Its not bullish. They are protected by the government. In contrast all those who lost at Bter have lost it for ever.
This is a fair point actually.
That is actually the biggest difference, between a centralised government/bank-backed fiat currency and a fully decentralised bitcoin network. Once he coins are spent, they are gone and you depend only on the good will of the receiving party to get the incorrectly transacted coins. which in this case (BTER) we probably won't see.