What buying Litecoin really costs.
Cheapest of 4 with USD books · right nowCheapest of 4 · right now · USD
You get $996.93 in litecoin
13.939 LTC for $1,000.00 · $3.07 in costs · $7.91 more than the priciest
Bitstamp
cheapest
$996.93 arrives
Crypto.com
-$1.11
$995.82 arrives · ≈ 0.11% less
Kraken
-$2.09
$994.84 arrives · ≈ 0.21% less
Coinbase
-$7.91
$989.02 arrives · ≈ 0.79% less
Also sells LTC for USDT (a dollar stablecoin) · ranked separately
MEXCbase rate · promos may lower
KuCoin
Binancebase rate · promos may lower
999.98 USDT
arrives
Bybit
999.94 USDT
arrives
OKX
999.88 USDT
arrives
Bitgetbase rate · promos may lower
999.86 USDT
arrives
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Questions, answered
How much does it cost to buy Litecoin right now?
At 2026-10-04 14:48 UTC, $1,000 of LTC cost $3.07 all-in at Bitstamp (fee plus spread) — cheapest of 4 exchanges.
Why does the same Litecoin buy cost different amounts per exchange?
Fee schedules differ per exchange, and each order book carries its own spread; fee plus spread is the all-in cost compared.
Why the advertised fee misleads
Spread is a price, not a percentage.
0.10% on $1,000 is one dollar; the spread you cross is often more — ranked by LTC received. Method →
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