Tracking addresses known to be owned by MtGox, redditors found traces of over 200K btc's belonging to Gox.

http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1z3cni/proofs_that_gox_have_at_least_200k_btc/
https://pay.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1z30q9/gox_has_at_least_50000_btc/

I have not lost any btcs on gox, however its very hard for me to believe 750K btcs were simply stolen. Malleability can not be an explanation. I also think there is no way that these many coins were stolen back in 2011, and Karpeles was able to operate Gox for so long without major hassle.

Somethings don't add up, and I think this recent discovery hints that there could be more than theft. If verified, this actually goes along with 2 other potential theories:

a. The keys are not lost, but time-locked (and somehow they may still be stolen)
http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1yyrkz/well_technically_speaking_its_not_lost_just_yet/

b. US government has control of GOX wallet
http://www.reddit.com/r/BitcoinMarkets/comments/1z2xo5/speculation_the_us_government_has_control_of_goxs/

I'd be curious to hear your opinions as well.

Why would you bid on Gox.

The liabilities are at what like $300M?

You are telling me that for $300M you couldn't setup and market a new exchange that would totally dominate the marketplace...

We already know that the Gox backend is basically unusable and would need to be totally re-coded for anyone to even consider using it again.  So they are taking on $300M in debt for what...the "Mt. Gox" brand and customer database...lol

Document is true, as confirmed by NY Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/25/business/apparent-theft-at-mt-gox-shakes-bitcoin-world.html?_r=0

Well then it appears that the crisis draft was actually real!

gox.com
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Looks like bullshit to me.

It could mean that the first lawsuit is hitting them.

and 2% fees are really too much for payouts once per day. market is volatile and to take such high fee is just not reasonable.