Japan-based digital asset exchange company bitbank, Inc. announced this morning they have launched Litecoin versus Bitcoin trading. The LTC/BTC trading pair has been added as the first altcoin/BTC pair on the company’s virtual currency exchange service at domain bitbank.cc.

By introducing the LTC/BTC trading pair, bitbank.cc became the only Japanese domestic exchange for LTC/BTC business.

The exchange made note that Litecoin dealings, deposits, and withdrawals through API will be possible. Further, Bitbank said they plan to add more cryptocurrencies such as Ether (ETH) and Ripple (XRP) in the future.