Recap on Robinhood <> ethereum:0x232ce3bd40fcd6f80f3d55a522d03f25df784ee2
• Lighter (ethereum:0x232ce3bd40fcd6f80f3d55a522d03f25df784ee2) is the official perpetuals partner of Robinhood Chain.
• Lighter is a decentralized perpetual futures exchange built as an Ethereum Layer 2 using custom zero-knowledge circuits.
• The partnership and integration launched with Robinhood Chain’s public mainnet around July 1, 2026.
• Eligible users in select jurisdictions can trade perpetual futures powered by Lighter directly inside the Robinhood Wallet.
• The product is unavailable in restricted jurisdictions including the US, UK, Canada, Switzerland, UAE, Singapore, and others.
• Trading uses USDG as both the collateral and quote asset.
• Robinhood and Lighter split the revenue 50/50.
• Lighter committed approximately $11 million of its native LIT tokens as incentives for the Robinhood community.
• Robinhood Ventures invested in Lighter’s $68 million funding round in November 2025, which valued the company at roughly $1.5 billion.
• The relationship includes further collaboration, such as making Robinhood Stock Tokens eligible as collateral on Lighter’s instance for Robinhood Chain.
• Separately, the $LIT token itself became available to trade on Robinhood Crypto around mid-January 2026.