I cannot agree more. Hive is a no brainer. In long term Hive will be bigger than it´s main competitor populous. The dev team is very active and is working hard for the success.
Development is key for succes. The HIVE team is doing great. They are not even a year away from there ICO and look what they already did ! Launch of the platform going to be a blast !
I believe they are working hard, but it will be super sad if launch of platform will happen and Hive will not be even on one medium sized exchange.
We are working on that and have recently shared the news on our Telegram channel that we will implement an over-the-counter solution into our Terminal to make it as easy to use as we possibly can. We think it is important to have an OTC option so that our target audience of SMEs, which most likely has little experience with blockchain and cryptocurrencies/tokens, will find our Terminal to be an easy and straightforward way of solving their liquidity problems.
As I said a month ago that Sun Contract is trying to make something similar. They seems to succeed. Their solution might not be perfect fit to Hive but at least is something to consider. They made direct fiat gatevay but are still not acting as an exchange: https://medium.com/suncontract/suncontract-fiat-gateway-is-live-e52be7e831e3