LTC/BTC Breakout Looks Good
As you can see in the chart above, the LTC breakout looks solid in terms of price action against BTC.
Litecoin (LTC)
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!
Click on any of the sections below to start learning more about Litecoin.
LTC + BEAM 😘
According to a beam blog post, the Litecoin Foundation approached Beam about possible cooperation to implement Mimblewimble via Extension Blocks on Litecoin.
Crypto Market Rallies By Way of $300 5 Minute BTC Candle
LTC had been showing strength, perhaps in part due to the LTC + BEAM announcement. That led to BTC breaking short term resistance with a $300 run in the span of 5 minutes.
Major Alts Show Strength as BTC and ETH HODL Ground
TRX, ADA, BCH, XRP, and LTC have all had impressive runs recently, as did ETH in its own right. Meanwhile BTC is holding its ground.
Bitcoin Halving Explained
In Bitcoin, halving is when block rewards for mining are cut in half. Halving happens at regular intervals based on the Bitcoin protocol.
There Was a Major Bug in Bitcoin’s Code, but Developers Fixed it
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 Busts FUD in Epic Twitter Posts (i.e. a List of Reasons Why Litecoin is Awesome)
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
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.
Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Litecoin Are Now Tradable On Yahoo Finance
You can now buy and sell Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), and Litecoin (LTC) on Yahoo Finance.
The Top Cryptocurrencies That Aren’t Bitcoin
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.