Litecoin’s Price Goes Above $125, The Highest For The Year

Litecoin’s price reached the highest level in over a year starting this week reaching the price point of $126 with a 10 percent gain on a 24-hour basis. Let’s look more into the altcoin news analysis today.

The fourth largest cryptocurrency per market cap reached up to $128 at 12:00 UTC on Coinbase which is the highest level since May 2018 when it was seen trading at about $124. Notably, the recent price spike suggests that litecoin’s price is leading the wider market much higher. The cryptocurrency is now up by more than 30 percent from the low of $87 that was seen on June 4.

In the meantime, Bitcoin as the world’s leading cryptocurrency by market cap gained another 7 percent during the same time. Litecoin’s great performance could be associated with the mining reward halving event that is due in less than 60 days. This summer, on August 8, the mining reward on the litecoin blockchain will be halved from 25 coins to 12.5 for each block.

This major altcoin rallied more than 500 percent in a period of three months before the previous reward halving which happened in 2015 on August 25. Litecoin’s price increased from about $1.5 in 2015 which later hit a new high of $7.00 in July 2015 before dropping back to $3.00 after the halving even according to the historical data. If this data is to be followed, litecoin will still rise over the next few weeks before receiving a profit of the August 6 event.

It is also important to understand that as we mentioned in the latest cryptocurrency news, Litecoin’s non-price metrics are seeing some solid growth as well. The hash rate reached a new high of more than 400 trillion hashes per second. The major moving averages are in favor of the bulls since the 50-day MA is located above the 100-day MA. Further, the relative strength index (RSI) is pushing higher than the consolidation showing a prolonged rally from the low price at $66 seen at the end of April this year.

It looks like Litecoin will set the new resistance level of $150 in the short-term. The rally to this price point might not happen, only if Bitcoin plunges strongly and takes the entire market with it.