Lighter, an Ethereum-based Layer 2 decentralized perpetual futures exchange, has launched its native asset, Lighter Infrastructure Token (LIT), with 25% of its supply distributed via airdrop.
The team made the announcement on December 30, 2025 on their official X account. Lighter is currently joining other decentralized finance (DeFi) networks with its own token initiative.
LIT token debuts with 25% airdrop
Lighter outlined tokenomics and its native token use cases in a detailed thread. The team revealed that the supply of LIT is split evenly between the ecosystem, teams, and investors. Of the 50% allocated to the ecosystem,
Sponsor Sponsor 25% airdropped at TGE (points S1 and S2). With lightweighting, the remaining 25% is reserved for future growth, including additional point seasons, partnerships, and ecosystem initiatives.
The writer allocated the remaining 50% of the total supply to the team and investors. The team will receive 26% and investors will receive 24%. All these tokens are subject to a one-year cliff. Additionally, after an initial one-year lock-up, team and investor tokens vest linearly over three years.
It is worth noting that many users report receiving airdrops. Additionally, the token began trading after its initial announcement. At the time of this writing, LIT was trading at $2.45.
From a utility perspective, LIT is designed to underpin Lighter’s broader infrastructure stack. By hosting an LIT, participants will have access to products designed to improve execution quality, capital efficiency and risk-adjusted results.
“Our framework for the utility of LIT tokens is to consider how value is exchanged across the financial system and build the infrastructure in a way that captures value through efficiency, transparency, and innovation,” the team wrote.
At the infrastructure level, LITs are required to participate in a hierarchical execution and validation system that ensures transactions are fair and accurate. At the same time, LIT acts as both a fee and staking token for market data and price verification, encouraging the provision of verifiable data used in trading and risk management.
“The value created by all Lighter products and services belongs entirely to LIT holders. We are building in the US, and the tokens will be issued directly by C-Corp, who will continue to operate the protocol at their cost,” Lighter added.
The token launch follows the DEX’s $68 million funding round in November that valued the project at $1.5 billion. Additionally, DefiLama data showed that the protocol’s TVL showed significant growth, reaching $1.456 billion in ATH in mid-December.
