He wants to launch an ICO to rise money just to pay his creditors?
This is not an investment,it`s more like charity.I think that Mark Karpeles is a victim of his own dream to be a crypto millioniare again.He just have to leave the crypto world and find some ordinary "nine to five" job.
The MT GOX brand is a part of bitcoin`s history.
And recognized brands do matter, and cannot get built from scratch that easily. However Mt.Gox got tainted a little
Bringing MtGox up through…new management and ownership sounds actually more and more easily done than before.
This could work, joined with a solution similar to what Bitfinex did, where liabilities are covered with tokens issued to creditors.
He could offer a choice for former customers. Either shares in the new Gox, or redeeming at the rate of 2013. Owing a share of a new Gox could be attractive on the long timescale.