Litecoin Officially Joins CoinMarketCap’s Privacy List — MWEB Tech Gets Recognized

After years of community effort, Litecoin (LTC) has finally received a much needed recognition for privacy.

CoinMarketCap has officially added Litecoin to its “Privacy Coins” category.

Speed Meets Stealth Addresses and Balances

Established in 2011 as Bitcoin’s lighter, faster digital silver, Litecoin improved upon Bitcoin's 10-minute block time by offering 2.5-minute confirmations and utilizing Scrypt mining. It also boasts a potentially stronger long-term security model through merge mining with Dogecoin and has gained favor from Elon Musk.

The significant advancement in privacy and fungibility occurred in May 2022 with the introduction of the MWEB (MimbleWimble Extension Block) upgrade. This is an opt-in feature on Litecoin that allows users to use confidential transaction amounts and addresses without publicly exposing them. Another intriguing aspect of MimbleWimble is that it was anonymously released as a white paper, much like Bitcoin's. Could Satoshi be behind both?

Over 260,000 LTC have already been added into MWEB, but until now, CoinMarketCap had largely ignored it.

Why MWEB Stands Out

MWEB utilizes MimbleWimble, a privacy-scalability hybrid that surpasses other designs in its combination of scalability and privacy.

• Lightweight: Transactions are far more compact than Zcash’s or Monero’s multi-kilobyte proofs.

• Efficient: Prunes spent outputs to keep the blockchain lean and fast.

• Low compute demand: No zk-SNARK bloat or heavy ring signatures — just aggregated signatures per block for minimal overhead.

  
  

That’s real optimization for everyday, high-volume privacy — something other privacy chains can’t claim.

Litecoin is presently ranked 21st overall and now holds the 2nd position in CoinMarketCap's privacy rankings.

This victory didn’t just appear — it was rallied into existence. The movement kicked off with @MASTERBTCLTC’s public call-to-action, showing users exactly how to request CoinMarketCap’s privacy tag.

The community delivered.

The Litecoin Foundation also acknowledged the victory.

Privacy Sector Heats Up

The privacy coin group is experiencing significant upward movement, showing substantial gains overall:

7-Day Price Gains from CoinGecko:

• DASH: +127.8%

• ZEC: +44.6%

• DCR: +130.6%

  
  

With Litecoin freshly tagged on CoinMarketCap's privacy coins list, is it geared up for the next explosive leg?

Surf over on X is calling it loud and clear—his latest monthly chart showdown has DASH, ZEC, DCR, and now LTC lining up for that vertical breakout.

What’s Next

Wallets like Nexus, Stack Wallet, and Cake Wallet already support MWEB, making private LTC usage seamless across mobile and desktop.

With the 2027 halving on the horizon, this recognition could spark a bigger shift in how Litecoin is perceived — not just as “digital silver,” but as the most efficient privacy coin on Earth.