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Lighter weekly update: new features and partnerships

Lighter · Originally posted 2026.10.09 20:38 (UTC)
Key points
  • Lighter introduces passkey-protected trading sessions.
  • Folio launches Lighter perpetuals with up to 50x leverage.
  • 2,452,017 LIT tokens burned as part of the buyback program.
  • New Testnet role available for community updates.

Product Updates

  • Passkey-protected trading sessions are now available, allowing users to encrypt their trading key with a device passkey and optional security settings for transaction confirmations.
  • A heatmap has been added to the markets page, along with New and Hot badges in the market selector.
  • A Plus account tier has been introduced on Lighter on Robinhood Chain, featuring a fee schedule, tier switcher, and onboarding process.
  • Chart loading times have improved by merging trade and mark-price candles into a single backend request.
  • Maker-only rate limits are now enforced, with inline notifications for refused requests.
  • Push notifications are available for unstake requests and completions.
  • The individual fast withdrawal limit has been increased to $200K on Lighter on Robinhood Chain.
  • Various fixes have been implemented for funding tooltips, staking formatting, mobile charts, sliders, export date picker, PnL calendar, version notifications, and blocked-status checks.

Integrators

  • TrueNorth AI has partnered with Lighter to enable agent-based trading on Lighter Core and Lighter on Robinhood Chain, launching a $50K $LIT trading competition.
  • SwissBorg now supports $LIT.
  • Folio has launched Lighter perps, including BTC, ETH, AAPL, AMD, and CRCL, with leverage up to 50x, now available on Lighter Hub.
  • Circuit AI is now live with Lighter integration, allowing users to create perp trading agents using natural language.
  • Renzo Finance has launched automated tokenized equity basis yield strategies using Lighter, starting with $SPY.
  • LitDash V2 has been launched by Zen, featuring the new Lighter trading dashboard.

Community Updates

  • A new Testnet role is available in the #roles channel for users to receive notifications about the latest Testnet announcements and updates.

LIT Token Burn

  • Today, 2,452,017 LIT tokens were burned, representing the amount bought back programmatically through the end of Q3 2026.

This post was rewritten by PerpDEX Hub from an official Lighter announcement. The original takes precedence for dates and figures. Not investment advice.

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