Just my 2 photons.
BTCE is run in bulgaria and you really cant compare the two since btce has been around for over 6 Years. You have to think about the fact that they could have run off with 100's of million of dollars but they never did. They never did because they make so much money on fees. in 5 more years they will make more than what they could have run off with... Anyway Livecoin could dissapear with users funds at any time. But Im always very skeptical at first. it took me years to fully trust btce. And I still dont leave a lot of coins on there... I dont know why but I really dont like the first image that pops up on livecoin