Okay, I'm sold.
I've been doing research on Bitshares over the past few weeks. Undecided on whether to risk some money on it or just let it pass as with dozens others. Your comment here is the decider. It's obvious you know much more than I do.

I have Counterparty but as Heidi had noted, the daily volume is VERY low. It might change in the near future though (the speculator's perennial hope). I'm going to hedge with the "DEX" theme by also buying Bitshares.