Centralized exchange · since 2018 Futures-focused crypto exchange founded in 2018 offering high-leverage perpetuals, spot and copy trading, backed by a 1,000 BTC protection fund.
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Order-book perpetual and spot exchange built as an app-specific ZK rollup on Ethereum, with verifiable matching and liquidations and zero fees on standard accounts.
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WEEXLighter
Trading fees (base tier)
Spot maker0.1%0%
Spot taker0.1%0%
Futures maker0.02%0%
Futures taker0.08%0%
Markets (live)
Coins listed1,722212
Coins with perpetuals0212
Coins with spot pairs1,7220
24h volume$2.22B$2.38B
Coins only here166 coins trade on both1,55646
New listings (detected live)
Last 30 days61
Last 90 days61
Safety and access
Proof of reservesYesYes · real-time
Licenses2US FinCEN MSB registration, Canada FINTRAC MSB registrationNone listed
Restricted regions16 regionsUnited States, Canada, South Korea, Mainland China, Hong Kong…15 regionsUnited States, Canada, United Kingdom, China, North Korea…
HeadquartersDubai, UAE (founded in Singapore)Lighter, Inc. (Delaware corporation, United States)
Exchange tokenWXTLIT
Incidents on record11
WEEX or Lighter?
WEEX and Lighter are compared here on what matters when you choose where to trade: base trading fees, how many coins each lists, how quickly they add new ones, perpetual prices and funding on the coins both list, and safety signals such as proof of reserves and restricted regions. Live numbers update from the exchanges' public market data; fees and policies were checked against each exchange's own pages.
WEEX lists 1,722 coins and Lighter 212. 166 coins trade on both, 1,556 only on WEEX and 46 only on Lighter. In the last 30 days WEEX added 6 new coins and Lighter 1.
Fees above are base-tier rates before VIP levels and token discounts; WEEX offers 3 discount options and Lighter offers 4 discount options. Availability depends on where you live, so check the restricted regions before signing up.