Uphold $100,000 Grand Prize Draw - Official Sweepstakes Rules

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.

Who Can Enter

The Uphold $100,000 Grand Prize Draw (the “Sweepstakes”) is open only to natural persons who:

• Are legal residents of the United States, excluding New York and Florida, and any jurisdiction where this Sweepstakes is prohibited by law;
• Are 18 years of age or older at the time of entry;
• Have successfully completed identity verification (IDV) on the Uphold platform;
• Have entered the Sweepstakes either by opting in to participate through an in-app prompt or email link provided by Uphold, or by submitting a mail-in entry; and
• Are customers of Uphold in good standing at the time prizes are awarded.

Employees of Uphold HQ Inc. and its affiliates (collectively, “Uphold”), its agencies, and members of their respective immediate families and/or persons with whom any of the foregoing are domiciled are not eligible to participate in the Sweepstakes.

No Purchase Necessary; Alternative Method of Entry (AMOE)

A purchase or trade is not required to enter or win.
To enter without making a trade, eligible participants may submit a legible, handwritten postcard that includes the participant’s:

• Full legal name, address and phone number;
• Email address associated with their Uphold account;  and
• The phrase: “Uphold $100,000 Sweepstakes Entry.”
  
  Mail to:
  Uphold Sweepstakes Entry
  c/o Uphold HQ Inc.
  228 Park Ave. S., #50458
  New York, NY 10003-1502

Mail-in entries must be postmarked by January 30, 2026 and received by Uphold by February 5, 2026 at 23:59 ET to be eligible. 

Each valid postcard sent by an eligible participant equals one (1) entry.

Participation by AMOE is limited to a single one (1) member of a household. Any participants whose entries reflect a duplicate mailing address will be disqualified.

Entries generated by script, macro or other automated means or practices, or by any means which subvert the entry process will be void.  Mail-in entries that are mechanically reproduced, copied, illegible, incomplete, misdirected, postage-due, late or inaccurate are void.

AMOE entries are treated the same as purchase-based entries and have the same chance of winning.

How the Sweepstakes Works

1. Eligible users may receive a marketing communication inviting them to participate and must complete the opt-in process via an in-app prompt or email link provided by Uphold to be eligible to earn entries based on eligible trades. However, opting in through the Uphold app is not required to enter the Sweepstakes, as users may also enter via the Alternative Method of Entry above.
2. After opting in, participants receive one (1) entry for each eligible trade completed during the Sweepstakes Period. An eligible trade is a completed trade with the value of $500.00 or more.
3. Regardless of entry method, there is a maximum of two (2) entries per day during the Sweepstakes Period.  Any attempt by a participant to obtain more than two (2) entries per day using multiple or different identities or any other methods, will void that person’s entries and result in their disqualification.
4. The Sweepstakes Period begins on January 16, 2026 at 00:00 ET and ends on January 30, 2026 at 23:59 ET.
5. Cancelled, reversed, refunded, chargeback-affected, or otherwise invalidated trades do not generate entries.
6. Entries have no independent monetary value.

Prizes

• One (1) Grand Prize: USD $100,000
• Five (5) Runner-Up Prizes: USD $5,000 each

Prizes are credited in USD to the winner’s Uphold account.

Total approximate retail value (ARV): $125,000. The ARV of prizes is based on USD value at the time of drafting and may vary.

Odds of winning depend on the total number of eligible entries received, including AMOE entries. Only trades involving non-stablecoin digital assets are eligible. Stablecoin trades (including but not limited to USDT, USDC, GUSD, DAI, and PYUSD) do not earn entries.

Winner Selection & Notification

Winners will be selected on or about February 6, 2026 in a random drawing from all eligible entries received.

Uphold will use reasonable efforts to promptly notify selected entrants by the email address provided at the time of entry. 

Except where prohibited, potential winners must sign and return, within seven (7) days of being notified, an Affidavit of Eligibility and Liability/Publicity Release and a W-9 tax form to be declared a winner and claim a Prize. Failure to sign and return the foregoing documents within the required time period will result in the Prize being forfeited, and a substitute winner may be selected based upon a random drawing from among all eligible entries received during the Sweepstakes Period.

Uphold is not responsible for delays caused by compliance reviews or circumstances beyond its control. 

