Your gateway to understanding Lighter - the decentralized trading infrastructure for the next generation of DeFi.
A curated educational hub built by the community, for the community.
The End of Custodial Risk
Why do people choose Lighter?
Centralized exchanges collapse every year — sometimes taking billions in user funds with them.
FTX, MtGox, Cryptopia, BTC-e — the list goes on.
With Lighter, that risk is gone.
You trade with the same smooth experience as on a CEX — but your funds always stay under your control.
- 0% fees
- fastest order execution - 5ms
- strongest security based on Ethereum
- user-friendly interface
- self-custody
Team
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Vladimir Novakovski is the founder and CEO of Lighter. A member and winner of the US national teams for both the International Olympiad in Informatics and Physics, he entered Harvard at 16 and graduated at 18, after which he was recruited by Ken Griffin to join Citadel as a trader.
He later served as Head of Machine Learning at Quora (2012–2014) and held senior engineering roles, including VP of Engineering at Addepar. Novakovski also founded Lunchclub in 2017, an AI-powered networking platform, which he ultimately pivoted into Lighter while retaining most of its engineering team.
Lighter has the team of 35 people, including 25 developers, 21 of whom are winners or medalists of international mathematics and programming Olympiads.
Official resources of Lighter:
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