Lighter, a decentralized Derivative (PERPS) exchange on Ethereum , has officially announced its infrastructure Token , LIT, ahead of its long-awaited Token Generation Event (TGE).
In a series of posts on X, the Lighter team stated that LIT is designed to “synchronize benefits” between users, the ecosystem, and the project. Accordingly, 50% of the total LIT supply will be allocated to the ecosystem. Half of this (equivalent to 25% of the total diluted supply) will be Airdrop immediately to participants in the first two reward seasons in 2025. The remainder will be used for future incentive programs and strategic partnerships.
The Lighter team holds 26% of the supply, while investors are allocated 24%. Both portions are locked for 1 year and gradually unlocked over a linear period of 3 years.
Lighter also stated that all revenue from its DEX and products built on its infrastructure will be transparently recorded on-chain, with funds used for growth activities and Token buybacks. The project asserts that all value generated from the Lighter ecosystem will belong to LIT holders. The Token are issued directly by C-Corp in the US, which will continue to operate the protocol at minimal cost.
Additionally, infrastructure services such as financial transaction processing and fairness verification will be tiered based on the amount of LIT Stake, and will gradually become decentralized over time.
Launched publicly on its mainnet in October, Lighter quickly became one of the largest perps exchanges in the market. In November alone, the exchange recorded a volume of approximately $292.5 billion, surpassing Aster and Hyperliquid according to statistical data.
The project also showed strong growth momentum: last November, Lighter Capital $68 million at a valuation of $1.5 billion, led by Founders Fund and Ribbit Capital. In early December, Lighter further expanded into Spot Trading, not just limited to perps.
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