Lighter unveiled the tokenomics of its new Lighter Infrastructure Token (LIT), with 50% allocated to the ecosystem and 50% to the team and investors. The platform distributed 25% of LIT’s total supply through an airdrop and reserved the other 25% for future growth incentives. Team and investors have a 1-year unlock and 3-year vesting.

Lighter is a top perpetual DEX in DeFi, recording nearly $200 billion in trading volume in the last 30 days. The platform surpassed rivals like Hyperliquid and Aster, according to DefiLlama data. Reactions to LIT’s tokenomics varied, with critics calling the 50% allocation to team and investors excessive.

Community members expressed mixed reactions to LIT’s tokenomics, with some criticizing the insider-heavy supply structure. Others defended the meaningful investor backing required for large-scale infrastructure projects. Big traders showed a split in positioning, with some opening leveraged short positions on LIT.

Polymarket traders wagered over $70 million on LIT’s fully diluted valuation (FDV), with the market pricing a near certainty bet that it would exceed $1 billion FDV. At the time of writing, LIT’s FDV was $2.8 billion with a market capitalization of about $700 million. Traders speculated on where LIT’s FDV would land a day after launch.

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