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Grayscale Litecoin Trust (LTCN) switches to CoinDesk Litecoin Price Index without averaging, effective Feb 1, 2022
Grayscale Litecoin Trust (LTC)
- Effective Feb 1, 2022, Trust values LTC using CoinDesk Litecoin Price Index (LTX) without an additional averaging mechanism, replacing prior 'Old Index Price' method.
- Historical avg difference between Old Index Price and new Index Price from Jan 2019-Dec 2021 is 0.31%; Sponsor says switch provides more transparency.
- New Index License Agreement with CoinDesk Indices, Inc. entered Feb 1, 2022; prior 2019 agreement terminated Jan 31, 2022.
- No change to underlying index or exchange selection criteria; Index Price uses same volume-weighted methodology as publicly available LTX price.