Or maybe all those people will be saying "Oh no, an evil socialist government shut down my exchange, I finally got my money back so I can leave bitcoin for good! It is doomed! I am going to give up and let the terrorists win. Fiat 4Ever!"
How much faith do you have in the BTC-24 victims?
On the contrary, I think that the fact that the mix up did NOT lead to the banks taking longer term action in some shape or form is a positive sign for bitcoin as a whole and should instill more confidence.
There has been some discussion among BTC24 victims about continuing to trade with BTC24 when they get their new platform online, and considering the no fees policy (which may or may not continue) I can see that happening. Simon the whole has proved his intentions, but not his organisation skills or programming yet. The latter I'm sure he now has been rectifying by hiring more staff etc..
This will take some time though of course, first most money and BTC will be moved away from BTC24 before the new site launch, perhaps to return on promise of perks of new platform design and continuing no/low fees etc... plus the German populated trollbox that all those hardcore German geeks loved
bitcoin 24 accounts are free apparently .; thats 7milj euro to go somewhere
search for "BTC24 Limited" on facebook.. read it for yourself
This money is going home. It will hug with owners. They miss each other very much.
It would be more problematic, if there are any bitcoins there.
I think they could withdraw bitcions some time now.. (not sure though)
BTC withdrawals have been enabled for some time, they are still processing them, but a large amount have already left the control of BTC24.
I have some money I'm waiting to claim, I haven't decided yet whether to transfer it back to my account. Probably because I have already invested all my other spare money into BTC and have been counting that smaller sum as something I should probably treat as spending money in the coming months (when I get it back). Otherwise I would probably buy more BTC with it.