About
Swarm (Swarm Markets) is a BaFin-regulated platform offering tokenized public equities (e.g. AAPL, TSLA) and tokenized US Treasuries that can be traded and used in DeFi. It bridges regulated securities into permissionless markets.
Key products
Chains
- Founded
- 2017
- HQ
- Berlin, Germany
- Stage
- Private
- Funding
- VC-backed; SMT token
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