LTC/USD — Litecoin Live Price
LTC/USD Live Price Chart
1D and 5D plot 5- and 30-minute intraday candles; 1M–6M plot daily candles. Prices are indicative and may be delayed.
Period returns — 1D is the latest session move (the last completed session when the market is closed); 1W–1Y are computed from real daily closing history. Each window is shown only when its data is available.
Key Statistics
Technical Summary
4 of 5 signals read buy.
Computed from real daily price history (RSI 14, SMA 20/50/200, MACD 12/26/9) · as of Sep 10, 11:36 UTC. Not investment advice.
About LTC/USD
Litecoin (LTC) is one of the oldest cryptocurrencies still in wide use, launched in October 2011 by former Google engineer Charlie Lee as a fork of the Bitcoin codebase. It was designed as a lighter, faster complement to Bitcoin — "silver to Bitcoin's gold" in its own framing — with blocks targeted every 2.5 minutes rather than ten, and a supply cap of 84 million coins, exactly four times Bitcoin's 21 million. LTC/USD quotes the price of one litecoin in US dollars and trades 24 hours a day, seven days a week on spot crypto exchanges, with no weekend or holiday close.
Litecoin secures its chain with proof-of-work mining using the Scrypt hash function rather than Bitcoin's SHA-256, which is why the two networks run on separate mining hardware. New coins are issued as block rewards that halve every 840,000 blocks — roughly every four years — so issuance follows a fixed, predictable schedule like Bitcoin's. Litecoin has historically served as a testbed for upgrades later adopted by Bitcoin: it activated Segregated Witness in 2017 ahead of Bitcoin, and in 2022 added optional MimbleWimble Extension Blocks (MWEB), which let users send confidential transactions without changing the base chain's rules.
Because Litecoin has no smart-contract layer, demand for LTC rests mainly on its use as a payment and settlement asset, its long track record, and its listing on almost every major exchange and payment processor. In practice the price is driven by the broader crypto cycle — it tends to move with Bitcoin, often with higher volatility — alongside macro liquidity conditions, halving-cycle supply changes, exchange listings or delistings, and regulatory developments affecting crypto markets generally. Its relatively high correlation with Bitcoin means LTC/USD traders watch BTC/USD as closely as Litecoin's own chart.
On the session, LTC/USD is trading at 52.28, a move of -1.63 (-3.02%) versus the previous close of 53.91. The instrument has ranged between 52.11 and 54.57 so far today. FXMARE's technical engine currently reads the setup as Strong Buy.
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LTC/USD — frequently asked questions
What is the Litecoin price right now?
This page tracks the live LTC/USD price with an intraday chart, quoted as US dollars per one litecoin. Litecoin trades around the clock, seven days a week, so unlike forex or equities there is no weekend close and no opening gap - but overnight and weekend moves are common, and liquidity is thinner outside US and European hours.
What drives the Litecoin price?
The dominant influence is the broader crypto cycle led by Bitcoin: LTC has historically tracked BTC/USD closely, often with larger percentage swings. Beyond that, macro liquidity and Fed policy expectations matter because crypto has traded as a high-beta risk asset, while halving events, exchange listings or delistings, payment-processor adoption and regulatory news specific to crypto all move the price at the margin.
How is Litecoin different from Bitcoin?
Both are fixed-supply proof-of-work coins with halving schedules, but Litecoin targets 2.5-minute blocks against Bitcoin's ten, caps supply at 84 million rather than 21 million, and uses the Scrypt hash function instead of SHA-256, so it is mined on different hardware. Litecoin also added optional MWEB confidential transactions in 2022, a feature Bitcoin does not have.
When does Litecoin halve and why does it matter?
Litecoin's block reward halves every 840,000 blocks, which at 2.5-minute blocks works out to roughly every four years; the schedule is fixed in the protocol rather than set by any company. A halving cuts the rate of new LTC entering circulation, which reduces miner selling pressure over time. Whether that translates into price moves is debated - past halvings are not a guide to future outcomes.