LTC market file Rank #25 Layer 1
Litecoin
Litecoin is a decentralized, peer-to-peer digital currency designed to enable instant, near-zero cost payments to individuals and merchants worldwide.
- Market cap
- $4B
- Layer 1 share
- 0.2%
- Volume (24h)
- $125.66M3.1% of cap
- Circulating supply
- 77.81Mof 84M max
- Fully diluted value
- $4B
PRICE HISTORY
Litecoin price chart
MODEL SCENARIOS
Litecoin price prediction
How far Litecoin could move over the coming weeks and months, read from its own past year of daily moves, with the evidence behind each range. Recomputed daily.
- Actual
- Median
- 50%
- 80%
- 95%
$42.48 median -17.4% · 80% band $30.26–$60.14
Actual daily closes from Nov 9, 2025 to the $51.44 reference close on Nov 8, 2026. The median and the 50%, 80% and 95% bands extend to Feb 6, 2027.
How this prediction is built
Dextape resamples Litecoin’s own daily price changes to estimate a range of possible future prices. The model replays the observed daily returns in random order along 1,200 paths, then reads the spread of outcomes at each day of the horizon. It shows how wide outcomes have been, not where the price will go, and it is not investment advice.
- 01Return sample365 days
365 observed daily log returns from the trailing year, used as drawn.
- 02Bootstrap paths1,200 paths
Seeded resampling, so the same inputs always give the same bands.
- 03Historical replay63% inside
8 past windows re-run with the same method; a calibrated 80% band holds about 80% of realised closes.
Model sensitivities
| Horizon | Median | 80% band width | Replay coverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7D | $50.71 | ±9.1% | 74% of 80 |
| 30D | $48.35 | ±18.1% | 68% of 31 |
| 90D | $42.48 | ±29.0% | 63% of 8 |
| 1Y | $25.31 | ±34.0% | — |
Band width grows roughly with the square root of the horizon, as expected for independent daily draws.
Technical details
Log returns from the trailing 365 daily closes are drawn with replacement (a stationary bootstrap with a fixed seed per asset, horizon and reference date, so the output is reproducible). Percentiles of the cumulative return across paths form the 50%, 80% and 95% bands. The historical replay refits the same method on rolling 120-day windows of the past year and counts how often the realised close landed inside the 80% band. No drift, volatility clustering or external signals are modelled.
Risks and limitations
- The sample is one year of this asset’s history. Events outside it, such as a delisting, an exploit or a regime change, are not represented.
- Daily returns are drawn independently, so volatility clustering and trends are understated. Real drawdowns can run deeper and longer than the bands.
- The bands describe the model’s outcomes. They are not a probability that the price reaches any level, and nothing here is a recommendation.
Probabilistic scenario analysis from public Binance daily closes, recomputed daily. Not a guarantee or investment recommendation.
MARKET SIGNAL
Why Litecoin reads bearish
Momentum supports the reading: 5 of 5 windows, 30-day move weighted highest. The evidence below produces a bearish reading of current conditions, not a price forecast.
Score drivers i
- Momentum55% weight-13.5 pts
- Historical position20% weight+2.9 pts
- Milestone recency15% weight0 pts
- Volume confirmation10% weight-0.7 pts
Historical position i
65% of the way from the all-time low to the high, on a log scale.
Momentum evidence i
- 24h
- -1.71%
- 7d
- -7.59%
- 30d
- -19.15% Highest weight
- 200d
- -8.35%
- 1y
- -48.09%
Market context · not scored
- Volume (24h)
- $125.66M
- Turnover
- 3.14%
- Overall rank
- #25
- Circulating supply
- 77.81M
How this score is calculated Model v1.0
The score starts at a neutral 50 and adds four bounded drivers. Momentum (55%) blends the 24h, 7d, 30d, 200d and 1y moves; each passes through a saturating curve (tanh of the move over a per-window scale of 5, 12, 25, 50 and 80 points) and is weighted 10, 20, 40, 20 and 10 percent. Historical position (20%) maps the log-scale position between the all-time low and high onto −10 to +10 points. Milestone recency (15%) adds up to 7.5 points for an all-time high inside the past 30, 90 or 365 days and subtracts the same for a recent low. Volume confirmation (10%) adds up to 5 points in the direction of the day’s move once 24h turnover exceeds 2% of market value, saturating at 10%.
Readings of 60 or more are labelled bullish, 40 or less bearish. Missing inputs contribute zero and lower the reported data coverage instead of being guessed.
TODAY’S TRADING
Litecoin market analysis
Price movement i
7% of the way from the day's low to its high · 1.91% range width
- 1h
- -0.20%
- 24h
- -1.71%
- 7d
- -7.59%
- 30d
- -19.15%
- 200d
- -8.35%
- 1y
- -48.09%
Trading activity is typical i
- Turnover
- 3.14%24h volume ÷ market cap. Above 8% reads as active, below 2% as quiet.
- 24h range
- 1.91%High minus low as a share of the current price.
- Range position
- 7%0% is the day's low, 100% the high.
- Rank in Layer 1
- 81 of 180By 24-hour price change among tracked peers.
Volume is reported activity, not order-book liquidity. These figures describe observations, not a recommendation.
What if the price moves?
Change per LTC: $5.14. A calculation, not a prediction.
