Litecoin (LTC) traded at about $55.41 at 13:00 UTC on 8 September 2026, according to CoinGecko's hourly data. That was 12.8% higher than a week earlier ($49.14 on 1 September) and 20.0% higher than 30 days earlier ($46.16 on 9 August). Trading volume rose with the price. Twenty-four-hour volume across all markets was $383 million on 8 September, against an average of about $263 million over the previous 31 days. All market figures below come from one aggregator, CoinGecko.
The week in numbers
All figures are CoinGecko hourly data, in US dollars, taken at 13:00 UTC unless a time is given.
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Price, 8 Sep 2026 | $55.41 |
| Price, 1 Sep 2026 | $49.14 |
| 7-day change | +12.8% |
| 30-day change (from 9 Aug) | +20.0% |
| 7-day high | $59.15 (7 Sep, 13:00 UTC) |
| 7-day low | $48.72 (2 Sep, 11:00 UTC) |
| Market cap, 1 Sep → 8 Sep | $3.81B → $4.30B |
| 24h volume, 8 Sep | $383M |
| All-time high | $410.26 (9 May 2021) |
| Distance from all-time high | about 86.5% below |
Range and the last day
From the 2 September low to the 7 September high, the price moved 21.4%. In the last 24 hours of the week LTC gave some of that back. It fell from $59.15 at 13:00 UTC on 7 September to $55.41 a day later, a drop of 6.3%. The week closed up, but below its high.
Volume
On 19 August, 24-hour volume was about $151 million. It then jumped to $713 million on 22 August and stayed above $170 million every day after that. From 5 to 8 September, daily readings were between $354 million and $405 million. Higher volume on a rising price shows that more trading took part in the move. It does not show who was buying or why, and aggregated volume can include wash trading on some venues.
What happened next
The developments below all came after the week covered here.
- 11 September 2026: Grayscale filed Amendment No. 1 to its Form S-3 for the Grayscale Litecoin Trust (Registration No. 333-290130). The filing says the sponsor intends to rename the trust "Grayscale Litecoin Trust ETF" and list its shares on NYSE Arca under the ticker LTCN. The filing itself says the related 19b-4 application "has not been approved by the SEC". A filing is not an approval.
- Mid to late September 2026: CoinGecko hourly data shows LTC at a low of $50.26 on 16 September and a high of $74.29 on 26 September.
- 25 October 2026: CoinGecko showed LTC at $56.43. That is about 1.8% above where this week ended, so the late-September gains had mostly reversed.
US-listed spot Litecoin exposure already existed before this week. Canary Capital announced the launch of the Canary Litecoin ETF (LTCC) on 28 October 2025.
LTC price at each dated point
Where did Litecoin trade at each dated point in this article, from 9 August to 25 October 2026?
Data table
| Item | USD | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 9 Aug 2026 | 46.16 | |
| 1 Sep 2026 | 49.14 | |
| 2 Sep 2026 (7-day low) | 48.72 | |
| 7 Sep 2026 (7-day high) | 59.15 | |
| 8 Sep 2026 | 55.41 | |
| 16 Sep 2026 (low) | 50.26 | |
| 26 Sep 2026 (high) | 74.29 | |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 56.43 |
These are single hourly points from one aggregator, CoinGecko, so they leave out intraday highs and lows, trading volume and anything that happened between the dates shown.
Background on the asset
These protocol facts help explain what a holder owns. They come from the Litecoin source code and CoinGecko.
- Supply: The maximum supply is 84 million LTC. On 25 October 2026, CoinGecko listed about 77.75 million in circulation, roughly 92.6% of the cap.
- Block timing and proof of work: The mainnet target block time is 2.5 minutes, set in the code as
nPowTargetSpacing = 2.5 * 60. Mining uses the Scrypt algorithm. - Halving: The block subsidy halves every 840,000 blocks (
nSubsidyHalvingInterval = 840000). The next halving is at block 3,360,000, when the subsidy drops from 6.25 to 3.125 LTC. On 25 October 2026 the chain was at block 3,201,262. At the 2.5-minute target, the remaining 158,738 blocks point to roughly late July 2027. Actual block times vary, so the date will move. - MWEB: The MimbleWimble Extension Block privacy feature is part of the consensus code. The MWEB deployment window opened at block 2,217,600.
Limitations
Every price and volume figure here rests on one aggregator, CoinGecko, and its hourly points can miss intraday highs and lows, so the true weekly range may have been slightly wider.
