Increasing Litecoin Lightning Network Nodes Correlates With Market Cap Growth

Mar 14, 2019

As more Lightning Network (LN) nodes are added to the Litecoin platform, the cryptocurrency has seen a ramp up especially in its market cap in the past three months. Despite the crypto winter which has seen the entire crypto economy base shrink in the last 12 months, Litecoin has been abl...

Bitmain Sold 100,000 Antminer L3 in LTC Bull Run to Reduce Inventory

Mar 13, 2019

As the price of Litecoin (LTC) surges dramatically since the Lunar New Year celebrations in early February, the Bitcoin mining giant Bitmain jumps at the chance to reduce its Antminer L3 inventory. Attribute to Litecoin’s second halving which is months away, LTC has surged ove...

Chinese Chat Groups Use LTC Hype to Push the Price Up

Feb 19, 2019

The price of Litecoin (LTC) surged dramatically around the Lunar New Year celebrations. On Feb. 8, LTC price upped 23 percent in a single day and surpassed EOS became the 4th ranked cryptocurrency in terms of the market cap on the following day. This is the first positive moveme...

Litecoin Pushes Adding Privacy Feature

Feb 5, 2019

Litecoin's creator announced via Twitter that they are planning to add Confidential Transactions (CT) into a future release of full node implementation later this year. Charlie Lee states that the idea to add CT, which could softforked in, is to make the cryptocurrency more fungible. He a...

Litecoin to Lose Steam as Lightning Network Gains Traction?

Jan 20, 2019

A payment gateway for blockchain payments has launched the processing of Lightning Network payments on Litecoin network. The news from CoinGate comes in the wake of claims raised that more Litecoin in existence are getting concentrated in fewer hands. Published figures show that the top 100...

2019: ‘Bitcoin Me-Too’ Coins Like BCash, Litecoin may Fade Away

Jan 6, 2019

The tenth anniversary of mining the genesis block of the Bitcoin blockchain was marked this week. It ushers in a new decade of expectation with regards to the top digital currency. However, as industry insiders talk about the areas the world's top cryptocurrency needs improvement in coming years...

Litecoin’s Value Possibly Rise for Decreasing Supply and Coming Halving

Oct 26, 2018

About 70% of the total number of Litecoins to be ever produced has now been mined. Figures show that ~59 mln of the total 84 mln LTC to be mined is out there even as the network's reward drop date in Aug. 2019 draws nearer. Due to its being functionally-compatible with Bitcoin and faster i...

Litecoin Undervalued, Best For Retail Adoption – Report Claims

Aug 3, 2018

Amidst the current bearish crypto market, a new report claims that Litecoin is better positioned to gain wider retail adoption over others by being used for small transactions. The report by eToro, a social investing platform, would add to the buzz in the build-up to the forthcoming 2-day Globa...

Get One Bitcoin, Litecoin Founder Advises Investors

Jul 17, 2018

Coming from the founder of a cryptocurrency that has been around for a while, Litecoin's Charlie Lee's latest tweet for investors to own at least one Bitcoin before any other - including Litecoin - has been met with mixed feelings. Their bone of contention with the tweet which says that ...

Analysis: Litecoin’s 10% Stake In A German Bank

Jul 12, 2018

The news came almost quietly after it has been earlier rumoured. The Litecoin Foundation and TokenPay have entered into a strategic partnership to buy a stake in a German bank, WEG Bank AG. The bank confirms TokenPay Swiss AG and the Litecoin Foundation as investors on its websi...