Litecoin

Litecoin is slowly bootstrapping on the Lightning Network, and has recently passed 100 active nodes.  According to 1ML.com, which measures the network’s growth, there are now 104 nodes on the Lightning network, a six percent increase over…

Not for the first time, it's Litecoin creator Charlie Lee versus the rest of the cryptocurrency market. Lee has declared that Litecoin will be the Official Cryptocurrency Partner of UFC 232 - Jones vs Gustafsson in California on December…

The silver to Bitcoin's gold is about to get even cheaper to send. The leading development group for Litecoin, the seventh most valuable cryptocurrency, has announced that its next release will “lower network fees by a factor of ten,”…

In the series of high-profile listings, boutique digital asset exchange Gemini will add support for Litecoin (LTC) on Saturday 13th October. The listing will likely help improve LTC's image and make it more accessible to a wider range of…

The Lightning Network is supposed to fix Bitcoin’s slow transactions and high fees, but so far it's caused as many problems as it solved. Luckily,  there’s another cryptocurrency waiting to take up the slack.  The idea of using Litecoin…

Charlie Lee is in the news, again. This time the founder of Litecoin (LTC) has taken to Twitter to dispel negative rumors and add in some of his own for good measure. In a thread spanning 11 tweets published earlier this morning, Lee…

The price of Litecoin was looking good, and it hit a month-long high just days ago: but like most of the crypto market it fell off a cliff in the past 48 hours. Although at the time of writing it has recovered to $55.67 and a market cap of…

A few months ago, this publication covered a story on Litecoin's founder, Charlie Lee, who had predicted LTC would become the fourth largest cryptocurrency by total value. His prediction of the Litecoin price was based on his belief that…

Although there are a handful of crypto-keen businesses who'll accept a  Bitcoin or Ethereum payment, for the most part, they have a very limited, real-world use. With well over 1,500 different cryptocurrencies promising faster, secure…

The highly-anticipated LitePay payment application, which was set to allow users to use Litecoin (LTC) for transactions, has reportedly ceased all operations. The news follows a highly-critical AMA (Ask Me Anything) session on Reddit, in…

What Is Litecoin? Litecoin is a blockchain-based cryptocurrency created by Charlie Lee in 2011. It’s technically similar to Bitcoin – in fact, it’s essentially a fork. It does have differences, though, including processing blocks every…

Litecoin, the sixth largest cryptocurrency, is contending with one of the first apparent hard forks to its blockchain. The Litecoin Cash Foundation – which is not associated with the Litecoin’s development team, will be creating a new…