<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:14pt"><div>mirco,</div><div><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18.399999618530273px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">It appears the concerns I expressed here a few months ago about Mt. Gox's solvency were justified. I am not happy to have been correct about it, but I am happy that I transferred my bitcoins out of that black hole. I hope you did as well, assuming you had any there.</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18.399999618530273px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br></span></div><div style="color:
rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18.399999618530273px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">As of this moment, bitcoin currently trades on Mt. Gox at about 100 USD vs. about 560 USD on healthy markets. It is unclear whether anyone will be able to withdraw their coins, to say nothing of any USD. </span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18.399999618530273px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18.399999618530273px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span
style="background-color: transparent;">Gordon </span></div> </div></body></html>