• Litecoin price hovers round $63 with the altcoin down over 5% prior to now week and 11% over the past 30 days.
• In keeping with CoinGecko, LTC has fallen 84% since hitting its all-time excessive above $410 in Might 2021.
• The downtrend that has seen one of many earliest cryptocurrencies slide out of the highest 10 by market cap now has small pockets holders promoting as price nears an important assist space.

Market intelligence and on-chain analytics platform Santiment has highlighted a dip in Litecoin shrimp holders – pockets addresses with lower than 1 LTC. These wallets have sold-off over 45,200 LTC, however analysts say this may very well be a “turnaround.”

“Litecoin has not been lighting social forums on fire with its market value dropping -36% since its April 1st peak. A sudden liquidation of 45.2K net 0.1-1 LTC wallets indicate that small traders are finally capitulating out of the OG crypto asset. Small fish impatiently ‘jumping ship’ is often a turnaround sign for an asset to begin turning bullish once again,” Santiment analysts wrote on X.

76% of Litecoin wallets in loss

Up to now few months, the promoting has coincided with price dipping from above $110 in early April. After bouncing from lows of $56 following the crypto crash on August 5, Litecoin is again under $64 and close to the main assist zone round $60.

Per IntoTheBlock, the In/Out of the Cash indicator is essentially bearish. About 76% of addresses are in loss at present price and solely 18% are in revenue. Notably, 22% of addresses have held LTC for lower than a yr and may very well be a part of the capitulating small holders. 

Nonetheless, 78% of wallets have held the altcoin for greater than a yr.

Litecoin price chart

0n the every day chart, each the RSI and MACD indicators recommend bears would possibly push Litecoin price decrease.

The price is under the 50-day SMA, which might act as the first resistance degree round $66. Then again, additional weak spot might see LTC search the demand reload zone round $55.