In my opinion, Counterparty faces many obstacles, one being regulation, another becoming irrelevant via sidechains, another when people realize Byrne is build a completely independent platform that has nothing to do with Counterparty (which is in fact what he is doing, you guys just don't know it yet). You can squabble all day about comparing Counterparty to Nxt or Bitshares, which accomplishes nothing. Nxt assets like Nxxty and Jinn will soon have larger market caps then Counterparty and perhaps even Nxt.
I liked your post until the NXT propaganda kicked in.
I didn't intend to interject Nxt propoganda. Not sure where you see that, I'm just stating facts. Both Nxxty and Jinn have nothing to do with Nxt, they are just very profitable and fast growing Assets because they have "real world" products, hence they could be subject to SEC regulation.