a Coinbase listing would certainly make it easier for people in the US as well as a few other countries. Pretty much all my USD enters the crypto world through Coinbase.
My current method is to buy LTC on coinbase send to hive for swap.LTC exchange swap.LTC for swap.Hive convert to hive.... its gotta get easier than this.
It surely needs to get easier, especially for newcomers, particularly knowing that Hive-Engine sometimes takes off deposits and withdrawals because they (probably Privex, not HE) encounter issues they need to fix.