Actually, it is a significant amount for those that are interested in arbitrage trading. People already jump on board when it comes to differences of $30-$40, as has been the case with BTC-E since this exchange quite often lags behind the rest of the exchanges. In normal situations, it's basically free money that people make, but this isn't a normal situation.

At this point people will focus on that one time withdrawal opportunity, but if that doesn't come through, then people will have to step up their game. I am more worried about Bitfinex that might halt withdrawals of digital currencies as well. People should just stop wasting time and convert their US Dollars to BTC and cash it out immediately, before that opportunity is gone. What is worse, losing all your funds, or just 8%? Not a difficult choice... Eventually the price that has gone up will compensate the loss.