Data as of .
LTCC vs LTCN: which tracked its coin?
Over the window both share, LTCC finished 0.52 of a percentage point behind Litecoin and LTCN 2.5 behind.
ETFIQ Coin Capture Score: LTCC scores higher
How much of what holding the coin gave did a holder of the fund keep?
A percentile among the 28 spot crypto ETPs listed less than a year. It is a position in a set, not a rating, and neither end of it is a recommendation. All crypto ETFs ranked by it · How it is computed
The same coin, two trusts
LTCC and LTCN hold the same asset. Both are 1933 Act trusts holding Litecoin through a custodian, so neither has a portfolio to compare: the whole of each fund is one line. Over the days each has traded, LTCC finished 1.1 percentage points behind Litecoin and LTCN 8.8% behind once both returns are compounded, but the two windows are not the same days, so neither figure is set against the other here. That gap is the fee, the custody, the creation and redemption friction and the market’s pricing of the shares, compounded into one figure. LTCN has 1,897 more days of record than LTCC, and a longer record is a longer window over which a cost can show itself.
Performance, window by window
| Window | Total return | The coin over the same days | Difference, percentage points | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LTCC | LTCN | LTCC | LTCN | LTCC | LTCN | |
| 1 month | +19.5% | +25.5% | +18.8% | +18.8% | +0.7 pts | +5.6% of its growth |
| 3 months | +24.3% | +23.8% | +23.7% | +23.7% | +0.5 pts | +0.1 pts |
| 6 months | −4.2% | −6.2% | −3.7% | −3.7% | −0.5 pts | −2.5 pts |
| 1 year | not published | −58.0% | not published | −54.0% | not published | −8.8% of its growth |
| Since each listed | −46.0% | −82.8% | −44.9% | −18.6% | −1.1 pts | −78.9% of its growth |
| LTCC Canary Litecoin ETF Holds Litecoin through a custodian, listed Oct 28, 2025 | LTCN Grayscale Litecoin Trust (LTC) Holds Litecoin through a custodian, listed Aug 18, 2020 | |
|---|---|---|
| Sponsor | Canary | Grayscale |
| Holds | Litecoin | Litecoin |
| Net assets | not read | not read |
| Sponsor’s fee | not read | 2.50% |
| Fee waiver | none | none |
| Staking | possible; no clear answer read | the chain has none |
| Listed | Oct 28, 2025 | Aug 18, 2020 |
| Days since listing | 318 days | 2,215 days |
| Days it has traded | 219 | 1,524 |
| Days it closed unchanged | 1 | 34 |
| Quoted | on an exchange, every trading day | on an exchange, every trading day |
| Fund returned, 1 year or since launch | −46.0% | −58.0% |
| The coin over the same days | −44.9% | −54.0% |
| Difference, percentage points | −1.1 pts | −8.8% of its growth |
| Fund returned since it listed | −46.0% | −82.8% |
| Difference since it listed | −1.1 pts | −78.9% of its growth |
| Price | $13.025 | $3.95 |
LTCC in plain words
LTCC holds Litecoin through a custodian and trades on an exchange, so a holder gets the coin’s return inside a brokerage account rather than a wallet. Over the time since it listed to Sep 11, 2026, Litecoin moved −44.9% and LTCC returned −46.0%. That leaves it 1.1 percentage points behind. That difference is the fee, the custody cost, the friction of creating and redeeming shares in blocks, and whatever the market paid for the shares rather than for the coin, all of it together. It is the only figure on this page the sponsor does not publish itself. A spot trust is not a registered investment company. It files a 10-K rather than an N-PORT, and its holding is one line: the Litecoin it custodies.
LTCN in plain words
LTCN holds Litecoin through a custodian and trades on an exchange, so a holder gets the coin’s return inside a brokerage account rather than a wallet. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026, Litecoin moved −54.0% and LTCN returned −58.0%. That leaves it 8.8% behind once both returns are compounded. Over a window this long the two returns cannot simply be subtracted. Doing it would read −4.0 pts, which is arithmetically correct and describes nothing a holder can act on: what the figure above states is the gap between the two growth factors, so a fund that kept 91% of what holding the coin gave says exactly that. LTCN charges 2.50% a year and finished 8.8% behind Litecoin, so the fee is less than the whole difference and the rest is what the market paid for the shares, which moved against holders.
Questions people ask
- Which tracked Litecoin more closely, LTCC or LTCN?
- Over the days each has traded, LTCC finished 1.1 percentage points behind Litecoin and LTCN 8.8% behind once both returns are compounded. Those are not set against each other here, because the two windows are not the same days, so neither is nearer its coin than the other on this page. Each difference carries the fee, the custody cost, the friction of creating and redeeming shares in blocks and whatever the market paid for the shares rather than for the coin.
- Do LTCC or LTCN pay a staking yield?
- What is the difference between LTCC and LTCN?
- Both hold Litecoin through a custodian and both trade on an exchange, so what separates them is what each costs a holder over time. LTCC is sponsored by Canary and listed Oct 28, 2025; LTCN by Grayscale, listed Aug 18, 2020.
Where these figures came from
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