CoinVast swaps XMR to LTC in one payment: paste a Litecoin address, send Monero, and after your deposit confirms we screen it, exchange at a flat 2% spread locked when you create the swap, and send Litecoin to your wallet.
1 XMR ≈ 8.2764 LTC right now, our flat 2% spread already included.
Last reviewed · rates and limits are live
≈ $298.20
≈ $292.24
Your rate locks the moment you create the swap and holds for the full 30-minute deposit window.
No account · Deposits screened before exchange, never frozen after
Monero is the coin you hold when you want privacy. Litecoin is the coin you hold when you want to spend. They are both old, both reliable, and they solve different problems, which is exactly why people move between them.
Litecoin is fast, cheap, and accepted almost everywhere Bitcoin is. It sits on countless exchanges, crypto debit cards, and payment processors, which makes it one of the easier coins to actually use, whether that is paying a merchant or cashing out to fiat. Monero, for all its strengths, is harder to spend in a lot of those places.
There is also a privacy footnote in Litecoin's favor. Its MWEB feature, based on MimbleWimble, can hide transaction amounts on the portion of outputs that use it. That is selective privacy, nowhere near Monero's, but it means a swap from XMR to LTC does not mean stepping fully into daylight either. The card above shows the live rate with the spread and network fee already counted in.
Go in clear-eyed about the trade. Litecoin's base chain is transparent, so once your LTC touches a KYC exchange it becomes a normal, traceable balance, and timing or amount correlation can sometimes link a quick XMR to LTC to exchange hop. If the goal is to spend, that is a fine trade. If the goal is to stay private, Litecoin is a step toward convenience, not toward more privacy.
Confirmation counts and minimums above are the live values our exchange engine uses, not marketing copy. Block times are network averages and can vary.
Choose how much XMR you are sending. The card quotes your LTC payout with the spread and network fee already counted in. Paste the Litecoin address the payout should land at, plus an optional XMR refund address in case the swap cannot complete.
You get a deposit address on the Monero network. Send your XMR to it from any wallet, in one payment of at least 0.05 XMR. No account, no email, nothing to install.
Your deposit needs 10 confirmations on Monero, about 20 minutes. We screen it before the exchange starts, then send LTC to your address and post the transaction hash on your order page.
Spendability is the big one. Litecoin clears in minutes, costs very little to send, and is supported by a long list of merchants, cards, and processors. When you need value you can actually use rather than just hold, LTC is one of the smoothest coins to reach for, and that is the main reason people swap XMR into it.
Cashing out is part of the same story. Because Litecoin is listed nearly everywhere, it is an easy on-ramp back to fiat or to a card balance. People who keep savings in Monero often peel off a working amount into LTC precisely when they have a real-world payment to make.
The MWEB angle appeals to the privacy-minded. Litecoin's MimbleWimble extension blocks can hide amounts on participating outputs, which is a meaningful improvement over a fully transparent coin even if it is not in Monero's league. For someone who wants better spendability without going completely public, LTC is a reasonable middle ground.
Then there is liquidity and habit. Litecoin has deep markets and a long track record, so swaps are easy to fill and the coin is unlikely to surprise you. If you already think of LTC as your day-to-day spending coin, topping it up from a private Monero reserve is a natural pattern.
Two cautions worth stating. First, the privacy step-down is real: outside of MWEB, Litecoin is transparent, and an exchange deposit makes it KYC-linked. Second, if you are moving a large position, splitting it into a few smaller swaps reduces slippage and platform risk. Neither changes whether the move is right for you, but both are worth doing deliberately.
Usually 20 to 35 minutes. Monero is the slower side here: your XMR deposit confirms over a few two-minute blocks, then we screen and exchange in seconds, and Litecoin payouts clear in a few minutes. Most of the wait is Monero confirming, not us.
Partly, at best. Litecoin's MWEB can hide amounts on the outputs that use it, which is better than a fully transparent coin, but it is far short of Monero's protection and it does not cover the whole chain. The moment your LTC hits a KYC exchange it becomes a normal traceable balance. Treat the swap as a move toward spendability, not toward more privacy.
No. There is no sign-up, no email, and no KYC under the screening threshold. You paste a Litecoin address, send one Monero payment, and bookmark the order page. Screening happens before the exchange begins: pass and the swap runs, fail and your Monero returns to your refund address.
Fixed. We quote one rate at a flat 2% spread, locked when you create the swap. Because the Monero deposit takes a little while to confirm, a locked rate means the market can move while you wait without changing what you agreed to.
0.05 XMR. Below that, network fees take too large a share to be worth it. There is no hard maximum on the card; for large amounts the limit is live liquidity, and the quote is the honest answer. Splitting a very large position into a few swaps can reduce slippage.
You can, but know what it does. Sending freshly swapped LTC directly to a KYC exchange links it to your identity there, and a fast XMR to LTC to exchange hop can sometimes be correlated by timing and amount. If that is fine for your purpose, go ahead. If you want to keep some distance, receive into your own Litecoin wallet first.
Setting it up takes under a minute. The blockchain handles the rest.