What matters is price in bitcoin, and if you look at the chart its consolidated and gone sideways since the big pump back in the summer of 2017 (just like alot of other altcoins), so its fair to assume that ETC will follow suit of an altcoin pump in the future.
Like many others have said....it could potentially be a good buy at this price in btc. good luck, not financial advice. dyor
You know, I wouldn't count on USD pairs to decrease ETC's dependency on BTC or ETH.
It might be similar to BCH when, despite many USD pairs, BCH/BTC ratio is declining, similarly to ETC/ETH.