I was told a while ago there was some big player that was going to buy lots of Bitshares, but he was waiting until after 2.0 release to do so because "that's just the way they do business". I think I've put together the pieces of the puzzle for who that is:
"The first, a non-profit called Blockchain Labs, was co-founded by Buterin,
BitShares co-founder Bo Shen and Feng Xiao, vice chairman and executive director of Wanxiang Holdings, the company's investment arm.
The Blockchain Labs launch is to be followed by the creation of a $50m venture capital fund that will invest broadly in applications for blockchain technology and for which Wanxiang will be the sole limited partner (LP).
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In interview, Chao noted that Wanxiang now has roughly 10 subsidiaries in financial sectors including insurance, banking, futures and asset management, and that the investments provide it with the ability to look for ways to apply blockchain technologies to its business lines."
http://www.coindesk.com/china-wanxiang-blockchain-50-million-fund/Then we have the Larimers going to China 2 days after BTS 2.0 release to give presentations to these people:"Shanghai, China - October 15-16 Blockchain Summit
Stan Larimer and several other BitShares personalities*.
Blockchain Labs, China’s first professional blockchain technology institution, has invited selected "geeks, entrepreneurs, academic experts, investors, executives from financial institutions, and regulatory policy makers to join the summit and discuss the business applications and opportunities of blockchain technology in industry, such as Payment, Internet of Things, Securities Trading, Digital Assets Management. We expect that there will be around 200 guests from the financial industry, including banking, payments, securities and commodities, as well as other industries such as IoT and manufacturing."
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