Litecoin price

in AED
AED352.39
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AED
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Market cap
AED26.92B #17
Circulating supply
76.44M / 84M
All-time high
AED1,517.87
24h volume
AED2.02B
Rating
3.8 / 5
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About Litecoin

Litecoin (LTC), often referred to as 'digital silver,' is one of the earliest and most enduring cryptocurrencies. Created to complement Bitcoin, Litecoin offers faster transaction times and lower fees, making it ideal for everyday payments and cross-border transfers. It utilizes a unique mining algorithm called Scrypt, which ensures security while enabling broader participation in the mining process. Trusted for its reliability and over a decade of uninterrupted operation, Litecoin is widely accepted by merchants, integrated into payment systems, and supported in financial products like ETFs and retirement accounts. Whether you're new to crypto or looking for a proven asset, Litecoin's legacy and utility make it a dependable choice.
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Litecoin’s price performance

25% better than the stock market
Past year
+35.27%
AED260.50
3 months
-15.71%
AED418.07
30 days
-10.21%
AED392.43
7 days
+6.62%
AED330.51
Litecoin’s biggest 24-hour price drop was on May 19, 2021, (UTC+8), when it fell by AED618.21 (-53.84%). In May 2021, Litecoin experienced its biggest drop over a month, falling by AED1,084.44 (-71.45%). Litecoin’s biggest drop over a year was by AED1,136.38 (-74.87%) in 2021.
Litecoin’s all-time low was AED81.65 (+331.57%) on Dec 8, 2018, (UTC+8). Its all-time high was AED1,517.87 (-76.79%) on May 10, 2021, (UTC+8). Litecoin’s circulating supply is 76,442,989 LTC, which represents 91.00% of its maximum circulating supply of 84,000,000 LTC.

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Litecoin fees paid on a given day in $ is incredibly low. Many times under $1,000 for an entire 24 hour period. How is this good, you ask? Miners mostly mine LTC currently for block rewards. It is the main driver of their operations. Merged mining is even more profitable with a slew of coins available through Litecoin as the merged mining parent. With coins like Dogecoin, which is merge mined with Litecoin, having an inflationary attribute there exists a constant incentive beyond just Litecoin to mine. But, at some point, transaction fees must come closer to the forefront as the amount of mineable Litecoin per block gets halved every 4 years (currently at 6.25 ltc per block reward). The next halving is already scheduled for 2027, dropping it down to 3.125 LTC per block and 1.5625 LTC per block by 2031. So again, how is low fee income a benefit both now and into the future? Because transactions have risen substantially over time, normally costs would rise as well as blocks become fuller. But currently, even with litecoin absorbing an average of ~200k trx per day this only amounts to around 2.5 TPS (transactions per second) which is well below the maximum capacity on the base chain of 56 TPS. This doesn't count transactions done on MWEB, the optionally confidential addresses active on litecoin through a soft fork since early 2022. For this reason, the median cost per transaction is still well below $0.0007. This is the entire point behind Charlie Lee 4x'ing both the block rewards as well as the total amount of Litecoin versus Bitcoin. Litecoin was built to handle larger amounts of transactions for much less cost, a key attribute for any blockchain focused mainly on being a daily transactional ledger that benefits both the user and miners. With added benefits such as Segwit in 2017, MWEB addresses in 2022, and multiple updates in-between aimed at lowering costs per transaction, Litecoin not only performs as a long term store of value (SOV) but also as a safe and reliable means of exchange. Hence the identity as 'digital silver'. In this way, as time goes on and blocks continue to fill up with more TPS the cost per transaction to the user is not substantially impacted but miners are also receiving more transactions to verify, creating a healthy balance of supply and demand. This was proven to be accurate during Bitcoin's congestion period of October 2023 - October 2024 (see fig. 3 below). This time period caused massive mempool congestion due to high transaction counts (mempool is basically transaction purgatory/holding area until other transactions have been verified into a block and a new block is created) and many nominally funded transactions to be sidelined for prolonged periods of time. It is during these times that more people choose to move their funds out of Bitcoin and into Litecoin in order to save on transaction fees than at any other time, proving once again the utilitarian and cost effective advantage of Litecoin over Bitcoin. So even though Litecoin also saw an influx of TPS during that same time (over 10 TPS), the maximum median cost of a daily transaction was just over $0.01 compared to Bitcoin's $17.50. As a matter of fact, there are only two times in the past 6 years where the median transaction fee exceeded $0.01 (one penny) for Litecoin: September 2, 2025 and December 26, 2019 (according to blockchairdotcom, see fig. 2). So even though on days like December 20, 2023 when Litecoin had over 1.2 million transactions in a day, the median transaction fee was still well under $0.01!! As global adoption of reliable transactional blockchains such as Litecoin continue to grow, the need for lower fees will continue to become more important along with privacy features, both currently already active on Litecoin. Not only does Litecoin have inherently low fees and optional privacy, but it also boasts 14+ years of zero downtime, fully decentralized validation through mining, no founder's stash, and a non-profit foundation with a strong volunteer community backing it up. All of this creates the perfect organic storm of adoption and interest from not just regular users of the tech, but also institutional, publicly traded entities, and sovereign interest in holding Litecoin as a long term SoV due to its programmed deflationary and hard capped supply. Want to learn more about Litecoin and what makes it so special? Visit litecoindotcom today and join the revolution of money! There's plenty of room for everyone!!
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Litecoin FAQ

Litecoin uses the Proof of Work consensus mechanism, where miners solve a complex mathematical problem to win the chance to verify transactions and create a block. These miners receive mining rewards for their efforts. During each halving, the mining rewards are reduced by 50 percent to slow the creation of new tokens. For example, after the second halving in August 2019, the mining rewards were reduced to 12.5 LTC from 25 LTC.

