMUZ is not an offer to sell or a solicitation to buy a security.
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Risk of loss

Digital assets can lose value quickly and without warning. Anyone considering interaction with HORMUZ should read this section carefully.

  • Crypto is highly volatile.
  • You could lose everything you spend, swap, hold, or leave in a wallet.
  • Only participate with funds you can afford to lose entirely.
  • Do not use rent money, emergency savings, borrowed funds, or money needed for essential expenses.
  • Past price movement, social attention, or testnet activity does not predict future results.
  • Do your own research. Verify contracts, pools, treasuries, and official links from published records, not from screenshots, influencers, or DMs.
  • No one associated with HORMUZ can guarantee outcomes, liquidity, access, or recovery of lost funds.
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Not a security

HORMUZ is presented as a culture token for commentary and community expression. It is not offered as a security and should not be treated as one.

  • Nothing on this site is an offer to sell or a solicitation to buy a security.
  • HORMUZ does not represent equity, debt, revenue rights, profit-sharing rights, or managerial control in any business.
  • HORMUZ should not be purchased or held based on an expectation of profit from the efforts of others.
  • Official HORMUZ materials are not investment research, portfolio guidance, or a recommendation to buy or sell any asset.
  • Users with securities, tax, or legal questions should consult qualified professionals in their own jurisdiction.
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Market risk

Digital asset markets can be volatile, thinly traded, and difficult to access during periods of stress.

  • Token markets can be volatile.
  • Liquidity may be thin.
  • Users may lose the full amount they spend.
  • Quoted prices can move immediately.
  • Automated bots and arbitrage can affect pool pricing.
  • The market sets the price.
  • No one can guarantee liquidity, availability, or market access.
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Technology risk

Blockchain transactions and token interactions can carry irreversible technical risk.

  • Smart contracts can contain bugs.
  • Wallets can be compromised.
  • Transactions are irreversible.
  • Wrong-address transfers may be unrecoverable.
  • Base, RPC providers, wallets, bridges, explorers, and DEX interfaces may have outages or errors.
  • Users are responsible for verifying addresses before interacting.
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Regulatory and tax risk

Digital asset treatment can vary by jurisdiction and may change over time.

  • Digital asset rules can change.
  • Regulatory treatment can vary by jurisdiction.
  • Whether a token is treated as a security, commodity, collectible, or other category may differ by country, state, or regulator.
  • Users are responsible for their own legal, tax, and reporting obligations.
  • HORMUZ does not make jurisdiction-specific promises.
  • This page is not legal advice and does not create any regulatory approval, exemption, or registration claim.
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No official affiliation

HORMUZ is independent cultural commentary. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by, or approved by any government, agency, military body, port authority, shipping company, financial institution, blockchain foundation, or exchange unless expressly stated in official public records.

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Public records

Do not trust screenshots, social posts, DMs, fake support accounts, or copied contract addresses. Verify the contract, treasury, pool, and official links from the published records.

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Paid promotion

Any paid creator, influencer, or promotional relationship must be clearly disclosed. Undisclosed paid promotion is not allowed by HORMUZ policy.

Paid promoters must not present HORMUZ as financial advice, an investment opportunity, or a security offering. Promotional content must include appropriate risk context and should direct users to this Legal & Risk page and official public records.

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Prohibited claims

Official HORMUZ channels should not use these claims.

investment opportunity financial advice security offering wealth generating inflation hedge store of value guaranteed value guaranteed return risk-free price target 100x to the moon ROI passive income yield profit counteract inflation protected from oil shock guaranteed FDV guaranteed price buy before early buyers last chance pump trending soon
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Scams and impersonation

Users should assume impersonation attempts may appear around any token launch or public record update.

  • No one from HORMUZ will ask for seed phrases.
  • No one from HORMUZ will ask for private keys.
  • No one from HORMUZ can reverse transactions.
  • Fake contracts, fake pools, fake support accounts, and fake listing offers may appear.
  • Verify official links before interacting.
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Sanctions screening (G0-A)

Verified, not trusted

We screened our own name against the OFAC, UN, UK, and EU sanctions lists, and published what we found instead of burying it.

The name “HORMUZ” collides with Iran-context vessel and entity entries on the OFAC SDN list. We documented that openly (findings F1–F14), ran interactive address checks (contract, treasury, deployer all returned zero matches), and had external U.S. crypto counsel adjudicate the whole record.

G0-A: Counsel-cleared, with conditions Anderson PC written opinion, 2026-06-12 · no OFAC nexus · name collision is reputational only, not a sanctions nexus
Read the full screening (F1–F14) Compliance & affiliation notice All public docs

The clearance covers pool launch and public marketing on Base, subject to binding conditions. It does not cover exchange, aggregator, or wallet-list submissions; those remain gated by their own requirements and a fresh pre-submission re-screen. CoinCodex and DropsTab are submitted, pending, and not approved. The seven remaining free directory forms require restoration and are not submitted; centralized exchanges have none submitted. The screening stays public by design: it is the record, not the marketing.

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Updates

This page may be updated as the project, public records, or legal environment changes. Users should review the latest version before interacting.

Material changes to risk disclosures, status, or public-record placeholders should be checked here first. Older screenshots, cached pages, or reposted summaries may be out of date.