Litecoin is still minor news, but with more exchanges starting to support it [1], it might actually amount to something.
As for my own bias: I own a very trivial number of litecoins and bitcoins (most from a small amount of mining), so I wouldn't mind these increasing even more. That said, I am still skeptical, but I am enjoying watching this all play out.
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/litecoin-heres-everything-know...
Although, to be fair, Wired noticed it back in June:
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013-06/16/litecoin
Litecoin is still minor news, but with more exchanges starting to support it [1], it might actually amount to something.
As for my own bias: I own a very trivial number of litecoins and bitcoins (most from a small amount of mining), so I wouldn't mind these increasing even more. That said, I am still skeptical, but I am enjoying watching this all play out.
[1] https://www.okpay.com/en/company/news/okpay-now-supports-lit...
Edit: And yes, agreed on your mark cap point. Still a useful benchmark, but not without some caveats.