Record: BitShares Hangout #39 - 2017-09-23
https://steemit.com/dsound/@ash/record-bitshares-hangout-39-2017-09-23

BTS is a long term project, keep buying and holding will make us rich, very rich.

I just don't understand why BTS isn't flying past the moon. Decentralized exchanges are the future, particularly as countries make knee-jerk reactions and ban exchanges. BTS has been around forever and has an awesome working product, more than can be said for any other DEX.

That's one of my chief concerns too, but it works both ways: not having domestic exchanges could be more motivation to hold BTS and trade within the DEX.

And I also fully agree that more diverse, and wider adoption, should be (and I think it is in practice) Bitshares' number one priority.

1. bitshares is more than a decentralized exchange, see 1st image in 1st post
2. it's the fastest cryptocurrency and tokens in existence by a TON, time tested since 2014 - this alone makes evaluation ridiculously low compared to mostly vaporware above it
3. it's self sustaining and the very first DAO in existence before DASH before ETH (also have prediction markets from before)
4. ICO's? It's words easiest way to do ICO's, better than eth and predates eth
5. 15 mil volume today on bitshares platform, 7.8 mil using bitCNY (not CNY) http://stage.cryptofresh.com/assets
6. China can ban and prevent legal fiat-crypto gateways like exchanges, but those who already have crypto will always have them online, like BTC, bts, or bitCNY
7. Decentralized networks don't have assets "in China somewhere" but around the world, they are on every node around the world at same time
8. you don't have to be chinese to use bitCNY. I use it just because it's most liquid.
9. bitCNY value is protected by smart contracts holding BTS coins locked up to make sure at any time if you have bitCNY you can hit settle and get exactly 1 CNY worth of BTS out of the contract

bitshares can process more transactions in 1-2 hours than BTC or ETH can do in 1-2 years

I don't know anything about coinmarketcap or its api, I do know that it doesn't show the full volume of the dex and missing a ton of pairs. Makes sense perhaps because the dex allows of trading between any two assets there leading to O(N^2) growth of pairs with N assets