Is Litecoin price still worth having in your crypto portfolio in the second half of 2025? The cryptocurrency has historically been considered as the digital silver because of its similarities to Bitcoin especially from a consensus mechanism perspective. That title may still hold water in 2025 judging by its appeal. Litecoin holder data on IntoTheBlock revealed some interesting details about holder behavior. Over 69% of LTC holders were in profit despite its recent price drop below $100. Only 25% of holders were at a loss, meaning Litecoin was among the coins with the highest rate of profitability among its holders. This was despite the fact that it was still trading at a 30% discount from its December 2024 peak and even bigger from its historic peak. On the other hand, LTC price hovered at $99 at press time price after a 55% recovery from its lowest price point in 2025 and 99% from its lowest price level in 2024. Is Litecoin Price Still Attractive at its Current Levels? Litecoin price almost clocked $300, which means its current price levels are almost a third of its peak price. This might be one of the key factors contributing to its current demand levels. Speaking of demand, IntoTheBlock data also revealed that 78% of holders have held it for over 12 months. In other words, LTC still has a large number of fans that that have been demonstrating long term optimism. Only 17% of holders acquired the cryptocurrency in the last 12 months and 6% added to their balances in the last 4 weeks. In addition, whales held 49% of the supply and large transactions amounted to $62.89 billion in the last 7 days. Litecoin’s appeal also extends to other factors such as its relatively low circulating supply, coupled by the fact that it is one of the older coins. It has been battle tested and analysts are optimistic about its long term prospects. Especially considering that is also among the top altcoins that are likely to receive ETF approvals. Litecoin ETFs could pave the way for heavy institutional liquidity inflows. Such an outcome would further validate LTC price long term potential. Litecoin Mining Difficulty Resumes Upside Litecoin mining difficulty declined in the first half of May but it recently regained its uptick. The difficulty level surged to 85.48m in the last 24 hours which means it is now on track to rise to new highs. Litecoin difficulty/ source: Coinwarz Interestingly, Litecoin miner difficulty has been rising aggressively since November, and peaked at 87.15m on 20 April. The dip in mining difficulty earlier this month may have largely been due to the dip in hash rate observed in the first week of May. Unsurprisingly, Litecoin hash rate also recovered significantly in the last 10 days. This underscores the intricate relationship between miner difficulty, hash rate and LTC price action which dictates the level of miner profitability. The rising miner difficulty and hash rate especially in the last 12 months was a reflection of Litecoin’s rising popularity. This popularity has been trickling down into other areas including the derivatives segment. Litecoin open interest clocked $915 million on 20 April marking its highest level derivatives activity in history. The rising demand within the derivatives segment was thwarted by tariff war disruptions. Open interest dropped to $360 million by 9 April but it has since then recovered substantially. It surged as high as $707 million as of 14 May, confirming renewed interest. This means demand for Litecoin in the derivatives segment could be on track to push towards $1 billion in the second half of 2025. This is important because derivatives demand usually holds a positive correlation with spot flows.