An anonymous buyer purchased a signed football card of Tom Brady for about $1.68M worth of LTC at an auction presented by Goldin Auctions. The company revealed that this is the most expensive item to be paid in cryptocurrency since it started accepting such payments. LTC in Exchange for a Football Card Cryptocurrencies have intertwined...Read More
After releasing physically-backed exchange-traded products tracking the performance of Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) earlier this year, CoinShares has expanded its portfolio with the addition of a Litecoin ETP. Litecoin ETP Arrives from CoinShares According to an announcement from April 6th, CoinShares has released another exchange-traded product tracking the performance of a cryptocurrency asset called...Read More
Just before its direct listing, Coinbase has agreed to a 6,5 million-dollar fine after the CFTC found that the exchange engaged in illegal wash trading practices. The CFTC found that Coinbase could be engaged in trading practices that provided misleading information to services like Coinmarketcap and the CME Bitcoin Real Time Index. This happened via...Read More
By Dmitriy Gurkovskiy, Chief Analyst at RoboForex On Friday, March 5th, Litecoin is correcting not far from $172.51. As we can see in the daily chart, LTC/USD is still correcting within the ascending tendency. the current situation is as follows: after completing the correction, the asset may trade near 38,2% fibo. In the nearest future, the...Read More
The largest cryptocurrency asset management firm Grayscale Investments made a huge purchase of 174000 ‘digital silver’ Litecoin in February. That would make $30 Million for the current market price. This effectively means the company bought a whopping 80% of all the Litecoins that were mined in the last month. Earlier today Litecoin’s official Twitter handle...Read More
Litecoin was quite bullish on the charts. The $190 region offered some resistance, but longer-term momentum is on the side of the bulls and demand is likely to drive the prices higher. Litecoin 12-hour chart Source: LTC/USD on TradingView Litecoin swept past the range highs but faced some selling pressure in the $192 region. Undeterred,...Read More
Over the past decade, many organizations have attached themselves to the functionality and value of Bitcoin, but perhaps none can eclipse the presence and impact of Grayscale investments. While Grayscale went on a Bitcoin accumulation spree towards the 2nd half of 2020, its involvement in the development of other crypto-financial products went slightly under the...Read More
The value of Litecoin is currently at a range last witnessed during the 1st week of May 2018. A price above $185 can be dated back to March 2018, so LTC was testing major resistance levels. The week on week performance since 14th December has been exceptional and its price recovery is leading to positive...Read More
Flare announced today that they will be integrating Litecoin ahead of the Flare Network launch in Q2. According to a tweet from the Flare Networks, this integration will allow LTC to be used trustlessly on Flare with Ethereum style smart contracts and gives LTC interoperability and composability. Flare also stated that in light of these...Read More
For Bitcoin, the days that followed Christmas 2020 have been extraordinary. Since 26 December, Bitcoin has shot up by 40.74% on the price charts. One can argue that the cryptocurrency brushing past the psychological resistance levels at $25k, $30k, and climbing as high as $34.8k is a testament to the strength in Bitcoin’s bull rally....Read More
Calling Litecoin a surprise performer in the present bull run is odd. The asset has been a major altcoin for years but over the course of 2020, other assets had overshadowed LTC. During several rallies, LTC remained quiet, and the likes of Chainlink, Binance Coin, and even Polkadot overtook on several occasions. The recent bullish...Read More
As Bitcoin’s price rallied above $24000 and hit a new ATH, it garnered most of the institutional and retail attention this week and over the past weekend as well. With all focus on Bitcoin, investment flow into altcoins dried up. With dropping demand, altcoin trader profits bled based on data on top 10 altcoins based...Read More
This was the week the entire cryptocurrency community has been waiting for. Bitcoin finally broke $20,000, setting a fresh new all-time high. But it was far from being done yet. After breaching the coveted $20,000 mark, BTC went on a rampage, taking down one target after another. Before the run was finally calmed down, the...Read More
Bitcoin’s price crossed the critical $18000 level recently and the weekly gain now stands at 11.44%. However, Bitcoin’s dominance is still at 66%. Since the price crossed $17000 without further resistance, the top 10 altcoins based on market capitalization have rallied. The weekly returns show gains in 9/10. Litecoin is leading the rally with 30%...Read More
When the Crypto Twitter community reacts, it does so in a big way. And when the guys from the Bitcoin neighborhood unite, there’s nothing to stop them, especially when it comes to criticizing traditional financial institutions —whether they’re crypto-friendly or not. If this seems hard to believe, ask PayPal, who had to deal with significant...Read More
