Litecoin is one of the oldest and most primitive cryptocurrencies, after Bitcoin which was founded way back in 2011. The digital asset which was a tough competitor to Bitcoin always secured its place within the top cryptocurrency list. 

Interestingly, the founder of Litecoin announced the project on a popular Bitcoin forum and termed it a ‘Lite version of bitcoin’. And hence share similar features as the most dominant crypto. However, this altcoin owes to bypass limitations like lower mining and transaction speeds.

 Will LTC price manage to poise these aspects with its bottom line adhering to an inexpensive currency? How far will the bulls run for Litecoin? Presenting to you, the Litecoin price prediction for 2022 and beyond!

Overview

Cryptocurrency	Litecoin
Token	LTC
Price	$
Market cap	$ 4,814,039,186.0000
Circulating Supply	70,364,920.7335
Trading Volume	$ 0.0000
All time high	$ 410.2600 May 10, 2021
All time low	$ 1.1500 Jan 14, 2015

Litecoin (LTC) Price Prediction For 2022

Potential Low	Average Price	Potential High
$288.1	$412.31	$485.3

  Litecoin had made its way to 2022 in a downtrend, with a starting price of $148.5. Upon a push, the price fell to $123.1 by the 10th of January. Whilst the asset did pose a leg-up to $153.3 over the week. LTC price took a steep plunge to its support at $109.6 by the 22nd of January. The altcoin was seen sticking to its support until the 4th of February. 

However, turbulence in the business coming from the geopolitical tussles between Ukraine and Russia. Anxiety around FED’s rate hike, and concerns about PoW chains. Pushed the price of LTC to its support levels. After a sideways movement, until the 18th of March. The price started to soar gradually and managed to close its quarter at $133.4.

Litecoin’s (LTC) Price Prediction For Q2

 If the price of LTC gathers steam from its current price range at around $109.45. And manages to pose an uptrend toward $150, a bullish upward trek could take the price to $204.9. While regular trade pressures could settle the price at average levels of $164.4. On the contrary, if the bears rule the market, then the asset could find support at $153.3.

LTC’s Forecast For Q3

LTC would need to carry forward a bullish trek from the previous quarter. In order to generate higher highs, that could propel the price to $300.7. With a spike in transaction volumes and adoptions, the price could hit a maximum of $334.4. On the downside, falling volumes and negative criticism could close the quarter with a bearish note at $224.5.

LTC Prediction For Q4

 If the price of Litecoin sees bullish social volumes in view of the fourth quarter. The price of the altcoin would reclaim its ATH of $410.26. An ascend from which, could close the quarter at $485.3. Whilst negative sentiments and a falling adoption rate could end the year at $288.1. Factoring in the bullish and bearish targets, LTC could settle with a regular price of $412.31.

Litecoin’s Price Forecast For 2023

  The year 2023 is crucial for Litecoin, as the next LTC halving event could take place in the periphery of the year. Provided things go as planned, with newer adoptions and collaborations, the price could shoot to $621.75. However, the network not standing up to the expectations of the fraternity could result in the price taking a dip to $298.56.

Price Prediction For The Next 5 Years

 Its current price range can attract many traders, as it is feasible when compared to Bitcoin in all possible aspects. Further, if the network succeeds in lowering the block time, it can even move heads on with Bitcoin. Therefore, with major collaborations with financial institutions, Litecoin can soar up to $865.74  if the above set conditions are met. 

However, anxiety regarding newer regulations continues to persist among LTC users. If the market experiences a similar crash in the coming years, Litecoin’s price can wipe down greatly to $350.87.  But considering that long-term investors will stick to the currency. The average price at which LTC might trade by the end of the next five years is $580.84. 

Year	Potential Low	Potential High
2023	$298.56	$621.75
Next Five Years	$350.87	$865.74

What Does The Market Say?

1) Trading Beasts:

  According to Trading Beasts, by the end of 2022, LTC could trade around with an average price of $104.242. And with an accelerated rally, the price may also shoot up to $130.303 by 2022. Trading Beasts expects, the LTC price to chug up to a maximum of $246.421, by the end of 2025. The firm expects the average and minimum possibilities at $197.137 and $167.566.

2) Long Forecast:

Long Forecast predicts that Litecoin will trade with a maximum price tag of $89 by December 2022. And by the end of 2023, the price could settle at its potential high of $162. The price is expected to decline and maintain a narrow trend until the end of 2025. Which could land the maximum price at $85.

3) Digital Coin Price:

According to Digital Coin Price, Litecoin could trade around its regular price of $146.73 by the end of 2022. Further, the price may trade around its potential high of $178.45 by December of 2023. The firm anticipates Litecoin’s price to close its trade for 2025, with a maximum price of $239.13.

4) Wallet Investor:

As per Wallet Investor’s forecast, by the end of 2022, LTC could trade around an average price of $171.475. And with an accelerated rally, the price may also shoot up to $233.130 by 2022. However, the firm cites that, the LTC price could chug up to a maximum of $379.044 by the end of 2025. Where the average and minimum possibilities are $311.911 and $379.044.

5) Gov.Capital:

Gov.Capital predicts that, by the end of 2022, LTC could trade around with an average price of $122.898. And with an accelerated rally, the price may also escalate to $141.332. That said, the analysts from the firm, expect LTC to close its trade for 2023 and 2025. With a maximum trading value of $310.677 and $758.58 respectively.

