Litecoin Sharks Push Price Over $75, LTC Likely to Keep On Rising

newsbtcPublished on 2022-11-24Last updated on 2022-11-25

Abstract

Litecoin has experienced a significant price surge on low timeframes and hints at a possible bullish continuation. The cryptocurrency is moving higher than more significant assets in the space, and it’s making its way to the top 10 by market capitalization.
The current market landscape and on-chain activity support a bullish thesis. As of this writing, Litecoin already overtook Solana (SOL) and Shiba Inu (SHIB) in this ranking. LTC’s price is trading at $78 with 15% and 35% profits in the last 24 hours and the previous week, respectively.

LTC’s price rallying on the daily chart. Source: LTCUSDT Tradingview Litecoin On Track For Further Gains?
Data from research firm Santiment indicates that prominent players have accumulated Litecoin over the previous two weeks. These players anticipated the current bullish momentum.
The firm noted that addresses holding from 1,000 to 100,000 Litecoin accumulated over $40 million in the cryptocurrency over this period. Santiment pointed out the following while sharing the chart below:
Litecoin’s price surge may have shocked some of you, but the large address accumulation has been the key to watch. In the past 2 weeks, addresses holding 1k to 100k $LTC accumulated $43.4M in coins en route to the first price jump above $80 since May.

Source: Santiment As the chart shows, the Litecoin accumulation trend has lost strength. Large LTC holders might take some profits at current levels before resuming their accumulation pattern.
Additional data from Material Indicators point to substantial support for LTC’s price at $55 to $60. These areas should operate as critical support in case of a retrace.

As seen in the chart below, Material Indicators and Santiment coincide with the buying pressure triggered by investors with bid orders of above $10,000. Retail investors have also been supporting the LTC price rally.

Source: Material Indicators via Twitter
Why Is Litecoin Likely To Trend Higher
Several factors point towards further appreciation for Litecoin. First, the macroeconomic landscape is becoming more favorable for risk-on assets. Inflation in the U.S. dollar is declining, with economic growth following.

This change might give the U.S. Federal Reserve room to pivot its monetary policy, allowing Litecoin, Bitcoin, Ethereum, and the crypto market to record more profits. The possibility of a Fed pivot is still far, but the market conditions are shifting after a long capitulation period for the nascent sector.
In addition, Litecoin has historically operated as a leading indicator for bullish momentum during crypto bear markets. As seen in the chart below, LTC was one of the first digital assets to Bullrun into uncharted territory. Will history repeat?
$LTC is Repeating previous bottom Fractal ✍️
Every bottom there is a consolidation inside a range followed by –
1) Fakeout ✅
2) Breakout attempt ✅
3) Throwback ✅
4) Markup 👀#LTC #Litecoin #altcoin pic.twitter.com/MmaqPw3cvC
— Mags (@thescalpingpro) November 23, 2022

Second Half of U.S. Crypto Policy: The Clarity Act Aims for 60 Votes, CFTC's "One-Person Commission" Becomes Biggest Variable

In a pivotal year for US crypto policy, the "CLARITY Act" is advancing in the Senate but faces a high hurdle, needing 60 votes to pass. Key challenges include bridging partisan divides on ethics and swaying undecided Republican senators within a tight legislative calendar of only about 40 working days. The policy "second half" involves intense negotiations on a broader framework for Web3 and DeFi, including crypto tax reforms and the Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act. A significant uncertainty is the understaffed CFTC, operating with four commissioner vacancies, which complicates regulatory clarity. Meanwhile, the departure of key "crypto champions"—SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce and Senator Cynthia Lummis—will impact ongoing policy efforts. Industry experts are cautiously optimistic but realistic. Sara K. Weed notes that while progress is being made, CLARITY is unlikely to pass this Congress, pushing agencies like the SEC and CFTC to provide more guidance. Sulolit Mukherjee suggests meaningful crypto tax legislation is more likely to be attached to larger must-pass bills. Rashan Colbert discusses the jurisdictional debate over prediction markets, emphasizing the need for a regulatory framework that fosters their development as financial tools rather than treating them broadly as gambling. The clock is ticking, but opportunities remain for substantive progress through continued bipartisan dialogue and pragmatic efforts.

marsbit18m ago

Second Half of U.S. Crypto Policy: The Clarity Act Aims for 60 Votes, CFTC's "One-Person Commission" Becomes Biggest Variable

marsbit18m ago

Dan Koe's New Essay: Escaping the Fate of the Wage Slave, How to Survive the AI Replacement Wave?

