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LTC this week: +13% in seven days, positive funding on perps

Litecoin closed the week at $55.3 (+12.5% in 7 days, +19.8% in 30). Market cap, the seven-day range and what the ZIPMEX perp market is charging to hold a position, with sources.

· By ZIPMEX · 1 min read

Litecoin (LTC) trades at $55.3 on September 8, 2026: -4.4% over 24 hours, +12.5% over seven days and +19.8% over thirty. That leaves it 87% below the all-time high of $410.26 set on 2021-05-09. Here is what the market and the ZIPMEX perp book say about the week, with every number sourced.

The numbers

Price$55.3
24 hours-4.4%
7 days+12.5%
30 days+19.8%
Market cap$4.3B
24h volume (all venues)$355.2M
Market rank#24
Perp open interest$48.4K
Perp 24h volume$2.0M
Max leverage20x

Perps: funding and open interest

On ZIPMEX Perps the LTC/USDC market shows an estimated funding rate of +0.0098% per eight hours (last settled: +0.0100%), $48.4K of open interest and $2.0M traded in 24 hours. Positive funding means longs are paying shorts: leveraged traders lean bullish and pay for the privilege. Max leverage is 20x.

Levels from the last seven days

The seven-day high was $59.15 on 2026-09-07 and the low $48.72 on 2026-09-02, a 21% range. Reclaiming the all-time high would take a 7.4x from here. We do not publish price predictions; these are the levels the market actually printed.

Method and sources

Snapshot taken 2026-09-08 13:32 UTC. Price, supply and market cap: CoinGecko. Perps: ZIPMEX Perps public market data. Volume across all venues and all-time high: aggregated market data. This digest is generated from those feeds and reviewed by ZIPMEX Research; numbers on the LTC landing refresh every minute.

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Updated on Sep 8, 2026