BTC-e is safest way to exchange BTC to LTC.
Dont know if it is good idea when LTC is at historical top now though... seems LTC can be only worse
Isn't that what they said every time BTC hit a new high?
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Probably, but LTC entered into a microbubble this week, raeaching an all time high of about $48 USD/LTC late on Wednesday and it's now back down to about $36-37 USD/LTC.
Nobody is really certain which direction this currency can go right now, there's a bunch of speculation around it and it's fluctiating by tremendous amounts each minute (currently on a slight downard trend).
LTC is there to stay, in my opinion. The growth has been tremendous in the last few days, but right now is the #2 coin, and Bitcoin looks expensive now to a lot of possible buyers. At least its easy to buy from USD to LTC nowadays. Hope there are more exchanges that allow other currencies to be bought easily with USD, bypassing Bitcoins entirely.