Swap LTC Cross Chain, Trustlessly

TL;DR: Swap LTC cross chain without giving up custody. Garden supports Litecoin to native Bitcoin, stablecoins, and assets across 10+ chains; settled atomically in seconds.

For over a decade, Litecoin has done exactly what it was built to do; fast, cheap, reliable transactions. Today, it processes around 200K transactions a day, with average tx fees under half a cent, and a market cap of $4.3 billion. 

Moving it across chains isn’t as easy as it should be; options are limited, most of what exists routes through centralised exchanges or wrapped token bridges that take custody somewhere in the flow. Neither is ideal if you care about self custody. 

The unlock

LTC is now interoperable with native Bitcoin, Base, Ethereum, Arbitrum, Starknet, BNB Chain, Solana, TRON, and every other Garden supported chain. Someone holding LTC on Litecoin can swap directly into native Bitcoin, or into cbLTC on Base, USDT on TRON, or any asset on any supported chain, without handing custody to anyone at any point. 

Every swap is settled atomically via HTLCs. An intent is matched with an independent solver, both sides lock assets simultaneously, and the swap completes the moment you reveal a cryptographic secret. Garden abstracts all of this; for you it's one click.

Add LTC payments to your app

Garden's API makes it possible to add native Litecoin cross chain swaps to any app without building bridge infrastructure from scratch. Instantly get access to deep liquidity from a network of Solvers, no need to understand the internals of cross chain execution; the API handles that layer, you handle the product. Garden APIs already power cross chain Bitcoin swaps inside Phantom wallet and aggregators like LI.FI and Rango.

What you can build on top of it is genuinely boundless. A lending platform can let users deposit LTC and route it atomically into WBTC collateral on Aave or Morpho. A payment app can accept LTC from a user and settle in USDC on Ethereum on the merchant's end, with Garden executing invisibly in the background. A wallet can offer native LTC to BTC swaps as a feature without running any backend infrastructure. 

Litecoin's low fees and fast block times make it a natural fit for payment adjacent use cases; the API gives you the execution layer to actually ship them.

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How to swap LTC for cbLTC

Garden now supports direct swaps between LTC and cbLTC, and between assets on any Garden supported chain to LTC on the Garden UI.

1. Connect Wallets: connect your Litecoin wallet (Ctrl Wallet or Litescribe) and your EVM wallet to Garden.
2. Select Assets: choose BTC as source, select cbLTC on Base as destination asset, enter the amount.
3. Execute: review the details, click Swap.

FAQs

How do I add Litecoin cross chain swaps to my app/wallet? 

Garden's API and SDK enable cross chain execution across all supported chains, including Litecoin to native Bitcoin, EVM chains, and non-EVM chains like Solana, Starknet and TRON. You choose what you need and the API handles HTLC based settlement and solver matching under the hood. Head to the Garden developer docs to get started.

Which Litecoin wallets are supported on Garden? 

Garden supports Ctrl Wallet and Litescribe. Litescribe is a non custodial browser extension wallet built specifically for the Litecoin network. Ctrl Wallet is a multichain browser extension wallet with native Litecoin support alongside hundreds of other chains. 

Can I bridge LTC directly to USDC on Ethereum? 

Yes. LTC to USDC on Ethereum is a single atomic swap. You sign an intent, the order book matches it with an independent solver, both sides lock assets simultaneously, and the swap completes when you reveal a cryptographic secret. USDC lands in your Ethereum wallet. No intermediate steps, no wrapped tokens.

Is Garden Finance secure? 

Security is something we take seriously and return to continuously, not a checkbox. The atomic swap contracts have been audited by Trail of Bits (April 2024), OtterSec (August 2023), and Zellic (June 2025). In December 2025, a public Code4rena audit brought 813 researchers stress-testing the protocol specifically across Bitcoin, EVM, Solana, Sui, and Starknet; it closed with zero critical findings. Full audit reports are available at garden.finance/security.