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Litecoin Price Prediction: LTC/USD has excellent upside potential despite Novogratz criticism - Confluence Detector

  • LTC/USD is currently trading for $88.25 and has no significant resistance lines till $95.
  • Mike Novogratz, Fortress Hedge Fund manager, criticized Litecoin saying “Litecoin is a glorified test net for bitcoin.”

LTC/USD is currently trading for $88.25 as markets opened this Saturday. The confluence detector shows that there are no significant resistance lines till $95 so expect the bulls to make some significant moves over the weekend. Despite Litecoin’s upside potential, Fortress Hedge Fund manager Mike Novogratz doesn’t seem to be a fan. He said:

“Gold has an $8.5 trillion-dollar market cap. Silver is $15 billion. That is .17 percent. Bitcoin has a $90 billion dollar market cap. Litecoin is $5.7 billion, which is only 6.4 percent of bitcoin. Silver is at least useful for industrial production. Litecoin is a glorified test net for bitcoin. I don’t get this rally. Sell Litecoin and buy bitcoin.”

Litecoin founder Charlie Lee didn’t take too kindly to his comments. He fired back:

“Litecoin is a glorified test net? Bitcoin Lightning Network makes Litecoin useless? Can’t be more wrong! High bitcoin fees? With http://boltz.exchange, just do a cross chain submarine swap from Litecoin on-chain to bitcoin. Send Litecoin to fill up your bitcoin wallet! Fast: ~2.5 minutes. Cheap: pennies in fees.”

LTC/USD Daily Confluence Detector

Strong resistance levels lie at $90.50, and $94.75. The confluences at those levels are:

  • $90.50: Weekly 23.6% Fibonacci retracement level.
  • $94.75: 4-hour Bollinger band upper curve and daily pivot point resistance 2.

The price is supported at $88, $86, and $84.50. The confluences at those levels are:

  • $88: 15-min Bollinger band lower curve, 15-min previous low, SMA 5, hourly Bollinger band middle curve, and 4-hour previous low.
  • $86: Monthly pivot point resistance 3.
  • $84.50: Daily previous low and weekly 38.2% Fibonacci retracement level.

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Rajarshi Mitra

Rajarshi Mitra

Independent Analyst

Rajarshi entered the blockchain space in 2016. He is a blockchain researcher who has worked for Blockgeeks and has done research work for several ICOs. He gets regularly invited to give talks on the blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies.

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