Lighter, the trading platform behind the LIT token, plans to file two registrations with the US derivatives regulator CFTC before the end of November: one as a trading venue and one as a clearing house. No application has been submitted yet, and nothing has been approved. The news has nonetheless moved the price twice already, on October 21 and again at the weekend. On Monday morning, November 2, 2026, LIT costs $3.13 according to CoinGecko, equivalent to €2.79.
For investors in Germany, the application changes little day to day at first: with the US licence, Lighter is targeting institutional clients in the United States. It is still worth watching, because it shows where one of the largest decentralised exchanges for perpetual futures wants to go, and because a date eight weeks away matters more for the supply of LIT tokens than any licence.
CFTC filing in November: Lighter wants its trading venue and clearing registered
Founder and chief executive Vladimir Novakovski presented the plan on the third-quarter conference call on October 21, according to
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