Litecoin

Litecoin

Litecoin Moves to Adopt Bitcoin’s SegWit Scaling Upgrade

Segregated witness, originally proposed as a workaround solution to the bitcoin scaling issue, is moving closer to rollout on the litecoin network.

Tech  ·  3 February 2017
Exchanges

Litecoin Price Spikes 10% as Coinbase Exchange Turns on Trading

Litecoin prices rose nearly 10% today as word the digital currency would be listed on Coinbase's GDAX exchange spread among traders.

Tech  ·  24 August 2016
Ethereum

Amid Blockchain Hype, Is There Still a Place for Litecoin?

Once the "silver to bitcoin's gold", the developers behind long-running digital currency litecoin are seeking to reestablish its market position.

Tech  ·  6 August 2016
Bitcoin

What is the ‘Halving’? A Primer to Bitcoin’s Big Mining Change

What is the bitcoin halving and why do many believe it's boosting bitcoin's price? Here's our introductory guide to the coming big change in bitcoin.

Tech  ·  12 June 2016
Litecoin

Kleiner Perkins is Using Blockchain Tech to Incentivize its Founders

Investment firm KPCB Edge has gone public with Edgecoin, a private blockchain it’s using to reward its startup founders.

Tech  ·  10 December 2015
Bitcoin

Litecoin Network Experiences First Mining Reward Decline

The reward miners will receive for processing transactions on the litecoin blockchain halved yesterday, dropping from 50 LTC to 25 LTC.

Tech  ·  26 August 2015
Litecoin

Hollywood Studio Lionsgate Films in Talks to Accept Bitcoin

Lionsgate Films, the production studio behind titles such as The Hunger Games and The Day After Tomorrow, has partnered with GoCoin.

Business  ·  30 April 2015
Exchanges

BitVC Ceases Litecoin Futures Offering to Focus on Bitcoin

Futures trading platform BitVC has announced it will no longer offer litecoin futures to its users, as it shifts its focus to bitcoin. The platform, a subsidiary of Chinese exchange Huobi, said that the decision was taken “due to a lack of user demand”, and the “growing consensus that the world will only have one […]

Tech  ·  19 March 2015
Bitcoin

Uncertainty Builds as Alpha Technology Misses Another Shipping Deadline

Alpha Technology, which took deposits for its litecoin ASIC miners in January, has been investigated by Manchester police.

Business  ·  10 December 2014
Litecoin

All Things Alt: Feathercoin Forks and a Collaborative Crowdfund for Charity

In this week's roundup: a dual charity project by litecoin and dogecoin and a hard fork for feathercoin.

Tech  ·  9 November 2014
Litecoin

GoCoin Brings Altcoin Payments to Shopify Merchants

GoCoin has integrated with Shopify, bringing altcoin payment options to the e-commerce platform's merchants for the first time.

Business  ·  29 October 2014
UK

Bittylicious Extends Credit Card Payments to Altcoin Buyers

UK digital currency brokerage Bittylicious is now allowing altcoin buyers to pay with credit cards.

Business  ·  23 September 2014
Bitcoin

Mining Roundup: Litecoin’s Milestone, Lab Rat’s Lawsuit and BitFury’s Board Boost

In this week's roundup, litecoin's hash rate jumps past 1 TH/s and Lab Rat faces a lawsuit.

Business  ·  22 September 2014
Bitcoin

Dogecoin Community Celebrates as Merge Mining with Litecoin Begins

Following months of debate, Dogecoin is now officially being merge mined with litecoin.

Tech  ·  11 September 2014
Litecoin

CheapAir Now Accepts Litecoin and Dogecoin for Flight Bookings

Online travel agency CheapAir.com is now accepting litecoin and dogecoin for flight bookings.

Business  ·  3 September 2014