Well, it is a rumour and it will continue to remain as rumour. Although, i have not seen where else it is written or published and i have not seen anything to back it up, so as to convince us of it is truly the next bitcoin.
Litecoin is no doubt a good coin among every other coins we have in the crypto space, but one thing that is of concern to me, is the growth rate. The growth is just slow and such coins are not my type.