How & where to buy Litecoin (LTC) coin
The Litecoin coin is widespread to the trading platforms. The coin available on fifty-six exchanges with thirteen pairs: LTC/USDC, LTC/ETH, LTC/MXN and other. Detailed information, including market cap, instructions and price prediction see above.
Where to buy Litecoin
Step 1You need an account with a cryptocurrency exchange that supports Litecoin cryptocurrency. All of them provided on our site. Register it, if you don't already have it or login with your credentials.
Exchanges
| Name | Fee | Trust | DeFi | Volume | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Bitforex | ?? / ?? | MEDIUM | Yes | $81115 |
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WhiteBIT | 0.1 / 0.1 | HIGH | Yes | $42302 |
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OKX | 0.1 / 0.15 | HIGH | Yes | $40971 |
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Coinbase Exchange | 0.5 / 0.5 | HIGH | Yes | $34667 |
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Gate.io | 0.2 / 0.2 | HIGH | Yes | $25923 |
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Binance | 0.1 / 0.1 | HIGH | Yes | $514154 |
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Digifinex | 0.2 / 0.2 | MEDIUM | Yes | $45856 |
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Kraken | 0.16 / 0.26 | HIGH | Yes | $8116 |
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Coinsbit | ?? / ?? | MEDIUM | Yes | $69079 |
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Bitfinex | 0.1 / 0.2 | HIGH | Yes | $5208 |
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Crypto.com Exchange | 0.1 / 0.16 | HIGH | Yes | $14617 |
Transfer or buy with P2P one of this coins: USDC, USDT, USD, ETH, MXN or other.
Step 3Switch to spot trading on your trading platform and type the coin name in search box. Choose between available trading pairs, then set order and push Buy LTC button.
Congratulations!
By clicking buy, the Ltc token will be deposited in your account on the crypto exchange. Be aware that just transferring your coins from cryptocurrency exchange to offline hardware wallet, you can improve protection of your finances. It ain't only cut your risk if your trading platform of choice gets hacked, but if you move to offline crypto wallet, your Litecoin crypto becomes virtually unhackable. Only con is, generally have to pay a small withdrawal fee to transfer your coins from the crypto exchange.
What is Litecoin
Litecoin is a peer-to-peer cryptocurrency created by Charlie Lee. It was created based on the Bitcoin protocol but differs in terms of the hashing algorithm used. Litecoin uses the memory intensive Scrypt proof of work mining algorithm. Scrypt allows consumer-grade hardware such as GPU to mine those coins. Why Litecoin? Litecoin is a cryptocurrency that has evolved from Bitcoin after its own popularity in the industry, this alternative, or ‘altcoin’ has emerged to allow investors to diversify their digital currency package, according to Investopedia. Litecoin is one of the most prominent altcoins and was created by former Google employee and Director of Engineering at Coinbase, Charlie Lee
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Statistics and Externals
The Litecoin tokens use Scrypt hash algorithm. The genesis block was distributed on 2011/10/08.
Price and supply
The current total supply is 84 millions, with a circulating supply of 75.2 millions LTC as of Nov 2024. The maximum amount of coins that will ever exist in the lifetime of the Litecoin is 75173649.
The Litecoin price is $72.8437 as of 02:05 AM. The price change on 1.0156% over the past 24 hours. The recent price action left the token's market capitalization at 6.4 billions USD. So far past 30 days, the Ltc crypto has a change of 1.12%.
FAQ
What cryptocurrency exchange can I buy Ltc crypto?
Ltc crypto can be purchased from 56 trading platforms. The list includes: Tapbit, Bitvavo, BitVenus, C-Patex and Bitso.
Is Ltc coin a good investment?
The Ltc has a common risks of value fall. Because of high volatility of all Blockchain world you should understand: learn the risks before you start trading, unexpected changes in market can lead to sharp and sudden moves in price and you can lose all of your invested funds. The opposite side of that it's possible to get rich by investing in crypto.
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