my problems with bittrex is that they are US based and like everyone else they do what they please, freeze coins out of the blue, "don't support terrorism" ie. liberty like withdrawing your own money unless you give up your privacy...
But that's neither here nor there, I'm happy that BTS is around for what it's worth, I would be more than happy if people started being responsible and took some liberty to exchange and trade freely, buut that's in the realms of the "hopes and dreams"
You are right. Everything that is US based is under the gun. The government in general is shooting itself in the foot. Sanctions on Russia for example, "You can't use our dollar for x or xx" and Russia changes to the petro-yuan or barters for oil or missiles. Nice job US.
Bitshares; It is lower volume but the same as others. I bought up all the 0.14 cent bts I could at the lows and it has recently doubled in value. Bitshares is on a public ledger like Steem, so it's all easy to see. decentralized like Steemit. Unlikely that a government ban will impact Bitshares.
yup China had some problems with the exchanges and people switched to BTS, it's no solution, but at least there is something doing Tether better than Tether, sadly unless you market to people not many stumble upon such gems, that chain has been working for years and I don't understand why people are blaming Dan for anything, he built a solid concept, systems are never awesome because they are run by people and we never amount to much but hey :D it sure beats having no say.
For the US I'm not sure what if anything has changed, hopefully people just realise their media has become a scandal, they've been shooting their foot with in lots of places, let's just hope they stop escalating conflicts around the globe. I have to say Americans are good people too, but like in most places someone comes along and sweeps the rug under you :D