Bordering on delusional to think BitShares will succeed in the near future if Bitcoin goes into a deep depression or fades completely. What we need most right now is crypto-hype returning so we can reach a market cap capable of sustaining tens of projects with million dollar budgets during 2015. I have always had a vision that it would be crypto 2.0 that returned the hype to crypto this time around, so NXT, Counter Party, Ethereum and BitShares might be able to renew interest in Bitcoin and spark the next bubble (Bitcoin to 15 billion, NXT to 200 million, Counter Party to 150 million, Ethereum to 400 million and BitShares to 1 billion).