Early on we worked on colored coins that did exactly this. I'm just wondering why no one has continued the work.
I think it's a question of utility. It's difficult to say how many people would find it useful. The idiom "
if you build it, they will come" doesn't always appear to hold true in crypto. Or, at least, they come for a little while and then move on to the next fad. People build stuff all the time that either seldom gets used, or even gets left completely abandoned. There needs to be a demand, need, or a purpose, for the thing in order for development to continue progressing. At the moment, there just doesn't seem to be enough interest in that area for it to be a worthwhile effort to pursue.