I think BitShares will stay and it will evolve.
In my opinion it just has usability issues that need to be solved asap.
People expect a simple and intuitive UI and a clear way how to do things.
That's what Cryptonomex is doing absolutely right in case of STEEM now, what was not the case when they built BitShares.
I hope they will work on it again in the future to improve it with all lessons learned from STEEM.
Thought I'm not sure STEEM Power is a good investment opportunity but I think it will succeed from a usability and technology perspective.

If Ronny succeeds building the new frontend for OL I believe BitShares can attract much more traders.
And I still believe that BitShares can become the defacto standard chain for financial services of all kind.

In the case of further funding I think the worker concept is great it just needs more shareholders voting for ongoing development.