Lighter Crypto LIT Drops Violently on Robinhood Plan
LIT fell sharply after Robinhood moved toward offering U.S. perpetual futures through Bitstamp, and one report said the drop exceeded 14% in minutes. Another report put LIT at $3.86, down 13% over 24 hours and 26% over seven days, and described the move as prompting a large liquidation chain.
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LIT holders and traders saw a sharp move in the token on the day of the announcement, and one report tied that to a broad liquidation chain. People watching Robinhood’s U.S. derivatives plans would also have noticed the shift toward using Bitstamp for the rollout.
Before this move, the U.S. perpetual-futures plan was not described as being routed through Bitstamp, and now that route is part of the rollout. What remains the same is that the report still describes a plan to offer perpetual futures in the United States, rather than a completed launch.
Market reaction
The move was larger before the first headline than after. That is an observation, not an explanation: the market also moves on things nobody publishes.
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Where this sits in the Lighter series
| When | What happened | Figure |
|---|---|---|
| 22 days ago | LIT a 5.45 $ high | today it sits -42.0 % from there |
| 2 days ago | LIT a 2.93 $ low | today it sits +7.8 % from there |
From what we have stored, starting 22 days ago.