General

The participant receiving a Prize is responsible for any costs associated with claiming that Prize. The participant receiving a Prize is solely responsible for the reporting and payment of any and all taxes, if any, that may result from claiming a Prize in this Sweepstakes.

Prizes must be accepted as awarded with no substitutions except at Uphold’s sole discretion. Prizes are non-transferrable. Uphold shall bear no responsibility whatsoever for injuries, losses, or damages of any kind that result from acceptance, possession, and/or use of any Prize.

Uphold is not responsible for technical or computer errors, or for late, lost, illegible, damaged, postage due, misdirected, misidentified, or incomplete entries. Participation in the Sweepstakes in any way tampered with, incomplete, illegible, or mechanically reproduced, or submitted by or through fraudulent means, may be disqualified, in the sole discretion of Uphold. This includes any entry that does not comply with these Sweepstakes Terms and Conditions in any respect.

Decisions of Uphold are final on all matters of fact, interpretation, eligibility, procedure, and fulfillment in respect to this Sweepstakes. Uphold reserves the right at any time to withdraw this Sweepstakes or to modify, amend, or supplement these rules, in its sole discretion.
You agree to abide by and be bound by these Terms and Conditions, and understand that the decisions of Uphold are final in all respects.

Any personally identifiable information collected during an individual's participation in the Sweepstakes, or by Uphold, will be collected and used by Uphold and their agents for the purposes of the proper administration and fulfillment of the Sweepstakes as described in these Terms and Conditions, for compliance with applicable laws, rules, and regulations (e.g., winners lists), and for the purposes set forth in Uphold’s Privacy Policy available at https://uphold.com/legal/privacy-policy.

Uphold may cancel, modify, or suspend the Sweepstakes or these Terms at any time where necessary to protect its legitimate business interests or where required by applicable law. Uphold may deny or reverse any Prize granted in error or obtained through abuse, fraud, or manipulation of the Sweepstakes.

Creating multiple Uphold accounts to obtain additional entries is prohibited and will result in disqualification.

Purchasing digital assets involves risk. Nothing in these Terms or the Sweepstakes constitutes investment advice, a recommendation, or a solicitation to buy or sell any asset and participation in the Sweepstakes does not require or encourage any specific trading strategy.

The Sweepstakes ends on January 30, 2026 at 23:59 ET.

Except where prohibited, participants agree that:

(1) Any and all disputes, claims, or causes of action arising out of or connected with the Sweepstakes or any Prizes awarded shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by arbitration or alternate dispute resolution, as selected by Uphold, to take place in Marin County, California;

(2) Any and all claims, judgments, and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred in participation but in no event attorney’s fees; and

(3) Under no circumstances will a participant be entitled to obtain awards for and participants hereby waive all rights to claim punitive, incidental, and consequential damages and any other damages, other than for actual out-of-pocket costs, and any and all rights to have damages multiplied or otherwise increased.

Except where prohibited, all issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation, and enforceability of these Terms and Conditions and the decisions of Uphold in connection with the Sweepstakes shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California, without regard to conflict of laws doctrine. Should any term or provision of this paragraph or any other rule herein be concluded to be void, unenforceable, or contrary to applicable law, such term or provision shall, but only to the extent necessary to bring the rule within the requirements of such law, be deemed to be severed from the other terms and conditions; and the remainder of these Terms and Conditions shall be given effect as if it had not included the severed item.

For a list of Sweepstakes winners or a copy of these Terms and Conditions, send a self-addressed stamped envelope to: Uphold $100,000 Grand Prize Draw, c/o Uphold HQ Inc., 228 Park Ave. S., #50458, New York, NY 10003-1502, with a written request within one year of January 31, 2026 (the end date of the Sweepstakes) (VT residents may omit return postage for rule requests).

Uphold reserves the right to disqualify any user engaging in fraudulent behaviour, rapid account cycling, self-funding (including funding from external accounts owned or controlled by the same individual for the sole purpose of qualifying for this Sweepstakes), or other activity intended to generate fraudulent entries or otherwise manipulate the Sweepstakes.

Use of automated systems or bots to generate entries is prohibited and will result in disqualification.

Promoter

The promoter of this Sweepstakes is Uphold HQ Inc., 80 East Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Ste. 3E, Larkspur, CA 94939.