Lighter Launches Mobile App for iOS and Android

The Lighter project, known for its high-speed platform based on Ethereum L2 using specialized ZK-cycles for trade verification and liquidations, has announced the launch of a mobile app for iOS and Android. This allows users to trade assets, including perpetuals (perps), spot, real-world assets (RWAs), pre-markets, and more, directly from their smartphone, ensuring low latency and low costs.

The app is already available for download: for iOS in over 100 countries (with expansion soon) via the App Store, and for Android - globally through Google Play. The app's interface is optimized for mobile devices, with a clean design reminiscent of centralized exchanges, without the typical issues of browser versions like scaling or inconvenient layouts.

To celebrate the launch, Lighter has announced an exclusive mobile trading contest starting on January 15, 2026. The conditions are simple: download the app before the start and conduct most trades through the mobile version. The prize pool is 100,000 $LIT, the platform's tokens. This could become a powerful incentive for user base growth, as analysts estimate that mobile access will help Lighter reach 1 million users by the end of the first quarter of 2026 and potentially 5 million by year-end.

A Brief Overview of Lighter

Lighter is a specialized zero-knowledge rollup on Ethereum, optimized for speed, throughput, and scale. The platform generates ZK-proofs for all operations, including order matching and liquidations, ensuring full verification and security inherited from Ethereum. Key advantages include:

• Processing tens of thousands of orders and cancellations per second with millisecond latency.
• Zero fees for retail traders and competitive ones for high-frequency.
• All operations are cryptographically proven and verified on Ethereum.
• Deposits and withdrawals via Ethereum, without control by a single entity.

The project has attracted investor attention: in November 2025, Lighter raised $68 million at a $1.5 billion valuation from funds like Founders Fund, Ribbit Capital, and Haun Ventures. The $LIT token, used for governance and rewards, is currently trading around $2.06, down 4.07% in the last 24 hours. The all-time high ($3.70) was recorded on December 28, 2025.

We have already written about this project on our site, including its addition to the Coinbase listing roadmap and pre-market on Binance. More details at EGW.

The launch of the mobile app could be a catalyst for further growth of Lighter in the competitive DeFi market, where mobility is becoming a key factor for mass adoption.