WHERE IT TRADES
Litecoin markets
Exchange pairs reported by CoinGecko. Venues that are unrated, stale, anomalous or wide-spread stay hidden until you ask for them.
| Exchange | Pair | Price | 24h volume | Spread | Trust |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Binance | LTC/USDT | $51.38 | $6.41M | 0.02% | Established |
| KuCoin | LTC/USDT | $51.40 | $5.95M | 0.04% | Established |
| Coinbase Exchange | LTC/USD | $51.44 | $3.89M | 0.02% | Established |
| Bybit | LTC/USDT | $51.40 | $2.26M | 0.02% | Established |
| Gate | LTC/USDT | $51.39 | $2.19M | 0.02% | Established |
| OKX | LTC/USDT | $51.39 | $1.96M | 0.02% | Established |
| Kraken | LTC/USD | $51.44 | $1.5M | 0.04% | Established |
| Bitget | LTC/USDT | $51.39 | $655.53K | 0.04% | Established |
| Binance | LTC/USDC | $51.34 | $583.28K | 0.04% | Established |
| KuCoin | LTC/USDC | $51.35 | $539.97K | 0.08% | Established |
| Kraken | LTC/EUR | $51.41 | $484.7K | 0.02% | Established |
| Bitstamp by Robinhood | LTC/USD | $51.43 | $375.21K | 0.05% | Established |
| Crypto.com Exchange | LTC/USD | $51.40 | $264.2K | 0.07% | Established |
| Coinbase Exchange | LTC/EUR | $51.46 | $222.25K | 0.15% | Established |
| KuCoin | LTC/BTC | $51.43 | $212.03K | 0.29% | Established |
| Kraken | LTC/USDC | $51.32 | $195.18K | 0.07% | Established |
| Binance | LTC/BTC | $51.43 | $191.44K | 0.29% | Established |
| Kraken | LTC/USDT | $51.41 | $190.64K | 0.02% | Established |
| Bitfinex | LTC/USDT | $51.41 | $189.34K | 0.08% | Established |
| Tothemoon | LTC/USDT | $51.36 | $183.83K | 0.21% | Established |
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THE BASICS
About Litecoin
Litecoin is a decentralized, peer-to-peer digital currency designed to enable instant, near-zero cost payments to individuals and merchants worldwide. As an open-source global payment network that functions independently of central banks or intermediaries, its main value proposition lies in providing a scarce digital asset with a fixed maximum supply of 84 million tokens. The network operates using a Proof of Work mechanism where computers solve complex puzzles to confirm transactions and secure the blockchain.
It is distinguished by a block generation time of 2.5 minutes, which allows for faster transaction confirmations and a higher total throughput than earlier protocols. Key technical features include the Scrypt hashing algorithm, which promotes wider network participation, and MimbleWimble Extension Blocks, which improve user privacy by allowing transaction details to be hidden. The LTC token is used for settling global payments, executing microtransactions through smaller units called litoshis, and diversifying digital portfolios with a highly liquid asset.
New tokens are issued to miners as rewards for verifying blocks, though these rewards undergo a halving event approximately every four years to strictly control inflation. This process ensures the ledger maintains immutability, meaning records cannot be changed once they are saved to the global network. Created by former Google engineer Charlie Lee, the project is supported by the Litecoin Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to ecosystem adoption.
Unlike many venture-backed projects, it is maintained by a decentralized community of independent developers and a global network of miners. The project has seen recent institutional adoption, with entities like Lite Strategy and Luxxfolio Holdings adding significant amounts of LTC to their corporate treasuries as of late 2025.
Litecoin price today
Litecoin (LTC) is trading at $51.38, down 1.71% in the last 24 hours. It ranks #25 by market cap, at $4B, with $125.66M traded in 24 hours. Read from CoinGecko at 18:04 UTC on November 8, 2026.
| Litecoin price | $51.38 |
|---|---|
| 24h change | -1.71% |
| 24h low / high | $51.31 / $52.29 |
| Market cap | $4B |
| Market cap rank | #25 |
| 24h volume | $125.66M |
| Circulating supply | 77.81M LTC |
| Total supply | 77.81M LTC |
| Maximum supply | 84M LTC |
| Fully diluted value | $4B |
| All-time high | $410.26 · May 9, 2021 |
| All-time low | $1.15 · January 13, 2015 |
| Hashing algorithm | Scrypt |
| Genesis date | October 8, 2011 |
Litecoin questions
What is the price of Litecoin today?
Litecoin (LTC) is trading at $51.38, down 1.71% in the last 24 hours, read from CoinGecko at 18:04 UTC on November 8, 2026. In the last 24 hours it traded between $51.31 and $52.29.
What is Litecoin's market cap?
$4B, which ranks Litecoin #25 by market capitalisation. Market cap is the price ($51.38) multiplied by the circulating supply (77.81M LTC). It measures the value of units in circulation, not money invested.
How many Litecoin are there?
77.81M LTC are in circulation, of a total supply of 77.81M. The maximum supply is 84M LTC, so 92.6% of it is already in circulation.
What is Litecoin's all-time high?
$410.26, reached on May 9, 2021. At $51.38, Litecoin trades 87.5% below that high.
How much Litecoin was traded in the last 24 hours?
$125.66M, equal to 3.1% of its market cap, across the exchanges CoinGecko tracks. Reported volume varies by venue and can be inflated; it is not the same as liquidity.
Why can LTC prices differ between exchanges?
Each venue has its own order book, fees and liquidity. Prices converge through arbitrage but can differ by the spread, especially on smaller venues. The markets section lists reliable venues first.
How fresh is this data?
Prices come from CoinGecko and refresh about every minute; each figure shows its source and when it was read. If the provider is unavailable, the page says so rather than showing a stale or invented number.
MARKET CONTEXT
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