A case of better late than never, the altcoin market is finally rallying behind Bitcoin, and Litecoin is following suit. With Bitcoin consolidating above $15,000 for the first time in 2020, LTC was trying to find its feet in the market. While uncertainty might plague its immediate trend, in the long-term Litecoin might re-test its...Read More
The Bitcoin market has been leading the altcoins trend for the longest time, but currently, some alts have been at a deciding junction. Litecoin [LTC] was one such alts at an indecisive position. The current price of LTC was at $52.67 and it can be an interesting point for both short-position and long-position. Litecoin 1-hour...Read More
When we talk about the accumulation of crypto-assets, only one corporation comes to mind this year – Grayscale Trust. In 2020 alone, Grayscale has accumulated more than 300,000 BTC, while also introducing a new digital asset trust associated with Litecoin. In fact, according to reports, the firm has registered over $1 billion in inflows in...Read More
Bitfinex Derivatives today announced the launch of perpetual contracts for EOS, Litecoin, and Polkadot. According to a press release received by AMBCrypto, trading went live on Bitfinex on 12 October at 9:00 AM UTC. Under this offering, each contract will be promising users up to 100x leverage and will be settled in Tether (USDt). The...Read More
Europol has named privacy integrated cryptocurrency mixing services as one of the most gnawing cybercrime threats of our times in the 2020 edition of its IOCTA report. Also, Monero is in the process of becoming the de-facto crypto coin for Darkweb transactions. Zcash and Dash are the next popular alternatives, the agency noted. Privacy Enhancing...Read More
Litecoin development news has been lacking recently, with all of the attention focused on Ethereum’s ongoing testing of Beacon Chain. That has changed with the recent launch of the MimbleWimble (MW) testnet. As it has only just gone live, there are a few nodes connected and mining, the official blog post stated. The MW protocol...Read More
With Bitcoin dropping down to $10,406 at press time, other altcoins were hardly finding any market momentum to facilitate a recovery. Litecoin, Vechain, and Ontology were all under a period of bearish pressure as the assets began to consolidate at a lower range. Litecoin [LTC] Source: LTC/USD on Trading View Litecoin’s high correlation with Bitcoin...Read More
Launched back in 2007 in Montreal, Canada, Pornhub is undoubtedly one of the largest, if not the largest adult websites out there. Pornhub Premium is the company’s source for HD adult videos, where users have to pay a fee to watch, and now they can do so using Bitcoin and Litecoin. Pornhub Premium Accepts Bitcoin...Read More
BAT lacked a significant trend in the short-term as it retraced to important levels after a recent surge. EOS could be flipping from bearish to bullish momentum. Litecoin continued to show bearishness. Basic Attention Token [BAT] Source: BAT/USD on TradingView BAT was trading at the 38.2% retracement level, after its spike to $0.443. It briefly...Read More
Ethereum Classic has dropped sharply since rising above $7.5 almost two weeks ago. It signaled that a further decline in price could occur. Monero also failed repeatedly to hold on to support levels. Monero could lose 10% in value over the next few days if its immediate support fails. Litecoin had also been sliding in...Read More
After Bitcoin’s dip to $11,400, the crypto market saw red for many coins over the weekend. At press time, Bitcoin was staging a possible recovery upward priced at $11,760. Large-cap altcoins also saw modest price gains and some indicated that their pullback was complete, and the previous uptrend might continue. Litecoin was holding on to...Read More
As one of the largest organizations managing crypto-investment trust funds for accredited and retail investors, Grayscale recently crossed the $6 billion-mark with respect to Assets under Management (AUM). That’s not all, however, as over the past few years, besides catering to institutional investors, Grayscale has also seen increasing retail demand for crypto-exposure through 401k savings....Read More
Litecoin, IOTA, and Dogecoin followed the market-wide setback after the recent dip Bitcoin experienced. Litecoin and IOTA look strong enough to hold without further descent. DOGE could be showing early signs of a possible downtrend. Litecoin [LTC] Source: LTC/USD on TradingView Litecoin saw a pullback after encountering resistance at $66. It was trading at $63...Read More
While segregated witness ‘SegWit’ adoption dipped after mid-March, the utilization of the protocol upgrade on the Bitcoin network is on the rise. Some industry pundits say time is running out for the declining set of non-adopters to embrace SegWit. Bitcoin SegWit Utilization Now Above 65% According to data from Transactionfee, about 65% of daily Bitcoin...Read More
Even as Chainlink and Bitcoin steal the limelight, one cannot forget Litecoin. The world’s first altcoin is currently in the 8th spot on the coin market, ahead of resurgent coins like Cardano and Binance Coin, trending with a daily gain of 7.13 percent, second only to Chainlink. Litecoin’s market cap was a strong $4.03 billion...Read More
