The price of LTC will be pushed up by factors such as the launch of smart contracts and NFTs. These are the main drivers of growth for the project for 2022.
Currently, the price is not driven by either of them. I think there is one main reason that is responsible for the run of Litecoin over the last week. AMC (you know the actually bankrupt cinema franchise and meme stock) has announced to accept cryptos in their cinemas. One of them is Litecoin. This has increased the investments of AMC stock holders into these cryptos, among other things Litecoin.