now i'm sure these guys know what they're doing, but let's suppose poloniex shuts its doors. what effect do you think this would have on pumpville? would people migrate to other exchanges or does poloniex have unique levels of trust compared to others?
this can actually happen at any time and it has already happened a couple of times more with other big exchanges and i always find this a big issue with the current state of trading markets: it is Centralized !
if you check out the volumes Polo is always ahead with a big difference, and this has to change or we will see another Cryptsy, or MtGox scam happen so soon.
but as for what will happen next i am sure nothing really serious because people will move on to other places eventually and the same shit will continue