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What is Litecoin (LTC)?

Sharing similarities with Bitcoin, it works on a Proof-of-Work consensus mechanism. But the platform involves complex computational algorithms to mine blocks. That is then fastened to the blockchain of the network, which is a public ledger. For mining, the platform uses the Scrypt protocol which helps in maintaining extra decentralization. 

Also, powering confidential transactions, Litecoin turned out to be the network that proved every participant can exchange currencies with zero cost. Every transaction made on the blockchain remains irreversible and gets stored there forever. Like conventional blockchain technology, literally, nobody has edit access to the data/transaction on the Litecoin blockchain. 

Also, in rare conditions where currencies may be looted, the network has a trace print which makes identifying the hacked currencies easy. LTC is the network’s native currency and is in use within the network for providing rewards or incentives to the miners. Outside the frame, Litecoin acts as a medium of exchange and is proving to be a stable and inexpensive asset.

Fundamental Analysis

  Litecoin is a peer-to-peer cryptocurrency developed in 2011, by Charlie Lee, a former Google employee. The cryptocurrency was created based on the Bitcoin protocol. But it differs in terms of the hashing algorithm used, hard cap, block transaction times, and a few other factors. Litecoin was released via an open-source client on GitHub in the year 2011.

The Platform is more accessible to people than Bitcoin. Hence known as the “silver” of the crypto world whereas Bitcoin is referred to as the “gold” of the crypto world. It makes micro-transactions possibly quick and has a block time of just 2.5 minutes. Note that Bitcoin has a block time of 10 minutes.

Litecoin has had multiple partnerships on board over the years, aiming for the expansion and utility of its digital currency. Some of the notable collaborations are with UFC Octagon, in 2018, Miami Dolphins(NFL, USA), and NordVPN. Lately, Litecoin also partnered with Cred, a prominent crypto borrow and lending platform. The network hit another milestone when Venmo, the second most famous US financial app launched Litecoin on its platform.

Our Litecoin Predictions

According to Coinpedia’s formulated Litecoin price prediction, several recognized institutions could invest and accept LTC as a payment. It is a possible reality because of the fact that LTC lowers transaction speeds and costs, which seems appealing. 

If the coin gains some hype in the coming months in this case. The LTC price can strike a high of above $ in 2022 in case of a bull rally.  But with rising controversies on PoW as well as the fact that certain collaborations like (Litpay) have withdrawn. Litecoin can drop to $ by the end of 2022.

Historical Market Sentiments

2013

The coin was launched on October 11. Initially, its price was very low, about $3 for quite a long time. Only in November 2013, the price had a significant price movement. LTC jumped three times higher and hit $40 within a few days.

2014

However, in May 2014 Litecoin dropped to $10 and then in October to $3 per coin. Then the crypto was traded between $1 and $4 for three years, until 2017.

2017

In March 2017 Litcoin announced the launch date of their SegWit protocol which affected the rate and the coin achieved $16. Then in May LTC launched the protocol which pushed the price to $30. Also, the dev team implemented Lighting Network which attracted more attention to the coin.

Later LTC achieved $70 in September and then went back to $40. However, the whole market was bullish and Bitcoin set new price records. So in December 2017, Litecoin reached $100 per coin. Dramatically the price reached the $330 mark and further plunged to $250.19 by the end of December 2017.

2018

In 2018, the LTC price chart demonstrated a descending trend. LTC started the trade at $244.09 by early January. Further, the price plunged to reach the low of $116.46 in April.  Later in the mid of December, LTC shockingly dropped to $24.50 with the bear’s acquaintances. Further, the price started to pour and managed to reach $28.74 at the end of 2018.

2019

In 2019 Litcoin continued its price growth by trading at $31.94 by early January. Surprisingly, the price followed an upward movement to reach $141.38 by the end of June as Bitcoin’s price hit $12,000. The price again started to slide further.  At the end of December 2019, LTC was trading at $42.23.

2020

Overall, the Litecoin price in 2020 has been somewhat stagnant. It started the year at $41.67, and though it practically doubled in price and surged above $80 in February, The heat started to exit the market quickly and LTC was not immune from the mid-March crypto flash crash due to the Covid-19 outbreak. 

In the first month of the second quarter, LTC started to trade at $39.84. Later,  the price steadily started to improve. With certain price swings, LTC reached $66.65 by mid-August and plunged further. On a bearish note, the price progressively started to pour. With the expansion of Bitcoin’s price rally, LTC was trading around $87 by the end of November. Following the price surge, LTC ended the year 2020 at a trading price of $128.

2021

Litecoin had resumed the year, with a trading value of $132.32. The coin started to escalate dramatically, on a bullish note. By the mid of February, the price surpassed $200 and further keeping the uptrend intact. The price reached the yearly highs at $335. LTC price plunged heavily following the May 19th market crash. Bearish dominance lasted longer from here.

With the generation of subsequent lower lows, LTC prices plummeted to their bottom support of $107.46 on July 20th. With a steady rise from there, the asset has managed to undergo two short supercycles with corrections mid-way. 

During the first cycle, the asset reached a peak of $231 and was corrected immediately at $140.6. The asset reached a peak of  $278.01 in the second supercycle yet failed to hold the above resistance. That said, the annual trade for 2021, was closed with a price tag of $153.3.

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