Cool thing about WAVES is that there is already a real-world application for it:
bitkapital.com
More than what a lot of other coins can say
NEM can. They are working with japanese Banks.
NEM doesn't have asset-to-asset trading. So, an investment fund operating on NEM wouldn't distribute dividends in USD. Many crypto-platform may have use in many financial applications, but their use would be limited. WAVES is by far the most advanced platform in this regard.
We should beat ETH and LISK and should go for the No.2 position after BTC
When capitalization is concerned, the crypto-assets' capitalizations should be counted as well. If you consider the values of all crypto-assets issued on the WAVES platform, then we may even beat bitcoin.