Litecoin LTC
Rank #25 by market cap
Price $53.71 +0.24% 24h
Market cap$4.17B$4.17B fully diluted
24h volume$218.38M5.2% of cap
All-time high$410.26-86.91% from ATH
Last 7 days -4.20%
What Litecoin is
One of the oldest Bitcoin forks, launched in 2011 as a faster, lighter alternative.
How it works
Proof of work using scrypt, 2.5-minute blocks, 84 million supply cap. It adopted SegWit and MimbleWimble extension blocks for optional privacy.
What it is used for
Cheap transfers. Frequently used as a testbed for changes later considered for Bitcoin.
Supply and market data
| Circulating supply | 77,606,448 LTC |
| Total supply | 77,609,104 LTC |
| Maximum supply | 84,000,000 LTC |
| Share of max supply issued | 92.4% |
| All-time high | $410.26 on 2021-05-09 |
| All-time low | $1.15 on 2015-01-13 |
| 24h range | $53.43 – $55.19 |
Tools for LTC
Funding rates
See whether leveraged traders are paying to be long LTC.
Liquidation calculatorWhere a leveraged LTC position gets closed.
DCA backtestWhat buying LTC on a schedule would have returned.
Market data is informational and can be delayed. This page describes how Litecoin works; it is
not a recommendation to buy or sell it.