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Regional Community Leader @Lighter_xyz

India
Joined March 2023
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No fees on @Lighter_xyz . Referrals saved 1 MILLION $ + $LIT 🕯️
Replying to @Henrik_on_HL
No fees on Lighter 🕯️
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Introducing Guilds, a new way to bring your friends and communities together on Lighter. Create or join a guild and challenge other communities through Duels, add your X account, climb leaderboards, and more! 🕯️
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Are there any DeFi products offering higher USDC returns than LLP, without looping or token incentives? 11.25% annualized over the past year.
LLP is quietly becoming one of the best products in crypto.
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Big week of updates at Lighter. New markets, better reliability, RFQ upgrades, and more flexibility for traders. Here’s what’s new 👇
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Perps tracking the Nasdaq 100 traded $169.14M on Lighter in the past 24 hours, more than any crypto market there except Bitcoin and Ether. Lighter matched 2,281,923 trades in that time, more than 26 a second. @Lighter_xyz
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Comfy in $LIT 🕯️🙂
Comfy in $LIT . It does give a F to $btc 😎
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Another live example why you need $BTC or crypto in your savings
BREAKING: 🇵🇾 What just happened in PARAGUAY is a WARNING for everyone on earth. More than 3 million people (60% of Paraguay's adult population) have lost access to EVERYTHING. Their bank accounts. Their pensions. Frozen. Inaccessible. Paraguay’s largest digital bank, Ueno Bank, has collapsed. The president of the Central Bank (who is deeply connected to Ueno) has just RESIGNED. Eight high-level executives including the founder and the Bank President are being detained. The people have taken to the streets to demand their money back. And rightly so. This is the model Milei and the rest of the Epstein class are pushing. This could happen ANYWHERE. Best to save in physical gold and physical silver, imo.
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The future roadmap for @Lighter_xyz and some of which most people don’t see till the end of Q2 2027. Nov - Application for U.S.License Dec - Options launch Q1 end : Bayesian scored timeline for approval to be done. By end of Q2: Possible robinhood integration directly to robinhood app for U.S.Customers rather than just for @RobinhoodCrypto chain. Possible coinbase integration. Other tier- 1 trad-fi partnerships as hinted in AMA. Possible bitmine assets addition into its ethereum aligned portfolio. Points distribution airdrop to users of season 3. Don’t remember the fact that most of the investors are long term aligned and vlad mentioning that he talked to investors about the unlocks.
The CFTC continues to blaze the path of innovation - expanding the opportunity set for builders in the USA. nitter.gq/ChairmanSelig/status/2…
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Just minted 3 @LigurrNFT !!!
The LiGuRR whitelist mint is LIVE. Mint only at ligurr.com. Connect your MetaMask, mint up to your allocation at 0.00043 ETH each. Whitelist runs 48 hours, until Nov 4, 8am PST. Not whitelisted? Public sale opens right after, 2 per wallet, same price. Contract (verified): etherscan.io/address/0xf4d63… We will never DM you. If a link isn’t ligurr.com, it’s a scam.
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Here's how to understand the CFTC equity perp news, simplified: The @CFTC has approved equity perp contracts for the 4 exchanges that have filed requests to approve them: - KalshiEX LLC - Coinbase Derivatives - Bitnomial (Kraken) - Nadex/OG.com All 4 of these exchanges are: 1. CFTC registered exchanges 2. DCMs that clear trades with registered DCOs 3. Also registered with the SEC 4. That previously filed requests for approval of equity-perp contracts. The 4 exchanges have internal standards (which they've formalized and filed with the CFTC) for which equity-perp they can list on their own exchange. Things like - Equity is publicly traded - Sufficient float, trading volume - Reliable pricing to be able to calc funding payments - Market structure resilient to manipulation So the exchanges are *mostly* free to self-certify the markets they want, i.e. all the popular ones. Which is bullish, because we're about to get a lot of onshore equity perps available on US retail platforms like Coinbase, Kraken. btw, @Lighter_xyz will file with the @CFTC this month (per their Q3 investor call) and will very likely be the 5th exchange on this list (and the only crypto-native DEX with a CFTC DCM/DCO license), and is one of the reasons why Lighter is so unique as a project
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It's just the beginning $lit 🚀
The CFTC continues to blaze the path of innovation - expanding the opportunity set for builders in the USA. nitter.gq/ChairmanSelig/status/2…
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Most viewed coins today 👀 $LIT takes the top spot followed by $PEARL and $NEAR. Are you watching any of these? coingecko.com/en/highlights/…
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Glighter 🕯️
Went through 4 perp DEXs onchain after the Binance hack: Lighter (~$1B), Hyperliquid (~$6.5B), Aster (~$500M) and Variational (~$290M). If their own systems got hacked like Binance's, only one of them would stop the attacker from pulling your balance out.
