With both Hive and Bitshares being based on Graphene, more robust links/gateways between the two would be very beneficial adding substantially to the web of input and output avenues.

As one example xBTS can be seen here: https://ex.xbts.io/market/XBTSX.HIVE_BTS For those that have not tried Bitshares, looking at that market is really this simple:

Hive = xBTS.Hive (xBTS is the gateway providing deposit/withdraw services)
BTS = BTS native chain token

Utilizing that gateway will allow you to go from Hive to BTS to endless other options such as smartcoins, stable coins, liquidity pools etc... xBTS also offers Hive.USDT which makes it easy to get on/off chain.

Endless possibilities when blockchains start to work together on common goals.