Key Highlights:
- Lighter announces launch of Lighter Infrastructure Token (LIT) today, December 30, 2025.
- The token supply is split between community and team.
- The main aim of the platform is to bridge TradFi and DeFi.
Lighter is a crypto trading platform that is built on Ethereum and lets people trade perpetual contracts. The platform is designed to be professional and institutional-level, similar to tools used by big financial firms.
It has been announced on social media platform X today, December 30, 2025, that Lighter has announced its own token called Lighter Infrastructure Token (LIT). The token is being issued by Lighter’s US-based company, which helps keep things structured and regulated.
We are announcing the Lighter Infrastructure Token (LIT)! Lighter is building infrastructure for the future of finance and the native token is key to aligning incentives. In this thread, we will describe the structure of the token, broader vision, and roadmap of use cases.
— Lighter (@Lighter_xyz) December 30, 2025
The idea behind LIT is simple, all the money the platform makes is meant to benefit token holders. The protocol runs “at cost,” meaning it does not try to keep extra profits. Instead, all revenue is tracked openly on the blockchain, so anyone can see it in real time.
That money is then used in two ways:
- It will be reinvested to grow the platform or
- It will be used to buy back tokens, which will create a scarcity within the circulating supply and then increase the value of the token over time.
The main reason for adopting this approach is to reward its long-term holders.
Tokenomics: Balanced Allocation with Immediate Airdrop
LIT’s total token supply has been split evenly as 50% is reserved for the community and ecosystem and the remaining 50% has been allocated to the team and the investors.
In order to begin community distribution, Lighter is converting 12.5 million reward points earned during early 2025 directly to LIT tokens at a 1:1 ratio, accounting for 25% of the total supply. The platform has already started on Lighter’s website and has seen strong early participation.
According to the tweet, the rest of the ecosystem allocation will be used for future reward programs, partnerships and platform growth. Moreover, team and investor tokens have been locked for an year and then released gradually over three years, making sure that a long-term commitment is established.
Vision: Nexus of Traditional Finance and DeFi
Lighter wants to connect traditional finance and DeFi by bringing real-world assets onto the blockchain in a more efficient and transparent way.
The platform is built on Ethereum, which is known for strong security and a large DeFi ecosystem, Lighter’s trading platform is designed to be fast, low-cost, and fair for users.
LIT Utility: Staking Tiers and Revenue Capture
LIT is the core token that powers Lighter’s platform and provides user access to different features through staking. The more LIT a user stakes, the more advanced the access becomes. At the base level, staking allows users to use Lighter’s fast and fair trading system, including high-speed order matching and tools that prove trades are executed fairly.
Higher tiers unlock financial products such as better trade execution, controlled leverage and more efficient ways to make use of the capital.
LIT is also known for playing an important role in market data. It will be used as the payment token for data feeds, and staking would reward data providers who supply accurate and verifiable prices.
These prices are important for trading, risk management and real-world assets (RWA) products. With this setup, LIT captures revenue from DEX trading fees, data subscriptions, and future services.
Roadmap for 2026
For the year 2026, Lighter plans to expand to faster Layer-2 networks, and build bridges between TradFi and DeFi. This revenue-backed design helps LIT stand out in the market crowded with hype-driven tokens.
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