Lighter Token Climbs Amid Chainlink’s Major Expansion Into Asia’s $40T Equity Markets

TL;DR:
- LIT traded at $3.35 on November 3 at 16:54 UTC, posting an 8.8% 24-hour gain and a daily volume of $116.73 million.
- Chainlink added Lighter to the rollout of its equity data streams for the Asia-Pacific region, a stock market valued at over $40 trillion.
- The asset’s market capitalization reached $837.84 million, backed by a verified circulating supply of 250 million units.
Lighter Protocol’s native asset, Lighter Token (LIT), rose 8.8% in a 24-hour window to reach $3.35 on November 3 at 16:54 UTC, according to CoinGecko market metrics.
The technical move placed the price within an intraday range between a low of $3.01 and a high of $3.44. With this change, the market capitalization was valued at $837.84 million, while the fully diluted valuation (FDV) was calculated at $3.209 billion based on a circulating supply of 250 million LIT tokens.
From a historical perspective, the platform’s data places the token 57.4% below its all-time high of $7.86. Compared to its all-time low of $0.7794, the current price represents a 329.2% recovery, set within a weekly range that swung between $2.60 and $3.44.
Chainlink Equity Data Integration and Market Background
The price appreciation coincided with Chainlink’s official announcement regarding the expansion of its APAC Equities Streams. The oracle infrastructure covers equity markets valued at more than $40 trillion across China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and Hong Kong.
NEW: Chainlink APAC Equities Streams have expanded, covering $40T+ of equity markets across China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and Hong Kong.
TSMC. Tencent. Samsung. SK Hynix. BYD. and more.
Live on: @Lighter_xyz, @jupiterexchange, @Predictdotfun.
LINK everything pic.twitter.com/LLCTwqcyNC
— Chainlink (@chainlink) November 3, 2026
The statement released on November 3 confirmed that Lighter is among the decentralized platforms where these streams are already live. The network provides real-time pricing for multinational corporations such as TSMC, Tencent, Samsung, SK Hynix, and BYD.
Public documentation does not establish a direct, verifiable causal link between the technical integration and the buying pressure on LIT. The gain follows a series of fluctuations seen in late October. On October 21, the asset experienced a 20% spike to $3.83 after details emerged from the project’s quarterly investor call.
Those sessions revealed that Lighter was planning to pursue a regulatory license in the United States during November. Additionally, an evaluation of a potential integration with Robinhood’s U.S. infrastructure was disclosed, pending approval from relevant authorities. Two days later, on October 23, the price retreated 9.1% to settle at $3.32, with a market capitalization near $829 million.
LIT’s rebound coincided with a partial stabilization across the broader crypto market, whose aggregate market cap gained 0.9% as of 16:54 UTC on Tuesday. The market had been recovering from losses following the $6.3 billion security incident reported by the Binance platform on October 30, an event that triggered a 3.32% global contraction in aggregate market capitalization on that day.
The protocol’s operational roadmap remains on track to formally file the regulatory application with U.S. financial authorities over the course of November.
This story was originally published by Crypto Economy. Read the original article.





