Litecoin is a form of digital currency which is created and transferred electronically using encryption.
Like Bitcoin, Litecoin’s transactions are recorded on a public ledger and new coins are created through a process known as “mining.”
The main difference between Bitcoin and Litecoin is that Litecoin is built for speed. This makes it a great choice for quick transactions like payments.
Litecoin was the second most popular cryptocurrency as of 2015 with one coin being worth about $1.50 USD… meanwhile, in late 2017 Litecoin traded between $60 and $95. Oh how times have changed!
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There was a vulnerability in Bitcoin’s code. Meanwhile, since Litecoin and Bitcoin Cash and some others are based on Bitcoin, they also had the bug. Luckily, the Bitcoin Cash developer who caught the code shared it, and Bitcoin, Litecoin, Bitcoin Cash, and more have all fixed the issue. Other crypto teams who based their code on Bitcoin, like Doge and Verge, have come out to assure people that they never had the vulnerability.
Charlie Lee, Litecoin’s creator, fired back at critics in a series of epic Twitter posts. In other words, Charlie Lee lays out a list of reasons why Litecoin is awesome. See the Tweets below.
Bitmex is a crypto derivatives exchange that uses high leverage and margin trading and is open to many non-U.S. citizens. They have been the highest volume exchange in the 2018 bear market.
You can now buy and sell Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), and Litecoin (LTC) on Yahoo Finance.
Let’s look at some of the top cryptocurrencies that aren’t Bitcoin. Longstanding popular alternatives to Bitcoin including ETH, ETC, XRP, XLM, LTC, XMR, ZEC, NEO, and DASH. New top coins include BCH, EOS, ADA, IOTA, TRON, and ZRX.
Yet again in the history of crypto, a crypto bubble is popping and Bitcoin’s weakness is rubbing off on alts (most of which are exaggerating Bitcoin’s losses over time). In these times it helps to zoom out to look at how crypto holders made gains over time despite events like this in the past.
One could argue that most crypto charts, in most trading pairs, are forming giant falling wedge patterns (a bullish reversal pattern). This wouldn’t be the first time this sort of pattern has occurred in crypto and resulted in the start of a new market cycle.
According to eToro Research Litecoin (LTC) is trading at a massive discount to what it should be worth considering its supply, transaction speeds and fees, longevity, and close relation to Bitcoin.
HTC Exodus, the world’s first native blockchain phone [according to HTC], will have native support for Litecoin (LTC) and Lightening Network on Litecoin. LTC creator Charlie Lee will also be an advisor for the phone. This can be confirmed via Twitter, see the official tweet below.
Bitcoin’s weekly chart, Ether’s daily, Litecoin’s daily, and many more are all setup for a range of golden crosses. Simply put, many short term averages are about to cross over long term averages on the higher time frames… which is a bullish setup.
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