I'm a Yank and I take no offense whatsoever to the last few comments here.  I've been following this thread for a bit, and is there anything definitive as far as whether any BTC withdrawals of significant amounts are getting through?  Has Cryptsy weighed in on this anywhere?  BitJohn does post here, right? 

I've got no funds with Cryptsy right now, but I'm definitely not going to use them for anything as long as their solvency is a concern.

Yep, just leave your precious in the hands of a dude who went from building websites to operating a cryptocurrency exchanging now living in an over million-dollar home since March of this year while his clients have to jump through hoops to conduct simple withdraws, now accordingly via a tier system illegally put in place.

Price is stable now. The price fluctuation is quite small. This consolidation can help the price push to $700.

Unfortunately I don't have the time to continue developing the project.

It's notable, but he/she/they have no chance of winning because it is still new. Whether or not Bitcoin has actually changed anything has yet to be seen.

It's not safe to write down your passphrase. Then it's like you don't even have it. I rather make and remember my passphrases as a sentence, and I add a few symbol characters. So with a password of 30+ chars it gets uncrackable in my lifetime. Which is OK

Is there still big holders who could cash out ?
Is there still speculators ?
Is there people who could enter in bitcoin ?

If one of these answers is YES I don't see how we could avoid volatility and a new bubble. Even mature markets like gold or real estate have their bubble too.