Litecoin LTC
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CM Profile: Litecoin
Cryptominium Profile. What we have established, measured and written about LTC, and what we have not.
- Measured
- Selling $100,000 on 2 exchange order books lost between 0.08% and 0.19%, on 8 October 2026.
- Its price, recorded by us every day since 9 August 2026.
- Written, with sources
Read from our own records when this page was made. It describes what we know, and is not a view on whether to hold LTC. How each part is worked out
What changed
Week to 8 OctoberNothing we measure moved much this week: exchange depth on Kraken, trading volume, reported supply and price are all within their usual range.
From our own measurements only, each against the month before. We do not say why a price moves. How this is worked out · Every coin this week
What it actually costs to sell LTC
Selling $100,000 of LTC into each exchange’s resting bids, measured against the mid price:
| Exchange | Lost | Got back | Measured |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kraken LTC/USD | 0.08% | $99,917 | 2026-10-08 median of 37 |
| Coinbase LTC/USD | 0.19% | $99,811 | 2026-10-08 |
Exchange figures need an account there (and KYC, a permitted country, the tokens already deposited), are before trading fees, and are never averaged with the on-chain figure. Binance is not included: it refuses requests from the region our servers are in. How this is measured →
Watch this number instead of remembering it. A free account keeps LTC on a list, records where it stood the day you added it, and emails you if selling it on these exchanges gets materially harder — one message, not a series. The measurement itself stays public; the account is for being told when it moves without you looking.
LTC halving: 168,224 blocks to go
At block 3,360,000 the reward drops from 6.25 to 3.125 LTC, halving the rate of new supply. Estimated July 2027.
What Litecoin is
Litecoin was launched in 2011 by Charlie Lee, a former Google engineer, as one of the earliest Bitcoin forks. It kept Bitcoin's fundamental design and changed a few parameters: blocks every 2.5 minutes rather than 10, a supply cap of 84 million, and the Scrypt mining algorithm instead of SHA-256.
For years it was positioned as "silver to Bitcoin's gold" — the faster, cheaper everyday counterpart — and it has run continuously for over a decade without a serious security incident, which is a genuine achievement.
The difficulty is differentiation. The problems Litecoin solved in 2011 have since been addressed elsewhere: Bitcoin's Lightning Network handles fast cheap payments, and countless chains offer lower fees. Its MimbleWimble extension blocks added optional privacy in 2022 but saw limited adoption. Litecoin today is reliable, liquid and widely supported, without a clear answer to what it uniquely does that its alternatives do not.
What Litecoin can do
Selling $100,000 on Kraken lost 0.08% against the mid price, before trading fees. Check your own amount →
Our own measurement · measured 8 October 2026
Anyone can send litecoin to anyone, anywhere. No central authority runs it: the network itself handles the payments and issues the new coins. Why a payment cannot be undone →
Source: Litecoin Core · checked 2 October 2026
The reward for each new block halves every 840,000 blocks, and the total stops at 84,000,000 LTC. The rule is part of the network itself. The halving countdown →
Source: Our halving series · checked 2 October 2026
What a coin can do is not a reason to buy it or to sell it. Each answer names its source and the day we read it; where we could not source one, the row is left out. How these are written · Every coin we have written up
About the asset
Litecoin has no token contract — it is the native asset of its own chain, not a token issued on someone else's.
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Litecoin data synced 79s ago from CoinGecko. Figures shown in USD. This page is market information, not financial advice — and nothing here is a recommendation to buy or sell LTC.