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The LiGuRR sale begins OCT 30 at 8am PST. Beware of scam links and DMs leading up to the sale. The team will never DM you on Telegram. The sale will only take place on ligurr.com. Tips on the sale below:
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LATEST: ⚡️ 21shares launched physically backed ETPs tracking Lighter's LIT and Venice's VVV tokens, listed on Deutsche Börse Xetra and SIX Swiss Exchange.
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Replying to @Lighter_xyz
Maggie Parsons on why @Lighter_xyz built on Ethereum: "Building an exchange and building trust with users, that's a secure-layer question first. Where you build determines what users can actually trust." "We look at Ethereum as the settlement layer for the future of finance. Lighter is committed to building on Ethereum." "DeFi and assets are on Ethereum. Composability with all of that, leveraging assets on one platform as collateral on Lighter, that's a huge value proposition."
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Options season. Coming soon 🕯️
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周末去香港参与了 Lighter 的私人饭局,迟到一年,终于见到了 Vlad @vnovakovski 还有几个网上认识的 team 成员。 一起参加的,有几个基金 fund,一些 big trader,还有做市商。其中基金的兴趣在于购入 ethereum:0x232ce3bd40fcd6f80f3d55a522d03f25df784ee2 。 饭局期间,我问了一些极其犀利的问题,拿到了很多一手信息,估计也是社区成员最想听的,来给大家转达一下。 1、美国合规牌照什么时候下来? 快了但不确定。首先大家要知道,CFTC 牌照其实不由 Lighter 团队所决定,而是政府部门什么时间能给批准。Lighter 的目标是 Q4 上了期权之后,同时拿到 CFTC 给的 Perps 和 Options 的牌照。 Lighter 已经与 CFTC 进行了长达 11 个月的合作与澄清,CFTC 已经“完全”认识并理解了 Lighter 的 ZK+Ethereum 技术架构、清算机制、ADL 策略以及 0 fee 的盈利模式等等。可以这样说 —— Lighter 是最最有可能拿到第一张美国的 Defi/DEX 合规牌照。 2、拿到牌照后,Lighter 会使用 Core/Robinhood 还是会重新开发一个实例? 获取到牌照后,Lighter 第一时间会上线 Lighter US,也就是另外一个实例,KYC/AML 均与传统交易公司对齐,同时 Lighter US 会引入 Citadel、Jump 等华尔街大型做市商为 Lighter 做市。(Vlad 之前被 Citadel CEO boss 直聘,工作多年) 资产类别逐一按照 CFTC 监管上线,保持 0 fee 的交易结构。 3、期权 Options 与 LighterEVM 什么时间上线? 目标都是 Q4 上线,但侧重在 Options ,因为技术原因,期权的上线会以二元期权,也就是预测市场为开始,随后升级为传统的欧式期权,同时期权考虑 0 fee 交易开始。 LighterEVM 也是预期 Q4,上线之后将会引入 BTC、HYPE、SOL 等非 EVM 资产现货,当然「股票现货 Spot」也在范围内,同时 LighterEVM 将会催生大量生态项目,例如我后面会发的 wick。 