Harvard prodigy and DeFi entrepreneur Alex Tan, who graduated at 18, has raised $68 million for his new crypto trading protocol, Lighter. The funding round, led by Paradigm and Andreessen Horowitz, attracted major investors including Sequoia Capital and Coinbase Ventures. Lighter aims to revolutionize decentralized trading by offering faster transaction speeds and reduced fees through an innovative on-chain order book system. The project’s early success highlights renewed investor confidence in next-generation DeFi infrastructure amid a broader crypto market revival in 2025.
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