Litecoin rose about 11.5 percent on Sunday to $63.57 (CoinGecko, September 21, 2026, 13:12 UTC), placing it 25th among the largest cryptocurrencies. Over the week it is up a good 17 percent, over 30 days by around 22 percent.
Litecoin has something many larger projects are still waiting for: its own exchange-traded fund on a US exchange. And that is exactly where something uncomfortable can be read off on this day.
Assets under management fell far short of expectations.The ETF is here, the capital is not
A spot ETF on Litecoin has traded on the Nasdaq since October 27, 2025, launched by Canary Capital. The product holds Litecoin directly and charges an annual fee of 0.95 percent.
Assets under management stood at around $5.49 million at the end of June 2026. For comparison: Litecoin's daily turnover on trading venues moves in an entirely different order of magnitude. A fund of that size does not move the price.
This gap is the rea...
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