Never thought I'd sympathize with MtGox, but from a Canadian perspective I'll support them to the hilt for cutting any ties that divert non-US bitcoin user data into the clutches of US banks.  MtGox, drop the #CoinLab betrayal now!  Can't believe two Frenchmen living in Tokyo could have been so clueless in the first place.  Concentrate instead on building a robust, Forex-like, designated market-maker function, one that earns the trust of everyone else first and the American institutional cabal last.

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