The shares were issued when BTC spot was 100. Spot is now close to 130. So, if they buy back at 0.0016 BTC per share, wouldn't they lose 30% for no reason? Come on, people. Besides, they would have given up all their BitCoins to HashFast for the hardware. Where would they have the money to buy any shares back? I love freebies too but some people are simply asking for too much.

In terms of change in regulation, I am pretty sure it will only get worse from here. Just like CFTC rules, they don't need to make sense but they dare you to not obey them. (just my two cents)

and did someone mention financial crime? can someone tell me who is the legal authority in BitCoin community? where can I find the laws related to BitCoin?