What if btc-e admins dump database with every email address and balance after fbi seized their funds and 51% of btc,ltc,etc. miners decide to empty fbi addresses containing stolen fund and refund the innocents?
In the end all cryptos are open source, everyone is free to modify and run the version they want so it will not be anything illegal.
This will send a strong message to US that if they play dirty the community can play dirty too.
they wouldn't do it if 20 million coins were seized, let alone a few thousand.
ethereum wouldn't any more either. this is in no way an existential threat. it's a tragedy for the people who lose out if they are seized. that's it.