Lighter Market Lead: TGE and airdrop will take place within the year, with the airdrop accounting for 25% of the total supply.

Techub News, Pilla.eth, the marketing lead of the Lighter team, shared some details about the TGE in an AMA event today: The TGE and airdrop will take place in 2025, with the airdrop accounting for 25% of the total supply and having no lock-up restrictions. The airdrop does not require claiming and will be directly deposited into the Lighter wallets of point holders. 50% of the token supply will be allocated to the community. More tokenomics details will be gradually released. There will be token buybacks, but the specific amount is undecided. LIT tokens will initially be tradable only on the Lighter platform. Coinbase and Bybit have added LIT to their roadmaps; the team will not pay for exchange listings. There will be no official Lighter NFT, but some community NFTs are acknowledged. Meme coin airdrops are also rumors.

Additionally, Pilla.eth revealed that Lighter is developing a mobile application competitive enough to rival CEX apps. The team is also researching tokenized stocks and other RWAs.