Available for trading on SigmaTrading on Base with a 50% fee discount.

Ranked 17th by market capitalization among crypto assets as of April 2026.

Nym VPN attends Litecoin Summit in Amsterdam in June 2026, accepts Litecoin payments via MWEB addresses.

Trending on social platforms with discussion focused on Layer-2 development (LitVM/layer-2 capabilities), MWEB privacy feature and wallet support, merchant acceptance positioning, accumulation narratives, and speculation about potential large investor activity and airdrop outcomes.

Whale 58bro.eth was liquidated on short positions for LTC during the rally and subsequently deposited $7.81M USDC into Hyperliquid to add more short positions.

Bitdeer rolls out Litecoin mining capabilities alongside DOGE mining.

Canary Capital's LTC ETF (LTCC) is live on NASDAQ since October 2025 with $76.7M cumulative inflows.

Grayscale filed an LTC ETF application with the SEC, listing LTC alongside BTC, ETH, SOL, XRP, DOGE, HBAR as commodity-based trust assets for spot ETFs.

CoinShares has a pending LTC ETF application.

Mining difficulty reached 107.69M with hashrate at 2.91 PH/s.

Integrated as a native collateral asset on Rujira (Kujira's omnichain platform) to borrow USDC and USDT against LTC without KYC.

Traded at $36 during the March 2020 COVID-19 crash, representing a reference point for measuring historical ROI performance of approximately +50% as of March 2026.

Block reward is 6.25 LTC per block with an average block time of 2.5 minutes.

Charlie Lee participates in an interview on The Rollup Co show on March 11, 2026, at 1:15 PM ET.

Received 8% mention rate in a survey of 150+ crypto prime brokers and market makers across 40 countries regarding assets driving OTC flows outside BTC and ETH, grouped with XRP and TRX.

Resumed payment method on Bitrefill on March 7, 2026.

Charlie Lee continues to work on Litecoin as of March 2026.

Included as one of seven cryptocurrencies in HTX exchange's trading promotion with a $20,000 prize pool, running until 2026-03-11.

Processed 11.5 million transactions in the two months prior to March 2026.

Reached 380 million lifetime transactions on the network as of March 2026.

Reached 292,000 daily active addresses as of March 4, 2026.

Increased 14% in a single day on February 25, 2026, following the U.S. President's State of the Union address.

Reached 237,064 active addresses in a 24-hour period as of February 22, 2026.

Processed 186,744 transactions in a 24-hour period ending on February 22, 2026.

Added as accepted collateral on Coinbase alongside XRP, DOGE, and ADA.

Accepted as collateral for Coinbase crypto-backed loans via Morpho on Base, allowing U.S. users to borrow up to $100,000 USDC.

T. Rowe Price filed Active Crypto ETF S-1 amendment no. 2 on February 17, 2026, covering 15 assets including LTC.

Processed 173,943 transactions in a 24-hour period on February 18, 2026.

Reached a market capitalization of $4.26 trillion.

Identified as a potential bear market survivor based on longevity criteria (at least 5 years operating) and token supply distribution metrics (most supply already unlocked and in circulation).

accounts for approximately 33% of BitPay transaction volume

Recorded 246,216 active addresses in the last 24 hours as of January 26, 2026.

Reached 91.3% of total 84 million coin supply mined, with 76.82 million LTC mined as of February 2026.

Median transaction fee on chain is $0.0034.

Hashrate has increased 128,471.43% from 2017 levels to current levels as of January 2026.

Processes 17.5% of all CoinGate payment transactions, ranking as the third most-used cryptocurrency for payments in 2025 according to CoinGate data.

Recorded $2.00M net inflows into spot LTC ETFs during the week ending January 19, 2026.

A victim lost 2.05 million LTC (valued at over $282M combined with BTC) on January 10, 2026 at approximately 11 pm UTC due to a hardware wallet social engineering scam, with the stolen LTC subsequently converted to Monero via instant exchanges.

Classified as a digital commodity by SEC and CFTC in a taxonomy released week of March 16, 2026, among 16 tokens including Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, XRP.

Will be supported for retail crypto trading on DZ Bank's meinKrypto platform alongside BTC, ETH, and ADA, with the service set to go live shortly after DZ Bank received MiCAR authorization from BaFin in late December 2025.

Whales accumulated 1.02M LTC, a 5-week high in February 2026, signaling supply tightening and demand building.

Added approximately 40% to total open interest across Binance, Bybit, and OKX within a 24-hour period ending January 13, 2026.

Introduced LTC20s and Runes as programmable assets native to the Litecoin chain.

Schedules halving for July 2027, reducing daily emission from 3,600 LTC to 1,800 LTC. Saw pre-halving rallies 122-243 days prior in 2015, 2019, 2023 cycles.

Fidelity Digital Assets posted job openings for roles managing Litecoin nodes, highlighting Litecoin's significance in crypto infrastructure alongside Bitcoin and Ethereum.

The project has declined 26% year-to-date in 2025, underperforming physical silver which gained 35% in the same period.

Litecoin perpetual-style futures go live on Coinbase Derivatives with 24/7 trading availability for retail and institutional traders through approved FCM partners.

Pact_Swap integration on Coinweb allows LTC cross-chain swaps with BTC, ETH, BNB, DOGE and is currently in beta.

Zeus Network debuts Zeus MPC, a device that enables users to earn yield on Litecoin by plugging it into a computer.

Enables smart contracts on Litecoin via Caldera-powered LitecoinVM Layer-2, an EVM-compatible Arbitrum Orbit platform. Testnet launches 2026-04-18, mainnet 2026, integrating Espresso Systems, BTC OS for a zkRollup bridge with MWEB privacy.

