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LD Technologies Foundation
Panama-incorporated legal entity operating Swell, a non-custodial Ethereum liquid-staking and liquid-restaking protocol.
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SwETH
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swETH is an Ethereum ERC-20 liquid-staking token issued through Swell’s staking service. It represents staked ETH, accrues staking rewards through a reward-bearing token model, and can be traded or deployed in DeFi before redemption through Swell’s unstaking process.Category: Liquid Staking
RswETH
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Restaked Swell Ether (rswETH) is Swell’s native liquid restaking token. It is a yield-bearing, tokenized representation of ETH restaked through EigenLayer; its value reflects accrued staking and restaking rewards, and it can be transferred, traded, and used in DeFi.Category: Liquid Staking
Swell Earn ETH Vault
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Swell Earn ETH Vault, also called earnETH, accepts ETH and supported liquid-staking assets, deploys them across whitelisted DeFi protocols, and issues earnETH as the vault receipt token. The current vault interface states that withdrawals are processed instantly, with vault shares burned and underlying assets sent to the user’s wallet.Category: Yield Aggregator
Swell Earn ETH Vault
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Users deposit ETH or supported liquid-staking assets into the earnETH vault; assets are deployed to whitelisted DeFi protocols and earnETH is issued as the vault receipt token. The vault strategy is provided by Nucleus Earn.Category: Yield Aggregator
TVL: $92
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Swell
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Swell lets users stake ETH into swETH or restake ETH into rswETH, receiving liquid tokens that remain usable in DeFi. Swell’s Ethereum staking and restaking products remain operational.Category: Liquid Staking
TVL: $25M
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Swell Liquid Restaking
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Swell Liquid Restaking is the Swell application’s rswETH liquid-restaking product. Users deposit ETH and receive rswETH, a yield-bearing token representing ETH restaked through EigenLayer; rswETH can be transferred and used in DeFi while its exchange rate reflects accrued staking and restaking rewards.Category: Liquid Staking
TVL: $23M
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Swellchain
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Swellchain, formerly Swell L2, was a restaking-focused Ethereum Layer 2 built on the OP Stack and integrated into the Optimism Superchain. It used Swell’s Proof of Restake design with EigenLayer restaking and AltLayer AVS infrastructure. Mainnet launched on December 19, 2024; Swell later announced the chain’s sunset in favor of Faro, with final withdrawals due by June 15, 2026 and permanent shutdown scheduled for June 30, 2026.Category: L2
TVL: $58M
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Swell
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Swell lets users stake or restake ETH while retaining a liquid token representation, including swETH, to use across DeFi. The protocol is live on Ethereum; its separate Swellchain L2 was sunset in 2026 and does not affect the Ethereum staking products.Category: Liquid Staking
Swellchain
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Swellchain launched as an Optimism Superchain rollup focused on restaked assets and DeFi. It used Ethereum security, EigenLayer and AltLayer infrastructure, and Swell’s Proof of Restake mechanism. Swell announced that deposits would be disabled, withdrawals would end, and the network would be permanently shut down after June 2026; the dedicated Swellchain site now states that it is sunsetted.Category: L2
Swell BTC LRT
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Swell BTC LRT is Swell’s swBTC automated WBTC restaking vault. It offers restaking yield and points from Symbiotic, Ditto, Kalypso, and Primev, and supports withdrawal to WBTC with a stated 0% withdrawal fee and approximately two-day processing time.Category: Liquid Staking