Litecoin LTC
Rank #23 by market cap
Price $64.08 -0.78% 24h
Market cap$4.98B$4.98B fully diluted
24h volume$395.81M8.0% of cap
All-time high$410.26-84.38% from ATH
Last 7 days -8.51%
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 | 77,695,523 LTC |
| Total supply | 77,698,348 LTC |
| Maximum supply | 84,000,000 LTC |
| Share of max supply issued | 92.5% |
| All-time high | $410.26 on 2021-05-09 |
| All-time low | $1.15 on 2015-01-13 |
| 24h range | $61.06 – $64.88 |
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.