The document is so clearly fake that I can only assume Two-Bit-Idiot, the "reputable" writer for Coindesk, is in on the FUD.
If you read his blog he's busy spinning the wildest doomsday scenarios, the "rabbit hole runs deep" bullshit:
http://two-bit-idiot.tumblr.com/Seriously I find it hard to believe that no-one has known the real situation at Gox for weeks and then suddenly Two-Bit-Idiot comes along with a hyperbolic document and assurances that he has confirmed all the figures with "multiple sources" close to Gox.
Coindesk then pumped his stuff. They should be brought to task over this.
Indeed, I think the article only does only one thing; lends legitimacy to the idea that gox is being taken over. It suggests to me that the other exchanges are so desperately afraid because they know that if gox is brought back, then there number one competitor is still in the running.
So the acquisition part is probably true, but I suspect those number shave been fudged as an attempt to try and kick gox while they are down so to speak.
Course I haven't ruled out that it's all true, and whilst the numbers might look scary big to bitcoinland, there are nothing in the grands scheme of things. Not to mention that there is no need for any high drama. What has happened is still well within the realms of general incompetence, which gox appears to have plenty of. If that's the case it is no surprise to me that somebody with deep pockets is quite happy to bankroll the losses, because they know that when run properly gox is a money printing machine.
A ready made 100k customer base, those 0.5% trading fees stack up. If there is another x,000% run up in BTC price then all of a sudden few hundred million liability on the glance sheet is chump change compared to the revenue that a revitalised gox could pull in.
There are people in the world with very deep pockets, How much do you think MK got for gox $1m, $10m ... $100m even? A would be purchaser would otherwise find it a nightmare trying to deploy that much fiat to buy BTC on the open market. Why not just buy the exchange, then you *know* they aren't going to run off with your cash
And if everyone panics when they flip the on switch then you can just buy up all that cheap ass BTC, as well as collecting the trading fees!
This is business, its just how shit goes down. All the headless chickens running around the place shouting the sky is falling need to step outside the bitcointalk forum sometime, and take a look at the big wide world out there.
