I'm watching the little sell walls that there were on BTC38 BTSX/CNY get eaten up right now. It's just Buy, Buy, Buy...
Ripple is going down!
Part of what we have to do (delegates and participants in the Bitshares community), is create demand.
For example I think we have to create on-ramps so people can actually acquire Bitshares. Minebitshares is one way but we need Gateways, ATMs, anything to help people get a taste of Bitshares X.
But we also have to think of ideas on how we can encourage people to never want to cash out. Having BitUSD with 5% interest will make it so people who want to protect their Bitcoin earnings can simply buy BitUSD5 from within BTER. That is one less reason to cash out.
If there are way more reasons for people to store their wealth in Bitshares, buy Bitshares, and few reasons to cash out beyond paying for upkeep, then few will cash out because there is more incentive/rationality in not doing so.
So if you like the direction the price is going one of the things I learned from other communities is it's a continuous effort to keep drumming up demand. The way to drum up demand is to increase the utility of Bitshares X or BitAssets. If you're running a business then you can offer a discount in people who pay you in BitGLD for instance. Stop accepting Bitcoin at a discount and give the discount to BitGLD.