ETH/LTC: what to know
The ETH/LTC rate shows how much LTC you get for 1 ETH. Right now, 1 ETH buys 45.5965 LTC at the mid-market rate. In the other direction, 1 LTC is worth 0.0219 ETH.
In the short term ETH is driven mainly by network activity and crypto-market sentiment, while LTC responds to crypto-market sentiment.
Ethereum popularised programmable “smart contracts”. Litecoin was created in 2011 as the “silver to Bitcoin’s gold”.
Over the past 12 months the ETH/LTC rate has ranged between 31.0876 and 50.8265 — a change of +20.31% versus a year ago.
Because this pair involves a cryptocurrency, expect much higher volatility than typical fiat pairs. Use this mid-market figure as your benchmark: compare it with the rate your bank or broker quotes, and the difference is the margin you would pay.