I think it's more in the trend of MtGox hacked, wallets of all customers emptied.
Or Satoshi knowing that the system is flawed and leaving.
Only Satoshi knows the algorithm.. no one else on this forum or from the developers know how it actually works since they can't break it (not even with the source).
Or some early adopteri wanting to counter all the whining about early adopters getting rich once Bitcoin takes off.