The exchange is called OpenLedger no?   BitShares is the currency of exchange.  We looked into it, but found the withdrawal fees to be rather high on OpenLedger.  have  you tried depositing Steem and then withdrawing the same amount of steem to test how big the withdrawal fees are?  If you do this, let us know bc we'd love to be able to use it, but it just seems like they pilfer too much of the funds.

is there a way to track or chart the increase in volumes on OpenLedger/bitshares-exchange?

We're REALLY unsure what the quote means, why would Bittrex volume not be legit??

following you, u seem to have ur sh!t together