The release of Asset Exchange will only be the first step. Many big stuffs will follows one by one. A lot of things that most people take for granted today will be changed by Nxt forever. We will see the world be changed in front of us.
Those interesting in Nxt really should go to
https://nxtforum.org/ and see by yourself what the devs have been busy developing.
Cool. While the price temporarily goes up, the whales will sell. Scam. A lot of people who buy into that will be left holding the bag like usual.
Nxt holders will make money from Nxt but not by persuading others to buy. Yes, some will buy and some will sell as what happens to any other cryptocurrency everyday. However, the key point is that a lot of businesses using Nxt as tools in addition to as the currency will be built, that's where the main profit will come from and why we call Nxt a platform/ecosystem.