Dan Koe argues that the true threat in the AI era isn't technology itself, but a reliance on others for one's livelihood and happiness. The core problem is "wage slavery"—spending life on unfulfilling work. To survive and thrive, one must escape this by building their own enterprise. The key is developing five elements: Agency (initiative), Taste (discernment), Persuasion, Persistence, and Iteration. These boil down to problem-solving skills and experiential knowledge, which cannot be learned passively but only through doing your own projects. The solution is to become "unemployable" by shifting your identity. This requires: 1) Radically changing your environment to force growth, 2) Choosing a medium (like content creation) that provides real feedback through trial and error, and 3) Mastering either code or, preferably, media (content). Content creation is more valuable because its subjective nature and need for human perspective create a durable advantage over generic AI output. To start, define your life's work by answering foundational questions about your innate knowledge, unique abilities, and contrarian beliefs. Then, immediately act by publishing your first piece of content. The cycle of creating, receiving feedback, and iterating is the essential path to developing the skills needed for an independent, meaningful career and financial resilience.

marsbit55m ago

Dan Koe's New Essay: Escaping the Fate of the Wage Slave, How to Survive the AI Replacement Wave?

marsbit55m ago

Research Report Analysis: Morgan Stanley Details SanDisk SNDK, The Truth About Cloud Data Center Pricing Power and AI Inference Benefits

Morgan Stanley raised its price target for SanDisk (SNDK) from $1100 to $1750 on June 22, maintaining an Overweight rating. The upgrade is driven by AI inference demand reshaping the NAND market, particularly for KV Cache and context window storage in cloud data centers. These cloud clients exhibit price inelasticity and sign long-term contracts, granting SanDisk significant pricing power. SanDisk's New Business Model (NBM) agreements, covering over one-third of FY27 bit shipments with 3-5 year terms and fixed price/price collar structures, are crucial. They are projected to sustain gross margins around 80% even at floor prices, providing a buffer against cyclical downturns. Morgan Stanley forecasts gross margins to surge from 30.3% in FY25 to 86.7% in FY27e. With NAND supply expected to remain tight into 2026/2027 and cloud/data centers becoming the largest end-market, SanDisk holds supply-side pricing power. The company targets 15-19% bit growth via technology transitions, not capacity expansion. Revenue is projected to grow ~6.6x from FY25 to FY27, with EPS rising from $2.74 to $14.73, driven by high-margin cloud business. Key upside catalysts include faster enterprise SSD adoption and edge AI growth. Downside risks involve slower industry growth, competitor capex increases, market share loss, and competition from Chinese players like YMTC. The investment thesis rests on AI-driven structural demand, NBM's margin protection, and sustained supply tightness. The $1750 target implies ~28x FY27e P/E.

marsbit1h ago

Research Report Analysis: Morgan Stanley Details SanDisk SNDK, The Truth About Cloud Data Center Pricing Power and AI Inference Benefits

marsbit1h ago

8.5 Million USDT Flees Overnight: Can High-Yield Stablecoin Vaults Still Be Safely Deposited?

$8.5M USDT Exodus Triggers High-Yield Stablecoin Vault Shutdown Fears of a liquidity crunch following a third-party auditor's withdrawal from competitor MainStreet triggered over $8.5 million in user withdrawals from Altura's stablecoin vault in 24 hours, forcing it to begin an orderly wind-down. Altura clarified it holds no MainStreet assets, indicating the crisis stemmed from a sector-wide loss of confidence rather than direct asset contagion. The incident highlights a critical vulnerability in high-yield stablecoin products: a mismatch between user expectations for instant redemptions and the illiquid, long-duration nature of underlying investments like private credit and real-world assets (RWA). Even without actual losses, the mere prospect of being last in line for repayment can spark a debilitating bank run. The key lesson is that operational liquidity risk and market confidence are decisive factors. Tools like reserve audits, intended to reduce uncertainty, can backfire if their withdrawal accelerates panic faster than assurances can spread. The industry must now observe how Altura manages its asset liquidation and user reimbursements, a process that will test the feasibility of offering DeFi-native speeds on traditionally illiquid yield strategies.

Foresight News1h ago

8.5 Million USDT Flees Overnight: Can High-Yield Stablecoin Vaults Still Be Safely Deposited?

Foresight News1h ago

A Threefold Performance Leap! NEAR Achieves 200ms Physical Block Time Limit with SPICE

NEAR's core development team, Near One, has announced its next major protocol evolution: SPICE (Separation of Consensus and Execution). Currently in development, SPICE represents the most significant upgrade before the full implementation of Nightshade 3.0. Its core innovation is decoupling the consensus layer, responsible for ordering transactions, from the execution layer, which processes them. This allows the consensus layer to run at full speed without waiting for transaction execution to complete. Once deployed, SPICE is projected to triple NEAR's block production speed, achieving a 200ms block time, which is considered the physical limit due to the speed of light and network latency. This leap will dramatically reduce transaction latency and finality, with transactions confirming in roughly 0.4 seconds—faster than a typical card payment. The upgrade also enables more complex, long-running transactions and significantly improves user experience for applications like NEAR Intents and near.com. Beyond raw speed, SPICE enhances network scalability and security. It enables deeper parallelism, efficiently distributing workload across shards and improving resource utilization. The simpler block structure and lighter contracts also facilitate formal verification and security auditing. Furthermore, SPICE lays the critical groundwork for future Nightshade 3.0 features, most notably atomic cross-shard transactions, which would simplify complex contract logic and eliminate development hurdles caused by asynchronous execution. The Near One team is actively developing SPICE, targeting deployment in the coming months.

Foresight News2h ago

A Threefold Performance Leap! NEAR Achieves 200ms Physical Block Time Limit with SPICE

Foresight News2h ago

Trading

Spot

Futures