Hello,
as an active supporter and holder of bitshares, but also an ex-trader of derivatives, it seems to me that it is in the best interest of the whole cryptoworld to quickly adopt access to shorting. That, and only that can stop the chaos and make the prices stabilize. As long as only a handful know how to short bitcoin (possibly the ones with thicker wallets and access to other forms of capital), not to mention shorting other cryptos, things will tend to get out of hand easily. Now what we're seeing is beaten up high-hopes vs. quick profit and the latter always wins. Just my two cents or satoshis or...