Litecoin (LTC) Trading 4.2% Higher Over Last 7 Days

Litecoin (LTC) traded down 2.9% against the US dollar during the twenty-four hour period ending at 22:00 PM ET on April 24th. During the last week, Litecoin has traded up 4.2% against the US dollar. Litecoin has a total market capitalization of $6.21 billion and $525.32 million worth of Litecoin was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours. One Litecoin coin can now be purchased for $83.39 or 0.00129656 BTC on cryptocurrency exchanges.

Here’s how related cryptocurrencies have performed during the last 24 hours:

• Dogecoin (DOGE) traded 6.2% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.15 or 0.00000237 BTC.
• UNUS SED LEO (LEO) traded up 0.1% against the dollar and now trades at $5.77 or 0.00008971 BTC.
• NyanCoin (NYAN) traded 2.2% lower against the dollar and now trades at $2.40 or 0.00008809 BTC.
• MegaCoin (MEC) traded down 2.2% against the dollar and now trades at $4.30 or 0.00015776 BTC.
• DEI (DEI) traded 4.8% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.0204 or 0.00000032 BTC.
• Polymath (POLY) traded down 15.6% against the dollar and now trades at $0.0819 or 0.00000127 BTC.
• Lotto (LOTTO) traded 2.1% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.0005 or 0.00000002 BTC.
• EAC (EAC) traded flat against the dollar and now trades at $0.0011 or 0.00000004 BTC.

About Litecoin

Litecoin (LTC) is a proof-of-work (PoW) coin that uses the Scrypt hashing algorithm. Its genesis date was October 13th, 2011. Litecoin’s total supply is 84,000,000 coins and its circulating supply is 74,459,681 coins. Litecoin’s official Twitter account is @litecoin and its Facebook page is accessible here. The Reddit community for Litecoin is https://reddit.com/r/litecoin and the currency’s Github account can be viewed here. Litecoin’s official message board is litecointalk.io. The official website for Litecoin is litecoin.org.

According to CryptoCompare, “Litecoin (LTC) is a digital currency designed for fast, low-cost payments over the internet. Created by Charlie Lee in 2011 as an alternative to Bitcoin, it offers improved transaction times and a higher maximum supply, using a different algorithm (scrypt) for mining. Litecoin facilitates peer-to-peer transactions without a central authority, making it suitable for a wide range of financial activities, from everyday purchases to trading and investment. Its creation by a former Google engineer aimed to address and improve upon some of Bitcoin’s limitations, establishing Litecoin as a practical complement to Bitcoin in the digital currency ecosystem.”

Buying and Selling Litecoin

Investors seeking to acquire Litecoin using U.S. dollars directly can do so using Gemini, GDAX or Coinbase.

LTC/USD price chart by TradingView