{
 "ticker": "LTCN",
 "name": "Grayscale Litecoin Trust (LTC)",
 "issuer": "Grayscale",
 "desk": "crypto",
 "url": "https://etfiq.com/funds/LTCN",
 "html": "https://etfiq.com/funds/LTCN",
 "markdown": "https://etfiq.com/funds/LTCN.md",
 "as_of": "2026-09-11",
 "verdict": "Over the year to Sep 11, 2026, LTCN returned \u221258.0% against Litecoin\u2019s \u221254.0%, 8.8% behind once both returns are compounded.",
 "key_facts": [
  {
   "key": "total_return_year",
   "label": "Total return, year",
   "value": "\u221258.0%",
   "source": null,
   "as_of": "2026-09-11",
   "sentence": "LTCN, total return, year: \u221258.0%, as of Sep 11, 2026."
  },
  {
   "key": "litecoin_over_the_same_days",
   "label": "Litecoin over the same days",
   "value": "\u221254.0%",
   "source": null,
   "as_of": "2026-09-11",
   "sentence": "LTCN, litecoin over the same days: \u221254.0%, as of Sep 11, 2026."
  },
  {
   "key": "difference_against_litecoin_compounded",
   "label": "Difference against Litecoin, compounded",
   "value": "\u22128.8%",
   "source": null,
   "as_of": "2026-09-11",
   "sentence": "LTCN, difference against Litecoin, compounded: \u22128.8%, as of Sep 11, 2026."
  },
  {
   "key": "days_it_has_traded",
   "label": "Days it has traded",
   "value": "1,524",
   "source": null,
   "as_of": "2026-09-11",
   "sentence": "LTCN, days it has traded: 1,524, as of Sep 11, 2026."
  },
  {
   "key": "holds",
   "label": "Holds",
   "value": "Litecoin",
   "source": null,
   "as_of": "2026-09-11",
   "sentence": "LTCN, holds: Litecoin, as of Sep 11, 2026."
  }
 ],
 "fields": [
  {
   "key": "sponsor",
   "label": "Sponsor",
   "value": "Grayscale",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "holds",
   "label": "Holds",
   "value": "Litecoin",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "sponsor_s_fee",
   "label": "Sponsor\u2019s fee",
   "value": "2.50%",
   "source": "10-K"
  },
  {
   "key": "staking",
   "label": "Staking",
   "value": "the chain has none, so no fund holding it can pay a staking yield",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "listed_since",
   "label": "Listed since",
   "value": "Aug 18, 2020",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "days_traded",
   "label": "Days traded",
   "value": "1,524",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "days_it_closed_unchanged",
   "label": "Days it closed unchanged",
   "value": "34",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "quoted",
   "label": "Quoted",
   "value": "on an exchange, every trading day",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "price",
   "label": "Price",
   "value": "$3.95",
   "source": null
  }
 ],
 "periods": [
  {
   "window": "1 month",
   "The fund": "+25.5%",
   "Litecoin": "+18.8%",
   "Difference, percentage points": "+5.6% of its growth"
  },
  {
   "window": "3 months",
   "The fund": "+23.8%",
   "Litecoin": "+23.7%",
   "Difference, percentage points": "+0.1 pts"
  },
  {
   "window": "6 months",
   "The fund": "\u22126.2%",
   "Litecoin": "\u22123.7%",
   "Difference, percentage points": "\u22122.5 pts"
  },
  {
   "window": "1 year",
   "The fund": "\u221258.0%",
   "Litecoin": "\u221254.0%",
   "Difference, percentage points": "\u22128.8% of its growth"
  },
  {
   "window": "Since it listed",
   "The fund": "\u221282.8%",
   "Litecoin": "\u221218.6%",
   "Difference, percentage points": "\u221278.9% of its growth"
  }
 ],
 "questions": [
  {
   "q": "Does LTCN track Litecoin?",
   "a": "Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned \u221258.0% against Litecoin\u2019s \u221254.0%, which leaves it 8.8% behind once both returns are compounded. That difference carries the fee, the custody cost and the market\u2019s pricing of the shares, and ETFIQ computes it from the fund\u2019s own closes and the coin\u2019s own closes over the same two dates."
  },
  {
   "q": "Does LTCN stake?",
   "a": "Litecoin is a proof of work chain, so there is nothing to stake and no fund holding it can pay a staking yield."
  },
  {
   "q": "What is LTCN?",
   "a": "Grayscale Litecoin Trust (LTC), a spot Litecoin trust sponsored by Grayscale, listed Aug 18, 2020. It holds the coin through a custodian rather than futures on it or shares in companies that own it."
  }
 ],
 "generated": "2026-09-13",
 "license": "Free to use with attribution. ETFIQ (etfiq.com)."
}