Litecoin Hits 3-Year High as Prices Surge Across Altcoin Markets

Litecoin continues to gain strength as traders' attention shifts to a broader altcoin market against Bitcoin's slowing uptrend. Litecoin (LTC) prices surged by up to 35% to hit a one-year high against Bitcoin (BTC) this week, prompting analysts to predict an extended upside momentum for the remainder of the ongoing monthly session.LTC/BTC 1-week candle chart (Binance). Source: TradingViewThe LTC/BTC exchange rate touched 6,358 sats during the Asia-Pacific trading hours. The pair later corrected to an intraday low of 5,776 sats ahead of the London opening bell as profit-taking sentiment....

The past few days have seen a massive altcoin price recover. The Darkcoin price and Litecoin price are leading the charge. The past several days have once again shown that cryptocurrency markets remain incredibly volatile. As David Parker reported, Bitcoin markets experienced flash crashes driving the Bitcoin price as low as $300 on one exchange. This volatility quickly extended to altcoin markets as well. Major players including Litecoin, Darkcoin, Peercoin, and Ripple all experienced massive blows to their unit prices and market caps. However, the past few days have brought a massive....

Sunday's bitcoin price panic caused altcoin market caps to evaporate and made most altcoin prices drop as well. The litecoin price bore the brunt of the market's wrath, falling 7% and dropping the Litecoin market cap by almost $8 million in a single day. However, the bitcoin price recovered, which in turn inflated many altcoin prices to previous levels. Nevertheless, although litecoin's market cap grew by 5%, its bitcoin trading pair price failed to recover. Also Read: Bitcoin Price Decline Makes Altcoin Market Caps Bleed. Litecoin Price Fails to Rebound from Bitcoin Price Panic. Monday's....

Litecoin prices are up nearly 30% in a 24-hour period with price pushing beyond $10 per coin amid anticipation of the protocol upgrade, Segregated Witness or SegWit. Over the last 12 months, Litecoin has predominantly settled under $4 per coin before it caught bullish wave in the final days of March. Prices soared, nearly doubling on March 30 to just under $8, setting a 20-month high during the day. Those strong gains continued this week, with prices now doubling over a five-day period after Litecoin’s biggest pool – F2Pool, signaled for SegWit on April 1st. Speaking to CCN in early....

Litecoin price achieves $400 amid an overall crypto market boom. Litecoin (LTC) has broken the $400 mark reaching a new all-time high price of $414 on Bitstamp on May 10. The problem with buying Litecoin is that it has become too expensive in a very little period. The world’s tenth-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization is worth 215 percent more than it was at the beginning of this year, soaring from $124.42 to a new record high of $413.90. Its massive rally has beaten traditional markets on a year-to-date (YTD) timeframe, with many independent analysts now predicting the move to....