Litecoin ETF inflows drive 5% surge as LTC trades near resistance
Litecoin (LTC)
Editor:
Eugene Serbin
Litecoin rose nearly 5% as US spot Litecoin ETFs recorded record net inflows, according to tradersunion.com. Canary Capital's LTCC fund led the activity, reaching an all-time high of 175,000 LTC in holdings after a single-day net inflow of 39,000 LTC. This institutional demand pushed the LTC/USD price above key moving averages, including the 20-day, 50-day, and 200-day lines at $57.29, $51.8, and $50.75 respectively.
Derivatives open interest climbed to $670 million, nearing its annual peak and indicating heightened market participation. Grayscale filed an amended S-3/A with the SEC on September 11, 2026, to convert its Litecoin Trust into a spot ETF on NYSE Arca under the ticker LTCN. Technical indicators like MACD and ADX issued buy signals, though RSI, Stochastic RSI, and CCI showed overbought conditions.
Bull/Bear Power confirmed buyers maintained control intraday, while the Awesome Oscillator highlighted heated market conditions. Analysts noted that sustained upside momentum is underpinned by increased institutional interest and network activity.
How the market reacted
Whalio's own Binance spot order flow for LTC, measured when this story was written up on 26 September 2026. Not the outlet's figures.
Litecoin is currently trading at $72.59 on Binance, with a 24-hour buy ratio of 50.2% indicating a slight majority of buyers over sellers. However, the 1-hour and 4-hour buy ratios both sit lower at 47.5%, suggesting that short-term buying pressure is fading compared to the daily average. The 24-hour volume delta is positive at +$202,716, meaning more money flowed into buys than sells over the full day. In contrast, the 1-hour and 4-hour volume deltas are negative, at -$100,654 and -$570,909 respectively, showing recent selling pressure. This divergence indicates that while the day ended with net buying, recent hours have seen sellers taking control. The CVD for the 24-hour close is -$263,244, reflecting cumulative selling pressure that offset earlier inflows.
The latest daily buy ratio of 44.9% sits at the 4th percentile of the last 323 days, against a median of 49.3% - among the weakest buying days it has had.
Was that an ordinary day?
The same Binance spot measurements for LTC, averaged over the days leading up to the story.
Over the preceding week, the average buy ratio was 50.8%, making today's 50.2% ratio slightly below the weekly norm by 0.6 points. Spot volume was 1.13x the weekly average, indicating that trading activity is unusually high compared to typical days. The coin has gained 24.8% over the past eight days, driven by a total volume delta of +$6,003,955. This week has seen net buying on four out of seven days, showing consistent but not dominant institutional accumulation. Today's volume spike suggests that the recent price surge is attracting above-average participation relative to the weekly baseline.