Litecoin Creator on State of Crypto, the Lite Strategy DAT, ETFs and Institutional Adoption in 2026

Charlie Lee is the creator of Litecoin and currently serves as Director of the Litecoin Foundation. In this conversation, we discuss the creation of Litecoin in 2011 and how the industry has evolved since, the prospects for Litecoin ETFs, the reasoning behind his decision to sell all of his LTC, the Lite Strategy DAT and its outlook this year, growing institutional interest, and why price and adoption may be the most important crypto stories of 2026.

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TIMESTAMPS:

0:00 - Welcome Charlie Lee To Crypto In America!0:30 - What Does ‘Crypto In America’ Mean To Charlie? 

1:30 - Starting Litecoin3:00 - Changes In Industry Since Mt. Gox From A Crypto OG4:30 - Starting In Google 

5:45 - Sovereign Individual/Bitcoin - Does The Bitcoin Ethos Survive In Modern Age Of Crypto? 

8:00 - Bitcoin No Longer A Risk-off Asset? 

9:00 - Joining Coinbase In 2013 - Looking Back at Last Decade

10:15 - Litecoin ETF

12:50 - Building Through Different Phases Of Cypto (ICOs, Decentraliziation, etc)

15:50 - How To Make America The Best Place For Litecoin

17:45 - LItecoin Post-Genius Act

22:50 - Prediction Markets & Crypto

26:15 - Energy Concerns For Proof Of Stake 

27:50 - Charlie Selling His Litecoin, What’s His Role Today

30:20 - Is Litecoin Holding Up It’s Original Ethos?

31:30 - Lite Strategy Digital Asset Treasury 

34:30 - Institutional Interests In DATS vs. ETFs

37:30 - Tax Regulation For Crypto 

39:30 -  Price & Adoption Are The Most Important 

41:30 - Charlie Is Paying Attention To Financial Privacy

44:00 - Thanks Charlie For Joining! Like & Subscribe 

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