MWEB addresses approach 400,000 Litecoin milestone, setting a new all-time high.

Cypher card integration enables cbLTC to be used for everyday spending on Base network.

Launched cbLTC on Base, 1:1 matched with LTC, as part of Coinbase's $7B wrapped assets exclusively bridged by Chainlink.

Optionally private MWEB addresses hit a new all-time high.

Bitwise's 10 Crypto Index Fund uplisted and began trading on NYSE Arca as an ETF after clearing the SEC, providing exposure to LTC among 10 cryptocurrencies.

Integration with near_intents enables Litecoin swaps with 120+ cross-chain assets including BTC, ETH, SOL, ADA, USDC, and USDT, with sales support on Calyx platform.

Coinbase Derivatives launches 24/7 trading for Litecoin monthly futures, with altcoin US Perpetual-Style Futures scheduled to go live on December 15.

MWEB is now live on Cupcake, the air-gapped hardware wallet by Cake Wallet.

Vanguard lists the Bitwise 10 Crypto Index Fund (BITW) that includes Litecoin among 9 cryptocurrencies, providing institutional exposure through a major traditional finance platform.

Pact_Swap DEX supports Litecoin for native cross-chain L1 to L1 swaps without bridges or wrapped tokens, powered by Coinweb smart contracts with CWEB collateral protection.

A fake-news pump gets invalidated, with price bleeding back to origin and creating a short trading opportunity.

The Xeet.ai leaderboard tournament awards 0.2% of supply to the top 100 users, worth approximately $12M or $120,000 per participant based on current $6B FDV.

A new leaderboard tournament launches on Xeet.ai platform featuring LitecoinVM and Litecoin.

Over 12 months, Litecoin leads privacy coins in all social metrics including engagements, mentions, creators, and sentiment.

Vanguard now allows purchase of crypto ETFs, providing access to a Litecoin ETF through their platform.

Trader commentary indicates shilling activity marked a market top.

NEAR Protocol's Intents feature now supports Litecoin for cross-chain swaps, unlocking multichain liquidity access.

A new subnet mechanism enables LTC miners to onramp into the Bittensor $TAO network.

CoinShares withdraws its SEC filing for a Litecoin ETF, along with XRP and SOL staking ETFs, as the firm shifts focus to pursue a Nasdaq listing through a $1.2B merger.

Hosts Litecoin Summit 2026 in Amsterdam June 22-23 during Dutch Blockchain Week; tickets 84 Euros for 2 days or 200 Euros for combined pass, accepting MWEB addresses.

Amsterdam confirmed as the location for the Litecoin Summit.

The Litecoin Summit location and dates will be announced this Friday.

Litecoin creator Charlie Lee publicly states the best crypto financial advice is to buy and hold Bitcoin.

Coinbase Derivatives adds 24/7 trading and perpetual-style futures for LTC alongside 10 other cryptocurrencies.

CNBC lists Litecoin on its main price screens alongside BTC, ETH, and XRP.

THORChain front-end supports LTC swaps with 10+ chains integrated in the protocol.

Luxxfolio Holdings joins Lite Strategy as public company holding Litecoin, with both companies holding combined 949,632 LTC worth approximately $88M. Treasury tracking system launches to monitor public company holdings.

SEC generic listing standards create fast lane for new crypto ETF products. Litecoin ETFs launched following these new regulatory rules.

Lite Strategy announces first quarter fiscal 2026 results highlighting the successful launch of a $100M Litecoin Treasury Strategy and movement into active capital market operations. (Tweet ID: 1990473516848669105)

MWEB optional privacy has shielded over 1.2M LTC. Network processes 175k daily transactions compared to ZEC's 5k.

Accumulation activity reported below $100 since October 10th. (Tweet ID: 1989699511959097551)

Canary Capital files for a Litecoin ETF, expanding its crypto fund lineup after recent HBAR and XRP funds.

LTC/BTC trading pair breaks out of 4-year resistance on the weekly chart.

A trader identifies a failed reclaim pattern and opens a short position. (Tweet ID: 1988627428143686068)

$LTC retraces to the 200 EMA and holds above it so far.

Litecoin integrates with NEAR Intents, enabling swaps from 120+ assets across major chains including BTC, ETH, SOL, ADA, USDC, and USDT to LTC and back with deep liquidity and low fees.

Daily active addresses increase by 16.4% over 30 days, ranking 6th among fastest growing L1s and L2s.

10 Litecoin ETFs are pending approval according to trader commentary. (Tweet ID: 1987978716656324834)

The spot ETF $LTCC reaches 3x over average volume after less than 1.5 hours of trading.

362,000 Litecoin now held in optionally private wallets, showing continued growth in privacy feature adoption from the 329,000 reported on 2025-11-08.

LTCBTC breaks out of downtrend according to multiple traders. Founder Charlie Lee resumes active promotion of the project.

MEI Pharma allocates $200M to Litecoin as part of its corporate treasury strategy.

The blockchain reached 3 million blocks mined yesterday.

Coordinated shilling campaign and organized pump attempt reported across crypto twitter. Traders discuss potential capital rotation from ZEC to LTC.

Optional private addresses break 329,000 milestone.

Price ratio between LTC and Zcash shifted from 1:3 historically (ZEC $30, LTC $90) to current 7:1 (ZEC $700, LTC $100).

100K+ LTC whale wallets grew 6% in three months and daily on-chain volume reaches ATH of $15.1B.

ETF inflows have started on LTC.

Rally confirmed as spot-led buying, unusual given pervasive negative funding rates. Theory suggests potential exchange spot repurchasing to compensate liquidation victims from October 10 event.

Litecoin flips Bitcoin on three key metrics: Bitpay payments, daily active addresses, and median value per transaction.