Over the past year Litecoin did better: ₹10,000 became ₹6,528 in LTC versus ₹6,327 in ETH. Ethereum swings about 1.0× as much on a typical day, and they usually move together (correlation 0.72).
ET ETH | LT LTC | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | ₹255,983 | ₹6,689 |
| Rank | #2 | #24 |
| Market cap | ₹31.24T | ₹519.58B |
| 24h volume | ₹1.43T | ₹53.29B |
| Circulating supply | 122.09M | 77.66M |
| Max supply | No cap | 84.00M |
| Below all-time high | -46% | -83% |
| 24h | 0.89% | 2.12% |
| 7 days | 2.52% | 11.12% |
| ₹10,000 invested | ETH | LTC |
|---|---|---|
| 1 month ago | ₹11,035 10.35% | ₹14,537 45.37% |
| 3 months ago | ₹16,966 69.66% | ₹16,621 66.21% |
| 6 months ago | ₹12,667 26.67% | ₹12,918 29.18% |
| 1 year ago | ₹6,327 36.73% | ₹6,528 34.72% |
| 2 years ago | ₹10,035 0.35% | ₹10,061 0.61% |
| ₹1,000/month SIP, 12 months | ₹13,422 | ₹13,919 |
| Typical daily move | ±1.6% | ±1.6% |
| Deepest fall (1y) | -67% | -67% |
| Worst day (1y) | -14.96% | -23.05% |
Green marks the better figure in each row: more money, smaller swings or a shallower fall.
Over the last 12 months ETH returned -36.73% and LTC -34.72%. Over just the last month the picture is the same: ETH +10.35%, LTC +45.37%. Short periods can tell a very different story from long ones, which is why picking a coin from last month's chart rarely works.
Ethereum moves about ±1.6% on a typical day against ±1.6% for Litecoin. In the past year ETH fell as much as 67% from a peak and LTC 67%. Bigger swings mean bigger possible gains and bigger possible losses, size your position so a fall like that wouldn't force you to sell.
The correlation of their daily moves over the past year is 0.72 (1 = always together, 0 = unrelated): they usually move together. Owning both gives you less diversification than two separate coins might suggest, when one falls, the other usually does too.
Ethereum is the bigger network, with a market cap about 60× that of Litecoin. A lower price per coin doesn't make a coin “cheaper”: what matters is market cap, and how many new coins will still be created (ETH: no fixed cap; LTC: capped at 84.00M).
Both trade on FIU-registered exchanges. Profit on either is taxed at 30% plus 4% cess, 1% TDS is deducted when you sell, and a loss on one can't be set off against a gain on the other. Guides: how to buy Ethereum · how to buy Litecoin · best crypto apps in India.
Litecoin. ₹10,000 invested a year ago would be worth ₹6,528 in LTC today, against ₹6,327 in ETH (-34.72% vs -36.73%). Past returns do not predict future ones.
By day-to-day swings, Ethereum: it moves about ±1.6% on a typical day against ±1.6% for Litecoin, and its deepest fall in the past year was 67% versus 67%.
Ethereum's market cap is about ₹31.24T, roughly 60× Litecoin's ₹519.58B. A larger market cap usually means more liquidity, not necessarily higher returns.
We don't give buy or sell advice. The data shows how each has behaved, not what happens next. Many investors hold more than one coin rather than choosing; with a correlation of 0.72, they usually move together, so holding both spreads less risk than it might seem.
