Guides, news and analysis about Litecoin and the crypto market.
June 22-23, Amsterdam. LitVM mainnet date expected. Charlie Lee keynote. MWEB payment demo. The most important LTC event since the ETF.
LitVM testnet launched Q1 2026. Solidity contracts deploy. EVM tools work. But no TVL, no bridge, no mainnet date. Hands-on review.
Both target payments. LTC uses faster blocks. BCH uses bigger blocks. BCH got 51% attacked. Both are losing to stablecoins.
140B+ in crypto lost to death without key transfer. Five inheritance methods compared: sealed letters, Shamir, multisig, commercial services.
748 GWh/year. 18-67 kWh per transaction. How merged mining changes the calculation and why the ESG narrative misses the security argument.
LTC/BTC has bled 98% since 2013. The ratio tells you whether holding LTC instead of BTC is making or losing money. Key levels and trading windows.
Your transaction is in limbo until a miner picks it up. Fee market, congestion events, stuck transaction fixes, and why LTC mempool rarely jams.
Perpetuals are bets with a countdown timer. Funding rates, liquidation math, hedging, and why 90% of leveraged traders lose money.
Address poisoning, fake wallets, phishing, rug pulls, fake giveaways. The Walmart fake news that moved LTC 35%. How to verify everything.
Binance, Coinbase, Kraken, Bybit, OKX, KuCoin, Gemini compared. Fees, security, and which exchange for which use case.
L-addresses cost the most fees. ltc1q costs the least. MWEB hides everything. All 5 Litecoin address formats compared.
Every LTC transaction since 2011 is public. A block explorer lets you verify payments, track whales, and decode addresses.
84 million coins. 32 halvings. The complete emission table from genesis to the last litoshi. What happened after each halving, why returns are diminishing, and the security budget question nobody wants to answer.
94% drawdown from ATH. Exchanges collapsing. Leverage getting liquidated. 7 rules for surviving a bear market with your capital intact — from position sizing to self-custody to exit planning.
Two coins, one algorithm, zero extra electricity. Since 2014, Litecoin and Dogecoin mine together — and this symbiosis is the reason both chains are still alive. How merged mining works and why it matters.
MVRV below 1. Exchange reserves at 4-year lows. Fear & Greed in single digits. Every bottom signal is flashing — but the macro is unlike any previous cycle. Both sides of the argument, with data.
25 million inscriptions. 5x transaction spike. Fees hit $0.50. Then activity dropped 95%. The full story of Litecoin Ordinals — what happened, why it died, and what it taught us about the network.
Section 122 tariffs triggered a 15% LTC crash in 24 hours. $12M in leveraged longs liquidated. Fear & Greed Index at 8 for 46 straight days. What the cascade looked like from inside — and why tariff expiry on July 24 matters.
LitVM mainnet. The 2027 halving. ETF competition. The CLARITY Act. Four time-bound events with observable triggers — and the bear case for each one. No guarantees, no hopium.
Five months after launch, the Canary Litecoin ETF holds $7.44 million. Zero inflows for five straight days. 0.85% expense ratio. No competition. Here is why it is failing — and what could change.
3.7 million LTC in public company treasuries and funds — up 37% since August 2025. Whales bought 1.02 million LTC on February 8 alone. The smart money is positioning. Here is who, how much, and why.

Bank-issued stablecoins. Tax-exempt transactions under $200. FDIC-supervised reserves. The GENIUS Act creates Litecoin's fiercest competitor yet — and forces LTC to evolve beyond the payment narrative.
USDC is faster and stable. Litecoin is censorship-resistant and private. The SVB depeg proved stablecoins have failure modes. A practical framework for choosing the right tool.
A full node validates every transaction without trusting anyone. 120+ GB blockchain, Raspberry Pi compatible, MWEB support. Complete setup guide and why your node strengthens the network.