There was an extensive announcement on Discord, but here's a highlight:
We had a great conversation with the bitshares core committee regarding some of the changes we may need, in order to improve the integration of our platform with the bitshares system. It's a fantastic innovation awaiting release.Go check the rest out for yourself on the Discord channel if you wish

Based on the information presented in your thread, there are many progresses recently between Deviant coin team and Bitshares team.
I guess that if current progress maintain its pace as of current one, Deviant coin community will see breaking news from the team soon.
Stay tuned for it, personally.
Yes, I believe great things are coming for Deviant.. personally, I'd love to see the DEX in action