Asset coins won't succeed either. They are trying hopelessly but that's not the way how you go.
Indeed the anonymous coins did lose traction now, but I'm thinking that will change in the future.
It really depends on what features get added over time.
At least someone is brave enough to admit it. The way coins like NXT and BitsharesX are structured makes them very popular among the speculative private funds.
A problem is presented: We missed Bitcoin and our company needs to make money.
A solution is presented: Here we have a coin which claims to be better than Bitcoin. Let's throw money at them!
The flaw in this logic was Bitcoin was never intended to be an outright technological platform. Who cares about replacing Wallstreet (like these asset coins want to do). Replacing $Fiat is the critical issue on hand and the rest is all distraction.
Bitcoin was just a wallet / coin programmed in Satoshi's proverbial basement. It was more an economic / social currency, in that anybody who wanted it was able to CPU mine it for free. Later warped into this industry of have and have nots, hardware kings and corruption on the foundation (Karpeles was one of them if you may had forgotten).
