{"id":62745,"date":"2025-11-11T18:17:37","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T18:17:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/perp-dex-space-heats-up-lighter-ignites-68m-fundraise-as-investors-flock-to-defis-next-big-thing\/"},"modified":"2025-11-11T18:17:37","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T18:17:37","slug":"perp-dex-space-heats-up-lighter-ignites-68m-fundraise-as-investors-flock-to-defis-next-big-thing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/perp-dex-space-heats-up-lighter-ignites-68m-fundraise-as-investors-flock-to-defis-next-big-thing\/","title":{"rendered":"Perp DEX Space Heats up \u2014 Lighter Ignites $68M Fundraise as Investors Flock to Defi\u2019s Next Big Thing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>(Originally posted on : Bitcoin News )<\/b><br \/>\n<br \/>Vladimir Novakovski\u2019s blockchain startup Lighter has secured $68 million in fresh funding from top-tier backers, marking one of the most notable reverse pivots in Silicon Valley\u2014from artificial intelligence (AI) back to crypto. According to a Forbes report, Lighter\u2019s $68 million round was led by Peter Thiel\u2019s Founders Fund and Ribbit Capital, with participation from Haun [&#8230;]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/perp-dex-space-heats-up-lighter-ignites-68m-fundraise-as-investors-flock-to-defis-next-big-thing\/\">Source link <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Originally posted on : Bitcoin News ) Vladimir Novakovski\u2019s blockchain startup Lighter has secured $68 million in fresh funding from top-tier backers, marking one of the most notable reverse pivots in Silicon Valley\u2014from artificial intelligence (AI) back to crypto. According to a Forbes report, Lighter\u2019s $68 million round was led by Peter Thiel\u2019s Founders Fund [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":62746,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62745"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62745"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62745\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}