Lighter actually able to compete with Hyperliquid?

What are everyone's thoughts on this? I actually haven't heard of this until a few months ago, but saw that Vitalik did a fireside chat with the dev team a few weeks back. Didn't buy it then, but saw lots of positive sentiment around it on X, including the David guy from Bankless.

Platform:

Just tried the platform now to buy the LIT asset, but wondering what people think of both the platform and the asset? I'm not the target audience since I don't trade, but the fundamental thesis I guess is that it might be the backbone for institutional perp platforms?

Apparently it had a deal with Telegram to trade within the app (I dont use telegram so not sure if this is a big deal)

There are rumors that Robinhood might integrate them into their perp offering soon.

Potential tailwinds if Clarity Act passes, but I think that would be good for all tokens not just LIT or HYPE

Token:

This is where I'm a huge noob. I have only owned BTC and ETH for multiple cycles so I do not understand the tokenomics of these new tokens. Apparently, LIT and HYPE both use their fee revenue to buy back tokens, which is deflationary. But for both, they have a vesting schedule where early devs might sell in bulk.

For LIT, it looks like December is the cliff.

Any thoughts on this is a good investment, and for short or long term?