Swap swarms at the Best Rate
swarms is the Solana token adopted by Swarms, an open-source Python framework for orchestrating teams of AI agents built by developer Kye Gomez. The token was created on pump.fun in December 2024 and claimed by the project days later, and the company ties it to its agent marketplace and ecosystem programs. The framework itself is free software that runs without the token.
Stats
- Market cap
- $8.3M
- Fully diluted valuation (FDV)
- $8.3M
- Circulating supply
- 1000.0M swarms
- Total supply
- 1000.0M swarms
- Volume (24h)
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- Swaps (24h)
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Data updated 2026-08-18
About swarms
swarms is a token traded on Solana. On 1inch, the swap aggregator compares supported routes across DEX liquidity to help improve a crypto swap involving swarms, while you keep full control of your funds in your own wallet.
swarms ranks #97 by 24-hour trading volume among the tokens tracked on 1inch. It is a micro-cap asset, with a market capitalization of around $8.3M. Solana is the only network where the 1inch token catalog lists swarms.
swarms at a glance
- Launched
- December 2024 via pump.fun on Solana
- Issuer
- Adopted by The Swarm Corporation, founded by Kye Gomez
- Token standard
- SPL token on Solana, 6 decimals
- Supply
- About 1 billion, fixed at mint, fully circulating from launch
- Primary utility
- Marketplace payments and ecosystem programs; the framework runs without it
What is swarms?
swarms is an SPL token on Solana attached to the Swarms project, a multi-agent orchestration framework: Python tooling for wiring several AI agents into sequential, parallel or hierarchical workflows. The framework predates the token, is published under an open-source license on GitHub, and installs from the standard Python package index with no wallet involved.
The token arrived differently. It was minted through the pump.fun launchpad in mid-December 2024, traded as an unclaimed meme for about two days, and was then publicly adopted by Swarms founder Kye Gomez as the project's ecosystem token, at which point it repriced sharply during the AI-agent token wave of that winter.
How swarms works
The software and the token are loosely coupled by design. Developers use the framework to define agents, give them tools and memory, and compose them into swarm architectures; nothing in the code requires holding the token, and the project's technical documentation does not reference it.
The token's stated role sits in the commercial layer around the software. The company operates a marketplace where agents, prompts and tools can be published and monetized, and its public materials tie the token to marketplace transactions, staking programs and ecosystem incentives. How much of that activity settles in the token at any given time is not independently reported.
swarms supply and tokenomics
Supply follows the standard pump.fun template: roughly 1 billion tokens minted at creation with the mint closed afterward, so the supply is fixed and was effectively fully circulating from launch. There was no presale, no published team allocation and no vesting schedule.
That launch mechanism cuts both ways. It means no scheduled unlocks hang over the market, but it also means the project treasury and the founder's own position were acquired on the open market rather than disclosed in a token distribution document, so holders cannot audit insider holdings from launch terms.
Who builds swarms
The framework is built by The Swarm Corporation, the company around developer Kye Gomez, who started the Swarms repository in 2023 and remains its dominant contributor. The repository stays actively maintained, with thousands of GitHub stars and commits landing continuously through 2026.
The project has not disclosed a venture funding round. Its visible revenue surfaces are a metered cloud API for running agents, the agent marketplace, and the token itself, an unusual financing mix that makes the token more central to the company than to the codebase.
What people use swarms for
For a holder, the token is a bet on the commercial ecosystem around the framework rather than a requirement for using it.
- Pay for agents, prompts and tools listed on the Swarms marketplace.
- Participate in the staking and ecosystem programs the company runs.
- Support and signal alignment with the open-source agent framework.
- Provide liquidity in swarms pools on Solana venues.
swarms risks and considerations
Key-person and reputation risk dominate. The founder has faced public, unresolved allegations from other developers, including the ai16z founder in December 2024, that earlier repositories overstated what the code could do or borrowed work without credit; he has denied this. He also launched a second token for a medical-agents platform days after swarms went viral, which briefly cut the first token's price roughly in half.
Structural risks compound that. The token is not needed to use the software, so demand leans on the marketplace and on sentiment toward AI-agent tokens broadly; the pump.fun launch left no audited distribution; and the name collides with an unrelated Swarm framework that OpenAI released in 2024, a dispute that produced public legal threats. Position size accordingly.
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Open TerminalQuestions? Answers.
Do I need the swarms token to use the Swarms framework?
No. The framework is open-source Python software that installs from the package index and runs against whatever model providers you configure. The token belongs to the commercial layer around it: the agent marketplace and the company's staking and incentive programs are where holding it is meant to matter.
Who created the swarms token?
The mint went through pump.fun in mid-December 2024, and Swarms founder Kye Gomez publicly claimed it for the project days later rather than launching it through a presale. That order of events means the token began as an anonymous launchpad mint and became official by adoption, with no published allocation.
How many swarms tokens exist?
About 1 billion, the standard pump.fun figure, minted at creation with the mint authority closed. Effectively the whole supply has circulated since launch, so there are no scheduled unlocks, but there was also no disclosed team, investor or treasury allocation to scrutinize.
What is the controversy around the Swarms project?
Other developers, most prominently the ai16z founder in December 2024, publicly alleged that earlier Kye Gomez repositories overpromised or reused others' work; he denies it. Separately, OpenAI shipped an unrelated framework called Swarm in 2024, prompting a public naming dispute. None of this has stopped active development, but it is a real reputational overhang.
What is swarms used for?
swarms is used for trading, portfolio rotation, or ecosystem exposure in DeFi. It ranks #97 by 24-hour trading volume among the tokens tracked on 1inch. The role of the token can vary by network, liquidity conditions, and the route you choose, so it helps to review the quote before you confirm a swap.
Which networks support swarms on 1inch?
swarms is available on supported networks where liquidity exists and the route can be quoted in the 1inch dApp. Support can differ by chain and current liquidity conditions, so check the token selector and live quote in the Swap flow before you trade.
How does 1inch find the best swarms rate?
1inch compares supported routes and optimizes execution across available liquidity sources on Solana, splitting your order across pools when that improves the swarms price.
How do I protect my swarms trades from MEV?
1inch adds MEV protection in supported intent-based flows to reduce exposure to front-running and sandwich attacks, which matters most on volatile or thin swarms routes.
Sources
- Swarms framework repository on GitHub
- Swarms framework documentation
- ChainCatcher: how the swarms token launched and was claimed
- Cryptonews: swarms growth and the concerns around it
- Ry Walker research note on Swarms, June 2026
- Gate Learn: Swarms multi-agent framework overview
Content reviewed July 25, 2026