Lighter [LIT] continues to face significant bearish pressure, trading near $1.10 after a 23% weekly decline. In response, the Lighter team’s sustained token buyback program has acquired 7.48 million LIT tokens worth approximately $12.67 million, representing about 3% of the circulating supply. However, this effort to stabilize the token demand is being executed amid a sharp decline in the network’s daily revenue and persistent selling dominance on derivatives markets.
The cryptocurrency Lighter [LIT] faced persistent bearish pressure after failing to hold above a $1.50 level. The altcoin has since traded inside a descending channel and touched a low of $1.07, extending weekly losses to roughly 23%.
In response, the Lighter team has attempted to counter selling momentum through a sustained token buyback program. The protocol bought back 7.48 million LIT tokens, worth about $12.67 million, with the most recent purchase being 812,000 LIT for $1.06 million.
According to a team statement, these repurchased tokens represent around 3% of the circulating supply. Notably, the protocol funds these buybacks using revenue generated across its products.
However, the network’s revenue has declined sharply in recent months from previous peaks near $1.5 million. Daily revenue recently fell closer to $100,000–$120,000 levels, standing near $122,000 over the past day.
Despite the buyback efforts, market sentiment remained largely bearish. On Binance derivatives markets, sellers dominated activity for most of the past month, with a recent sell volume of $1.7 million versus a buy volume of $1.28 million.
Over the same period, net buy volume dropped to negative $3.5 million, reflecting persistent selling pressure. Historically, sustained sell-side dominance often precedes further downside as bearish momentum builds.
Perpetual markets also signaled reduced participation, with volume falling from roughly $3.1 billion to $1.1 billion within three days. This 64% decline suggested traders reduced exposure while waiting for a clearer market direction.
Technical indicators reflected weakening bullish strength, with the Stochastic RSI forming a bearish crossover inside oversold territory. If selling pressure persists, LIT could break the $1 support and slide toward $0.96.
