How Litecoin went on a rally after fake rebranding to Bitcoin Lite

How Litecoin went on a rally after fake rebranding to Bitcoin Lite

Aprils Fools was almost over, but there was still a joke in store in the crypto space. Litecoin creator Charlie Lee made a fake announcement via Twitter claiming that Litecoin would be rebranded to BitcoinLite, “as Satoshi Nakamoto intended.” Lee posted a version of Bitcoin’s whitepaper highlighting the letters LITE and a link to Litecoin […]


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