🧠 Litecoin Launches LitVM — Smart Contracts, DeFi, and L2 Are Now Live

The “digital silver” just got a serious tech upgrade. At its 2025 summit in Vegas, Litecoin dropped LitVM — a zero-knowledge Layer-2 chain that brings smart contracts, DeFi, and Ethereum-style programmability to one of crypto’s oldest blockchains.

Yes, Litecoin now does dApps.

⚙️ From Fast Payments to Smart Money

For 12+ years, Litecoin was all about:

• ⛓️ UTXO-based simplicity
• ⚡ Fast, low-cost transactions
• 🪙 Peer-to-peer payments with LTC

But Web3 waits for no one. Now with LitVM, Litecoin is entering the programmable era.

🔬 What Is LitVM?

Built by Lunar Digital Assets, LitVM is:

• 🔒 A ZK-rollup Layer-2 chain
• 🧠 EVM-compatible (yes, Solidity on Litecoin)
• 🚀 Runs on top of Litecoin’s secure UTXO base
• 🤝 Integrates BitcoinOS + Polygon CDK

It’s the first true ZK-rollup on Litecoin — and it lets devs deploy smart contracts using tools they already know from Ethereum.

🌉 Cross-Chain + Tokenized Everything

LitVM isn’t just smart — it’s interoperable.

• 🔗 Taps into AggLayer for seamless cross-chain liquidity
• 💵 Built for RWA tokenization, stablecoins, and NFTs
• 🎯 Supports Runes, Ordinals, and more Bitcoin-native assets

“We’re making Litecoin part of the broader Web3 stack,” says Roc Zacharias (Lunar CEO). And with over 12B TVL already locked in L2s? That’s where the action is.

🔒 Backed by the Litecoin Foundation

This isn’t a random fork — it’s officially endorsed:

• ✅ Approved by the Litecoin Foundation
• 👨‍🔬 Supported by Charlie Lee himself
• 🧱 Built to maintain Litecoin’s core security while expanding its power

“With LitVM, we bring programmability to Litecoin without sacrificing what makes it trustworthy,” said Lee.

🔭 The Bigger Trend: ZK + EVM Everywhere

LitVM joins a growing league of ZK rollup chains with EVM support, including:

• 🌐 zkSync
• 🛠️ Polygon zkEVM
• ⚡ Starknet
• 🧠 BitVM on Bitcoin

Base layers stay lean. Layer-2s bring the firepower.

🧠 TL;DR: Litecoin Gets an L2 Brain

🧠 Litecoin just launched LitVM, a ZK-powered smart contract Layer-2 🧱 Built on Litecoin’s UTXO security, but EVM-compatible for devs 🔄 Connects to cross-chain liquidity via AggLayer 💰 Supports tokenized assets, NFTs, and DeFi protocols ✅ Officially backed by the Litecoin Foundation 🌐 Joins Ethereum + Bitcoin in the Layer-2 revolution

Litecoin’s no longer just a fast coin — it’s a programmable platform now.