Litecoin (LTC) sobe, mas será que pode realmente se tornar uma moeda meme?
Litecoin (LTC), que antes era considerado intimamente ligado ao Bitcoin (BTC), finalmente despertou, subindo acima de US$ 82. A moeda está atrasada há meses, longe de seu pico histórico acima de US$ 420.
Litecoin (LTC) permaneceu a moeda esquecida durante o ciclo de alta de 2024, sendo negociada em uma faixa entre US$ 50 e US$ 70 durante meses. Mesmo após uma série de recordes do Bitcoin (BTC), o LTC permaneceu praticamente inalterado.
Neste ponto, o LTC esperou anos para estourar de forma semelhante a outras moedas blue chip. No entanto, o LTC tem estado em um canal descendente constante em relação ao BTC há anos e não se beneficiou da ideia inicial de servir como a prata ao ouro do Bitcoin . As previsões anteriores do LTC com preço de quatro dígitos também não se concretizaram.
LTC é uma das moedas mais negociadas e transacionadas, representada na maioria das bolsas, corretoras e aplicativos. O LTC até emitiu cartões pré-pagos e está disponível para compradores da UE por pequenos vouchers.
Nos últimos anos, o LTC não conseguiu desencadear um frenesi crescente, à medida que a liquidez fluía para outros mercados. Nem mesmo o fato de Litecoin apoiar essencialmente o Dogecoin (DOGE) ajudou a levantar o ativo. No entanto, com atenção crescente, o LTC pode pelo menos esperar uma recuperação a curto prazo.
Litecoin pode se tornar um meme?
O LTC subiu modestamente para US$ 81,84 após a última série de recordes do BTC. A moeda ganhou terreno depois que sua conta X renovou seu conteúdo. A conta Litecoin X começou a postar de maneira semelhante às contas de truques de meme.
Devido às condições atuais do mercado, agora sou dent como um memecoin.
– Litecoin ( litecoin ) 14 de novembro de 2024
LTC has suffered from an outflow of funds, which went to chase Solana meme tokens, DeFi and other narratives. Yet the meme frenzy may spill over, especially if LTC is picked up for irrational pumps.
The Litecoin project is no stranger to outsized attention. During the 2017 bull run, the coin’s creator Charlie Lee was a prominent figure in the crypto space, often influencing the price with his tweets. However, he also publicly sold all his holdings during the bull run, stating it was a way to leave the coin to the community.
In 2021, LTC had another all-time high above $420, and has been sliding ever since, falling to a baseline of $60. The coin also barely broke above $100 during the Q2 rally in 2024. LTC has all the necessary elements of liquidity and adoption, including a Grayscale fund and the potential for an ETF. The asset’s biggest flaw is that it has been forgotten and displaced by hotter trends.
In the past few years, Litecoin focused on technical developments, especially its veiled transaction technology. However, LTC did not manage to break out as a privacy coin.
Miners return to Litecoin
The Litecoin hashrate rallied to a new all-time high of 1.35 PH/s, after a gradual rise of around 30% in 2024. The coin is mostly influenced by F2Pool and ViaBTC, which together produce more than 51% of blocks.
Litecoin mining benefits from the overall growth of the Scrypt ecosystem, now with access to bigger mining facilities capable of adding multiple new machines. For newcomers, LTC is still more easily accessible for direct buying instead of mining, but the coin has a long history of accumulation and long-term miners are tapping the recent price trend.
The latest expansion of mining comes from Binance Pool, the fourth-largest mining entity. Binance Pool is not a constant presence, but switches on when mining conditions are profitable. Binance Pool had a significant spike in Litecoin mining activity, tapping the more profitable period.
Additionally, Binance Pool profits from the side mining of DOGE and Bellscoin (BELLS), another early meme that was revived in 2024. Bellscoin also joined the promotion of Litecoin as the next hot meme with a new inflow of content.
Litecoin is widely distributed and whales have a relatively small influence. The top 100 addresses hold only 41% of the supply. LTC is also widely used every day, with more than 75% of the supply actively moved. LTC still has relatively low fees and is used to transfer funds between exchanges. So far, the Litecoin network handles around 200K transactions per day. Whales are also moving in with LTC, with a $800K transaction in the past 24 hours.
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