Referral Program
Lighter remains free to trade for most users. This referral program rewards you for referring traders who choose Premium, letting you earn a share of the fees they pay. Referred users get their first week of Premium fees rebated. The program applies to new referrals only, starting Monday, July 28, 2026.
How it works
Share your referral link. When someone signs up through it, they become your referred user, and you start earning a kickback on the trading fees they pay.
Referral attribution is permanent: once a referral code is used at sign-up, it cannot be changed or added later.
Referrer kickbacks
You earn a percentage of the gross fees paid by your referred users. The percentage depends on your tier:
Bronze
10%
Available to everyone
Silver
20%
15+ unique referrals, each active for 5+ days
Gold
30%
50+ unique referrals, each active for 5+ days
A referred user counts as active for 5+ days once they have traded on at least 5 separate days. Only users who signed up on or after the program start date count toward tier requirements.
Tier upgrades are reviewed manually and applied weekly, on Mondays. Once upgraded, your new rate applies to all fees generated by your referred users from the upgrade date onward, it is not applied retroactively to fees generated before the upgrade. Meeting the requirements makes you eligible for an upgrade, but upgrades are granted at our discretion.
Referee free trial
If you join through a referral link, you'll be prompted to activate one week of premium for free: the trading fees you pay during your trial week are rebated back to you every Monday. The trial week starts at sign-up, when the referral code is used.
Trial cap: fees are rebated on the first $10M in trading volume during the trial. Both maker and taker volume count toward this cap.
Payouts
Rebates for both referrers and referees are paid out weekly as L2 Transfers, from this address: 0xF516F26A52bc61DB91b27242CC575AeF2D5362D6
Each Monday's payout covers fees generated from Monday 00:00 UTC through Sunday 23:59 UTC of the preceding week. Tier reviews use the same snapshot.
There is a $1 minimum for payouts.
Program guidelines
All kickbacks and rebates, on both the referrer and referee side, are discretionary.
Wash trading, self-referrals, and any other attempts to abuse or game the program will result in disqualification and forfeiture of pending rebates.
Tier upgrades are discretionary and processed weekly on Mondays.
Only referrals made on or after July 28, 2026 qualify for the program.
Referral codes cannot be changed after sign-up.
We may modify, suspend, or terminate the program at any time.
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