POW as we know is starting to look very lonely in the top 10 & BTC has been on a long general downtrend. LTC has been on a downtrend for ages and broke a big $100 million psychological barrier.
Ripple is centralised, with huge centralisation of stake, it has it's own market but it's not a decentralised alternative imo.
So two fantastic things are happening LTC is bringing itself within reach and POW as a whole is clearly dying.
So passing LTC will make us look very strong indeed.
I've been bullish on BTS, but definitely not a super-bull for a host of reasons that have resulted in BTS being significantly undervalued imo. The board is shaping up in BTS's favour and giving us a shot though imo.