There are a few reasons. 1: some comments made by the founder, 2: is the Korean exchanges buying up lots of LTC, 3: is the Lightning wallet Alpha expected this week, 4: Bitcoin transactions costing up to $8,
Founders comments
Litecoin better transaction fees
Litecoin fee is typically $0.10 whereas Bitcoin is typically over $5
Lightning network wallet expected this week
On a live Segwit party YouTube broadcast Charlie Lee and Jack Mallers said that they were working on a Zap wallet over the weekend.
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