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You can also buy LTC with over 99 fiat currencies by selecting the "Express buy" option. Other popular crypto tokens, such as Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Tether (USDT), and USD Coin (USDC), are also available.

Additionally, you can swap your existing cryptocurrencies, including XRP (XRP), Cardano (ADA), Solana (SOL), and Chainlink (LINK), for LTC with zero fees and no price slippage by using OKX Convert.

To view the estimated real-time conversion prices between fiat currencies, such as the USD, EUR, GBP, and others, into LTC, visit the OKX Crypto Converter Calculator. OKX's high-liquidity crypto exchange ensures the best prices for your crypto purchases.

Litecoin was developed from a fork in the Bitcoin network and, therefore, uses Bitcoin's source code. However, Litecoin differs from Bitcoin in several ways, including transaction processing speed, fees, and privacy. Litecoin can process 54 transactions per second compared to five transactions processed per second on the Bitcoin network. Because of the speed of transactions, each new block on the Litecoin network is generated in about 2 minutes and 20 seconds, compared to 10 minutes on Bitcoin. Transaction fees on Litecoin are also comparatively lower than Bitcoin. Additionally, after the MimbleWimble upgrade, Litecoin offers greater privacy and scalability than Bitcoin.

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Dive deeper into Litecoin

Developed in 2011 as a fork of the Bitcoin network, Litecoin aimed to improve upon Bitcoin's shortcomings. It was the first altcoin, and its goal was to offer a decentralized peer-to-peer (P2P) currency with faster transaction processing times and lower fees than Bitcoin.

Built with payments in mind, Litecoin outperforms Bitcoin in terms of transaction speed and confirmation time. While Bitcoin can process approximately five transactions per second, Litecoin has a capacity of 56 transactions per second. The network's confirmation time is also significantly shorter, taking approximately two minutes and 20 seconds compared to Bitcoin's, of nearly 10 minutes per block.

Even after over a decade, Litecoin remains committed to providing users with low-cost, private, secure, and borderless payment solutions. Its vision is to enable individuals to send payments anywhere in the world at any time, making it a practical and accessible digital currency for everyday transactions. Litecoin's usage as a payment method has increased over the years, with merchants, including the American Red Cross, Newegg, and Twitch, accepting LTC as payment.

How does Litecoin work

Litecoin was created from the original Bitcoin source code. That said, it has several differences, which make it faster, cheaper, and more accessible. Here are the components that make Litecoin different:

Scrypt hashing

Litecoin was launched with a unique algorithmic architecture called Scrypt. Scrypt uses less processing power than Bitcoin’s SHA-256 algorithm, lowering the entry barriers for miners and promoting network decentralization. Scrypt also protects Litecoin from potential attacks by miners.

SegWit (Segregated Witness)

SegWit was initially proposed for Bitcoin but was first adopted by the Litecoin network. It separates the witness data (digital signature data) from the transaction data, allowing for more transactions to be included in each block and increasing the overall capacity and scalability of the network. The successful implementation of SegWit on Litecoin served as a testbed and paved the way for its subsequent adoption on the Bitcoin network.

MimbleWimble upgrade

Litecoin also launched its highly anticipated MimbleWimble upgrade, which allows for anonymous transactions on the network, similar to other private networks like Zcash (ZEC) and Monero (XMR). MimbleWimble's integration with Litecoin via extension blocks (MWEB) allowed users to conceal transaction information, thereby increasing privacy. The upgrade was released in January 2022 and activated in May.

The MimbleWimble upgrade was first suggested in October 2019 in two Litecoin improvement proposals. Then, in October 2020, the network launched the first MimbleWimble testnet. According to the Litecoin Foundation, the upgrade enhances the network's scalability since the amount of data stored on-chain reduces fungibility.

LTC price and tokenomics

LTC has a capped supply model, with a maximum supply 84 million. This specific cap was chosen so that the last LTC would be mined in 2142. Like BTC, LTC operates on a Proof of Work (PoW) consensus mechanism, producing new tokens exclusively through mining. Every four years, LTC undergoes a halving to reduce the rewards earned by miners.

LTC has a wide range of use cases. As the native token of the network, LTC is used to pay transaction fees. LTC can also be used outside the network as a medium of exchange, purchasing goods and services or exchanging for other digital assets, such as non-fungible tokens (NFTs).

About the founders

Litecoin was founded in 2011 by Charlie Lee, an MIT graduate and former software engineer at Google. Lee played a key role in the development and launch of Litecoin. In 2013, he joined Coinbase, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges, where he served as the Director of Engineering. In 2017, Lee made the decision to leave Coinbase to focus on the full-time development and advancement of Litecoin.

Lee is also the director of the Litecoin Foundation, a Singapore-based non-profit organization that works towards the growth and adoption of LTC. In December 2017, Lee sold his entire stake in Litecoin, saying it was a conflict of interest for him to talk about the cryptocurrency while influencing it.

Since its inception, the Litecoin team has grown and expanded to include more core developers. This dedicated team works on improving and maintaining the Litecoin network, ensuring its security, scalability, and overall functionality.

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Market cap
AED26.92B #17
Circulating supply
76.44M / 84M
All-time high
AED1,517.87
24h volume
AED2.02B
Rating
3.8 / 5
LTCLTC
AEDAED
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