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Will Litecoin (LTC) Price Reclaim $120 Before Upcoming Halving Event?

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In Brief

  • Litecoin (LTC) price is up 13% since May 11.
  • Litecoin Miners are depleting their reserves, taking advantage of the high prices.
  • Whale investors have sold 110,000 LTC coins this week.
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Litecoin (LTC) price has surged 13% after a difficult start in the first week of May. An in-depth on-chain analysis provides insight into the potential LTC price swings ahead of the upcoming halving event. What are the chances LTC will reclaim the $120 price prediction in the coming weeks?

The upcoming Litecoin (LTC) halving, slated for August 2023, is one of the most anticipated events in the blockchain space this year. New price peaks have followed each of the last two LTC halvings. 

But with whales selling and miners depleting their reserves, how will Litecoin price respond in the coming weeks? 

Litecoin Miners Are Selling

The upcoming halving event will see block rewards issued to Litecoin miners for validating transactions slashed in half, from 12.5 LTC to 6.25 LTC. Typically, when a halving date approaches, crypto miners look to stock up on their reserves. 

But interestingly, that has not happened on the Litecoin network. With the next halving less than 70 days away, on-chain data shows that LTC miners are still depleting their reserves.

According to the chart below, Litecoin miners have offloaded nearly 680,000 coins from their reserves in May 2023. 

Litecoin (LTC) Price Prediction - Miners Reserves. May 2023
Litecoin (LTC) Price Prediction – Miners Reserves. May 2023. Source: IntoTheBlock

As seen above, the miners are taking advantage of the current high prices to book some profits. Likewise, rising global energy prices and a crackdown on crypto mining activity by regulators have also made mining costs skyrocket in recent months. 

If these factors do not abate, LTC miners are likely to continue selling in the build-up to the halving. 

Ultimately, this could slow down a potential Litecoin rally in the coming weeks, despite bullish momentum from other investors.

Whales Have Entered Another Profit-Taking Cycle

Litecoin has outperformed Bitcoin and Ethereum in the last 3 weeks. And the bullish trading activity of the crypto whales holding balances of 10,000 to 100,000 LTC has been a critical factor. 

However, the whales seem to have entered a profit-taking cycle this week. Between May 23 and May 26, they offloaded 110,000 LTC. 

Litecoin (LTC) Price Prediction - Whales Wallet Balances. May 2023.
Litecoin (LTC) Price Prediction – Whales Wallet Balances. May 2023. Source: Santiment

At the current market price of $87, those 110,000 tokens sold are worth $9.5 million. Quite notably, the historical trading activity of this whale cohort has been closely correlated to price. 

This suggests that they could prompt another LTC price correction if they continue selling. 

LTC Price Prediction: The Bears Could Target $80

Considering the bearish activity among Litecoin miners and whale investors, LTC might drop below $80 in the coming days. 

IntoTheBlock’s Global In/Out of The Money (GIOM) data suggests that LTC will currently face a relatively stronger resistance at $90 compared to the next support cluster at $85.

As seen below, LTC will get initial support from 346,000 investors that bought 1.62 million LTC at an average price of $85. 

However, if the bearish momentum prevails as expected, the price could slide further toward $78. 

Litecoin (LTC) Price Prediction - GIOM data. May 2023
Litecoin (LTC) Price Prediction – GIOM data. May 2023. Source: IntoTheBlock

​​On the other hand, the bulls could invalidate the bearish Litecoin price prediction if it breaks above the critical $90 resistance level.

But a potential sell wall from the 623,000 investors that purchased 5.97 million LTC at an average price of $90 will likely prevent that. 

Although unlikely, LTC could rally toward $120 if that resistance level is breached.

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Ibrahim Ajibade
Ibrahim Ajibade Ademolawa is an experienced On-chain research analyst who began his career in Commercial Banking. He has worked with several Web3 startups and financial institutions —analyzing technical concepts and spectacular events that link the DeFi and TradFi worlds. He holds a Bachelors’ Degree in Economics and is currently pursuing an MSc. in Blockchain & Distributed Ledger Technologies.
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