Historic Litecoin Bolivian boliviano

05/08/2021: Litecoin Foundation Partners with Atari

The Litecoin Foundation partners with Atari, a prominent gaming company, to integrate Litecoin into Atari's gaming ecosystem, enabling players to use LTC for in-game purchases and transactions.

26/02/2020: Litecoin Implements Mimblewimble Extension Blocks

Litecoin developers announce plans to introduce Mimblewimble Extension Blocks, a privacy-focused protocol extension, to enhance fungibility and transaction anonymity.

05/08/2019: Litecoin Halving

The block reward for Litecoin is halved from 25 LTC to 12.5 LTC, reducing new supply issuance and potentially impacting the cryptocurrency's price and mining economics.

12/12/2017: Litecoin Futures Launch on CME

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) launches futures contracts for Litecoin, offering institutional investors an avenue to trade and speculate on the cryptocurrency.

10/05/2017: Segregated Witness Activation

Litecoin activates Segregated Witness (SegWit), a protocol upgrade aimed at improving scalability and enabling second-layer solutions like the Lightning Network.

29/11/2013: Litecoin's First Major Price Rally

Litecoin experiences its first major price rally, reaching a peak of over $39 per LTC, driven by increased adoption and market speculation.

07/10/2011: Creation of Litecoin

Litecoin is created by Charlie Lee as a peer-to-peer cryptocurrency, based on the Bitcoin protocol, with faster block generation time and a different hashing algorithm.

31/12/2004: Return to the boliviano

Bolivia ended the dollarization period and officially reintroduced the boliviano as the sole legal tender of the country.

31/12/2003: Dollarization crisis

Bolivia experienced a financial crisis, leading to the temporary dollarization of the economy and the use of the US dollar as legal tender.

31/03/1988: Bolivianoization

Bolivianoization was implemented, requiring all contracts and transactions to be conducted in bolivianos instead of foreign currencies.

28/02/1987: Introduction of the second boliviano

A new boliviano, known as the second boliviano (Boliviano de Segunda), was introduced to replace the heavily devalued first boliviano.

31/01/1986: Hyperinflation crisis

Bolivia experienced a severe hyperinflation crisis, leading to the devaluation of the boliviano.

31/12/1962: Monetary reform

The boliviano underwent a monetary reform, with new banknotes and coins being issued.

31/12/1891: Introduction of Bolivian boliviano

The boliviano was introduced as the official currency of Bolivia, replacing the Bolivian peso.