4、年底 12.30 的大额 unlock,团队怎么处理 investor 和 team 的巨量解锁?(这块我问的很直接)。 “investor 都不会卖!” Vlad 说这是他知道的信息。我再追问,你并不能控制他们手来让人家不卖吧, Vlad 意思是:他们说了不卖就是不卖,如果他们要卖的话,完全可以说出来,我们还能帮他们找 OTC 买家,甚至自己都可以买。二级市场直接砸的可能性不高,性价比低,同时也在消耗 VC 自己的信誉。 确实,桌上做的几个基金,都是想来谈 OTC 的。 5、Lighter 与 Robinhood 商业模式一样,要尽可能多获取散户流量,但团队在 Marketing 方面一直如此保守? 团队 Camila 告诉我,其实 Lighter 并不是没有做 MKT,而是一直在考虑 ROI 的问题,现在这个阶段,Lighter 牌照还没下来,而大规模、高质量的流量,只有在牌照之后才会出现。所以团队目前的 Marketing 投入不多,仅以欧美极个别 KOL、还有大的视频访谈为主。(我争取做一次) Camila 还提到,Web3 贯以的 Agency 和 KOL 营销,她觉得性价比非常低,因此等牌照下来,会以 Web2 方式类似于 Kalshi/Polymarket/Robinhood 那样做营销。 加上 KOL 侧,主要集中在合约交易、PerpDEX的 KOL 为主,欧美、韩国、大中华等地区同时发力。 Marketing 是牌照下来之后,团队要侧重做的地方,因为他们也懂自己的盈利模式需要什么。 6、Vlad 你个人有投资 Cognition 吗?(Cognition 是 Vlad 上一个项目的合伙人 Scott wu 的企业 AI 项目,目前估值 500 亿美金) Vlad 说,他是 Cognition 的第一个投资人,我说那很有钱了,恭喜。 饭局后,我和团队成员 Sebas 私下聊起,你觉得 Vlad 有没有当时后悔选择做了 Crypto 而没去做 AI,毕竟现在 LIT 代币总市值 40 亿不到,而 Cognition 还没上市就几百亿了。 Sebas 说绝不会,Vlad 同时喜欢 AI 和 Trade,从他之前在城堡证券工作过很多年、Robinhood 的第一个顾问就知道, Vlad 乐于构建交易系统,而 AI 那边,Vlad 个人投资了很多,这些 Vlad 自己也是很骄傲的。而现在好朋友的公司做的这么好,Vlad 更有动力将自己的公司做更好。 7、团队一直提倡的 100% 回购销毁代币,当然对持币者是好事,但公司会因此没有现金流,团队会怎么处理现金流问题? Vlad 大方承认了这个问题,确实是,他的出发点一直都是 “Lighter 的所有收入权益归 LIT 代币持有者。”但也不得不考虑公司的长期经营问题,现在 team 花的钱都是之前 VC 给的。 长期来看,Lighter 可能会考虑从一些合作伙伴、渠道那里获得收益,Lighter 已经与新型合作伙伴达成协议,这些会在稍后公布。产品侧考虑后面的高级期权用户,同时回购销毁比例可能变为 99% or 98% 这种。(所有的都是设想,还未决定) 以上 就是我这次参加 Lighter 私局的记录,因个人英文水平没有那么 native,内容可能不那么精确,但大致意思趋同。 饭局上我感觉团队状态很好,他们对自己做的事非常有信心,Vlad 也经常自己开起玩笑,喝着茅台白酒,并没有屏幕上一直在正襟危坐很 nerd 的感觉。 稍后两天我会再着重撰写一篇 Lighter 和 Robinhood 相似商业模式的文章,大家敬请期待。
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No way the FTX movie is here WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE
All in. Every time. Julia Garner and Anthony Boyle star as Caroline Ellison and Sam Bankman-Fried in this limited series about the love scorned prodigies behind the FTX scandal. The Altruists premieres November 19.
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$lit in basket. If you not bullish yet you are seriously missing out , glighter 🕯️
You’re bearish? Citrini just dropped their first ever crypto basket, and you’re bearish?
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