Buy LTC with UpTradeBuy Litecoin with a dedicated broker handling the trade from your first question through to settlement into institutional custody.
Buy Litecoin with a dedicated broker handling the trade from your first question through to settlement into institutional custody.
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Speak to your broker A dedicated broker walks you through how buying Litecoin works and answers your questions. No order books, no charts, no guesswork.
Fund your account and get your quote Fund in your preferred currency and your broker prepares a live quote, so you know exactly what you’re getting before you commit. Larger orders route through OTC execution.
Buy and settle into custody Confirm with your broker and your LTC settles into institutional custody secured by Fireblocks. Hold it there or withdraw to your own wallet anytime.
General considerations not advice. How you act on them depends on your own circumstances.
Crypto is volatile Litecoin’s price can move sharply in both directions sometimes within a single trading session. It’s an asset class to approach with capital you’re prepared to see fluctuate in value. General information only not a prediction or recommendation.
General information only, not a prediction or recommendation.
Where it’s held matters Crypto bought on an exchange typically sits on the exchange’s balance sheet. Institutional custody holds your LTC separately a structural difference worth understanding before you buy.
How custody worksBroker vs exchange Buying Litecoin through a broker works differently from a self-serve exchange order book. Understanding how the two differ helps you choose the path that fits how you want to buy.
See the differenceLarger trades are different Buying a significant amount of Litecoin in one go can move an exchange’s order book against you. OTC execution is built for size filling large orders without that market impact.
About OTC tradingLitecoinA plain-English look at what it is, how it works, and what it's used for, so you can understand the asset before you buy.
Litecoin (LTC) is one of the oldest and most established cryptocurrencies in the market. Launched on October 7, 2011 by former Google engineer Charlie Lee as a fork of Bitcoin’s source code, Litecoin was designed to complement Bitcoin rather than compete with it offering faster transaction confirmation times and a larger supply, while maintaining the same proven proof-of-work foundation.
Litecoin shares Bitcoin’s proof-of-work architecture but differs in several important ways. It uses the Scrypt hashing algorithm instead of Bitcoin’s SHA-256, targets a block time of approximately 2.5 minutes four times faster than Bitcoin and has a maximum supply of 84 million coins, four times Bitcoin’s 21 million cap. New blocks are validated by miners, who compete to solve a cryptographic puzzle using the Scrypt algorithm. The first to solve it adds the next block to the chain and earns a block reward in newly issued LTC. The network automatically adjusts mining difficulty every 2,016 blocks to maintain the 2.5-minute block target regardless of total mining power. Litecoin supports merged mining with Dogecoin, meaning Litecoin miners can simultaneously secure the Dogecoin network at no additional energy cost a feature that has strengthened both networks’ security over time.
Litecoin was designed from the outset as a medium of exchange a practical tool for sending value quickly and cheaply. Its 2.5-minute block time means transactions confirm four times faster than on the Bitcoin network, and fees have historically remained low, making it practical for everyday payments. LTC is widely accepted by payment processors including BitPay, and is listed on virtually every major cryptocurrency exchange globally, giving it deep liquidity and broad accessibility. Litecoin has also been a testbed for new technologies later adopted by Bitcoin. It was the first major network to activate Segregated Witness (SegWit) in 2017, and the first to complete a Lightning Network transaction demonstrating its role as a proving ground for innovations that benefit the broader ecosystem.
• Proof of Work (Scrypt). Litecoin uses the Scrypt algorithm, which is distinct from Bitcoin's SHA-256. This allows merged mining with Dogecoin, strengthening both networks simultaneously.
• Fixed maximum supply. There will only ever be 84 million Litecoin exactly four times Bitcoin's cap. Over 90% of the supply is already in circulation.
• Four times faster than Bitcoin. Litecoin's 2.5-minute block time means transactions confirm significantly faster than on the Bitcoin network, making it more practical for time-sensitive transfers.
• The halving. Like Bitcoin, Litecoin's block reward halves roughly every four years. The current reward is 6.25 LTC per block, with the next halving expected around July 2027.
• Long track record. Launched in 2011, Litecoin has operated continuously for over 14 years one of the longest uninterrupted track records of any cryptocurrency network.
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