- Litecoin active addresses climbed consistently between November 11 and December 31.
- LTC daily transactions hit a record 1 million for the first time in 2023, while Litecoin price rallied.
- Litecoin yielded nearly 7% gains in the past month for LTC holders.
Litecoin price climbed 7% in December alongside an increase in volume, active addresses and daily transactions in the decentralized project. LTC hit a new milestone in 2023 with a record 1 million in daily transactions for the first time.
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Litecoin daily transactions hit key milestone
Litecoin, a decentralized asset used for borderless transactions. The altcoin hit a key milestone with 1 million daily transactions in 2023. The asset’s price is up 8.61% in the past year, and offered LTC holders nearly 7% monthly gains.
According to on-chain data from Santiment, LTC active addresses climbed between November 11 and December 31.
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LTC daily transactions and price. Source: Santiment
Santiment data reveals that despite consistent profit-taking by LTC holders, Litecoin price increased from its September 11 low of $58.83 to December 8 local high of $76.28. Litecoin enjoys a relatively high correlation with Ethereum, at 0.78, therefore LTC price is likely to follow ETH in its steps.
Large wallet investors are on the move in Litecoin as whale transactions coincide with spikes in Network Realized Profit/Loss metric, as seen in the Santiment chart below. This signals that Litecoin’s uptrend is not influenced by profit-taking activities of LTC holders.
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Litecoin whale transactions and Network Realized Profit/Loss. Source: Santiment
Ethereum has sustained above the $2,200 level since December 21, and the altcoin's uptrend is one of the factors supporting LTC price gains.
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