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Chain: Arbitrum, Avalanche, Base, Ethereum

What is Lighter?

Lighter is a zero-knowledge rollup on Ethereum that is made for high-performance spot and perpetual futures trading. It does all of its order matching and liquidations on-chain, using cryptographic proofs. This means it can match orders as quickly as a CEX while still being as secure as Ethereum.

There are no fees for trading in select markets, and traders of all kinds can access the platform through both an API and a UI. The project raised $68M in a Series B round in November 2025 at approximately a $1.5B valuation. Founders Fund and Ribbit Capital were the main investors, along with Haun Ventures and Robinhood. $LIT, Lighter’s native token, came out in December 2025.

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Lighter Airdrop Details

Distribution of the $LIT airdrop has already taken place. Lighter ran two points seasons throughout 2025 — Season 1 during private beta and Season 2 from October 2 to December 31, 2025 — rewarding traders with points for organic trading volume. Self-trading and Sybil were eliminated.

A quarter of the fully diluted $LIT supply, or 12.5 million points, were distributed. On December 30, 2025, tokens were automatically distributed; no claim was necessary.

Key Parameters:

Total Points Pool: 12.5 million (Seasons 1 + 2 combined)
Airdrop Allocation: 25% of total $LIT supply (fully diluted)
Distribution Method: Pro-rata based on points; automatic — no claim required
TGE Date: December 30, 2025

The Lighter team has set aside an extra 25% of the ecosystem allocation for future points seasons and growth projects. As of March 2026, there has been no news about Season 3 or a new points campaign.

Latest Update: Lighter’s points program for trading routed through Robinhood Chain took effect August 10, 2026, rewarding eligible users for genuine trading activity on the platform. Points are calculated and awarded weekly based on that week’s eligible activity, and Lighter notes the calculation method may change over time as the program evolves.

How to Participate in the Lighter Ecosystem

Step 1: Visit the Lighter App or Robinhood Wallet

Go to the Lighter website and connect an EVM-compatible wallet, or open Robinhood Wallet if you’re in an eligible jurisdiction and want the 2x points rate on trades.

Step 2: Acquire LIT

Purchase LIT from Binance or another supported exchange and transfer it to your wallet, or swap and bridge funds directly using the widget below. You’ll need LIT to stake and to unlock fee-tier benefits on the platform.

Step 3: Stake LIT

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Open the staking dashboard in the Lighter app and deposit your LIT. Staking is required to access the Lighter Liquidity Pool at a 1:10 ratio, and it also improves your fee and latency tier. Current staking APR sits well below the initial 17.8% rate from January, and the protocol now targets roughly 6% as it shifts to ecosystem-funded rewards.

Step 4: Trade Perpetuals or RWA Markets

Deposit funds and trade perpetual futures or real-world asset markets. Zero-fee retail trading is still live, and trades made through Robinhood Wallet currently earn double the reward points compared to trading on Lighter’s own app.

Step 5: Track Points Toward the Robinhood Rewards Pool

Monitor your points accrual if you’re trading through Robinhood Wallet. The $11 million LIT pool converts points to tokens under Lighter’s terms, and eligibility depends on your jurisdiction and continued account activity.

Latest Update: Fuego NFT Mint Goes Live August 6

Fuego mints on Ethereum on August 6, 2026, with a total supply of 5,555 NFTs. Whitelisted addresses mint first across two priority phases before the public opens.

Priority access goes to:

Lighter’s top points holders
Attendees of the 20+ global Lighter events
Regional Lighter partners

Mint Your Fuego NFT

Mint during the phase your wallet qualifies for. Price and per-wallet limits increase across the three phases:

Phase 1, Priority WL: 13:00 to 16:00 UTC (9:00 AM to 12:00 PM EST), 0.039 ETH, max 5 per wallet
Phase 2, Community WL: 16:00 to 19:00 UTC (12:00 PM to 3:00 PM EST), 0.042 ETH, max 2 per wallet
Phase 3, Public: opens 19:00 UTC (3:00 PM EST), 0.045 ETH, max 2 per wallet

Of the 5,555 supply, 200 mint to the team wallet at contract setup and are held for the project.

LIT Rewards Through Robinhood Wallet

Robinhood Chain, an Ethereum layer-2 built on Arbitrum, went live on mainnet on July 1, 2026. For background on Robinhood’s own token plans, see our Robinhood airdrop guide. Robinhood Wallet now routes perpetual futures trading through Lighter directly inside the app, using USDG as the quote asset. Lighter has committed $11 million in LIT to a Robinhood community rewards pool. Eligible users earn points on every perpetuals trade, at 2x when trading through Robinhood Wallet and 1x on Lighter’s own web app, and those points convert to LIT under Lighter’s terms.

Frequently Asked Questions

Will Lighter Run Another Points Season?

No Season 3 has been announced as of July 2026. The team still holds a 25% ecosystem reserve for future incentives, and the new Robinhood Wallet rewards pool is currently the most direct way to earn additional LIT.

What Is the Current LIT Staking APR?

The APR has dropped significantly from its January 2026 launch rate of about 17.8%. Following the July 2026 tokenomics update, Lighter is targeting an initial 6% annualized yield funded by ecosystem token reserves rather than exchange revenue.

Can I Trade Lighter Perpetuals Through Robinhood?

Yes, if you’re in an eligible jurisdiction. Robinhood Wallet added native access to Lighter perpetuals on July 1, 2026, though it isn’t available to residents of the UK, US, Canada, Switzerland, UAE, Singapore, and some other regions.

Do I Need to Invest Money to Earn LIT Rewards?

Yes. Both staking and perpetuals trading require capital. There’s no free social-task campaign running for LIT right now; rewards come from actual trading volume and staked positions.

Is the LIT Token Supply Decreasing?

Lighter has shifted from buying back LIT and holding it to permanently burning bought-back tokens. About 15.5 million LIT purchased with exchange revenue since TGE will be burned, starting shortly after Q2 2026 ends. This is a confirmed protocol update, not a rumor.

Conclusion

The core LIT airdrop wrapped up in December 2025, but Lighter hasn’t gone quiet since. The July 2026 Robinhood Wallet integration opened a new $11 million LIT rewards pool for eligible traders, staking now feeds into liquidity pool access instead of just yield, and the protocol is burning bought-back tokens rather than stockpiling them.

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