LTC, now with somewhere to go
Swap Litecoin into BTC, ETH, or stablecoins natively. Borrow stables against LTC without selling. Provide concentrated liquidity. Ten years of holding, finally with on-chain options — no wrapper, no bridge, no CEX.
Why this matters to LTC holders
- LTC is the second-oldest chain and has spent a decade without native DeFi. THORChain ends that — native LTC in, native counter-asset out, no smart contract required on the Litecoin side.
- Lower fees than routing through a CEX, especially for larger amounts. No deposit fee, no withdrawal fee, no spread tax.
- MimbleWimble privacy on the LTC side, public settlement on the other — a combination that does not exist on any wrapped-LTC path.
- Loans and concentrated LP for native LTC — new categories. Until Rujira shipped, LTC had no on-chain money market and no concentrated-liquidity AMM. Now it has both.
Concrete jobs you can do with LTC today
Swap LTC to BTC without Coinbase
Native LTC in, native BTC out. No CEX deposit, no withdrawal limits.
Swap LTC to BTC Read the guideLTC to stablecoins — quiet exit
Exit to USDC without sending LTC to an exchange first.
Swap LTC to USDCRotate mining rewards to BTC
Convert freshly-mined LTC directly to BTC on-chain — no exchange, no deposit address.
Read the guideBorrow stables against LTC — no selling
Keep your LTC upside, unlock stablecoin liquidity. New for LTC: on-chain loans backed by the native asset.
Borrow against LTC on Rujira Read the guideProvide concentrated LTC liquidity
Pick a price range, earn swap fees. Concentrated LP on native LTC — new to the chain.
LP LTC on Rujira AMM Read the guideNative LTC DeFi, explained
Why LTC went a decade without DeFi, what changed, and what the native-LTC stack looks like today.
Read the explainerThree primitives that didn't exist for LTC before
Native swaps
THORChain routes LTC to any connected asset on-chain. No wrapping, no bridge, no exchange.
LTC-collateralized loans
Borrow stables against native LTC via Rujira Money Market . Ten years of holding LTC with no on-chain borrow market — now there is one.
Concentrated LP
Provide liquidity with price ranges via Rujira AMM — EVM-style capital efficiency, applied to native LTC.
Questions LTC holders ask
Can I swap LTC to BTC without Coinbase?
Yes. THORChain settles native LTC to native BTC on-chain. You sign one LTC send from your own wallet; the BTC lands at a Bitcoin address you specify. No CEX deposit, no withdrawal queue, no KYC.
Can I borrow stablecoins against my LTC?
Yes. Rujira Money Market accepts native LTC as collateral and extends stablecoin loans against it. Until Rujira shipped, there was no on-chain money market for Litecoin — the only path to a loan against LTC was a centralized lending desk.
Can I LP native LTC and earn fees?
Yes. Rujira AMM supports concentrated-liquidity positions on native LTC with user-picked ranges and fee tiers. Concentrated LP has been an EVM-only product for years; Rujira brings it to Litecoin for the first time.
Is my LTC wrapped at any step?
No. LTC stays on the Litecoin chain until the swap clears into a THORChain vault. The counter-asset comes out on its native chain. No WLTC, no renLTC, no bridge.
What about MimbleWimble (MWEB)?
THORChain settles to and from standard (non-MWEB) LTC addresses. If your LTC is in an MWEB address, move it to a standard LTC address before swapping. The privacy properties of MWEB apply on the LTC side; once the swap clears, you hold the counter-asset on its own chain with that chain's privacy model.