Lighter DEX Introduces Native LIT Token as Part of Ecosystem Expansion

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Özet

Lighter, a decentralized perpetual exchange, has launched its native Light Infrastructure Token (LIT) as part of its ecosystem expansion. The token has a total supply of 1 billion, with 50% allocated to the ecosystem—including an airdrop for points program participants—and the other 50% reserved for the team and investors. LIT will be used for governance, staking to access premium trading and data services, and paying platform fees. Shortly after the announcement, Lighter activated the LIT/USDC trading pair, making the token available for trading.

Lighter, a decentralized perpetual exchange and DeFi infrastructure platform, has unveiled its native token for its crypto ecosystem, named Light Infrastructure Token (LIT). They confirmed it through their X handle by this morning in a thread post, describing its token allocation, structure, and utilities. Then, within a few hours, the lighter activated the LIT/USDC trading pair, and the token was live on the platform after the announcement.

Where this Lighter is built on Ethereum Layer 2 using Zero-knowledge rollup technology, in the post, they mentioned in the thread post that the earnings generated by their main DEX product, as well as future products and services, can be tracked openly by anyone in real time on chain and will be divided between growth and buybacks depending on market circumstances.

Token Allocation and LIT Use Cases

When it comes to token allocation, the total supply of the LIT token is 1 billion. With that, the Lighter clarified that half of the percentage is kept for the ecosystem. Then, the other 50% is reserved for the team/investors, in that 26% is vested in the team and 24% allocated to investors.

Regarding the ecosystem portion, the 2025 points season programs produced 12.5 million points, which will be distributed immediately through an airdrop. This equates to 25% of the entire token supply. The remaining 25% will be preserved for future reward schemes, with a tiny portion going toward partnerships and ecosystem growth.

With that, they have added that the LIT tokens are not only used for governance, but also have other use cases. The Lighter platform offers trading excursion and data verification services designed in different tiers, which require staking of the LIT tokens to use the features to their full potential. Also, LIT is to pay fees for all platform activities.

Lighter Introduces New Trading Pair

Then, shortly after the LIT token announcement, Lighter announced its LIT/USDC trading pair this morning through its X handle and Discord channel. As the LIT is live now and available for trading, it is drawing attention from crypto circles.

İlgili Sorular

QWhat is the name of the native token introduced by Lighter DEX and what does LIT stand for?

AThe native token is named Light Infrastructure Token, and LIT stands for Light Infrastructure Token.

QOn which blockchain and Layer 2 technology is Lighter built?

ALighter is built on Ethereum Layer 2 using Zero-knowledge rollup technology.

QWhat is the total supply of LIT tokens and how is it allocated between ecosystem, team, and investors?

AThe total supply is 1 billion LIT tokens. 50% is allocated to the ecosystem, 26% to the team, and 24% to investors.

QWhat are some of the use cases for the LIT token on the Lighter platform?

ALIT tokens are used for governance, staking to access trading and data verification services, and paying fees for all platform activities.

QHow did Lighter distribute a portion of the tokens to users and what was the program called?

ALighter distributed 12.5 million tokens (25% of total supply) through an airdrop as part of the 2025 points season programs.

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