Right now he has 68*900 = 61k Tied up which could buy a lot of hash rate imho.
If $61,000 is causing Ken to delay getting miners then this venture is over. Please think about what you just said:
Can't tell if FUD or seriously stupid. Ken has 1400 BTC ($1.4M) from the Avalon refund and you're worried that he's delayed the entire operation for a measly $68k? Nowhere did JoTheKlan imply anything to that effect either... that is all a figment of your imagination.
I don't think Ken looking for this BTC is going to hinder the progression of the current plans.
From what I can take out of it he is just putting his hat into the ring to highlight to the community his BTC is tied up aswell.
What would you rather? He just sat back and waited for the problem to fix itself or actively seek to get OUR money back.
Drawingthesun, you need to really chill out. From what I can remember you said you will earn 1000btc from selling at 0.007.
You are basically waiting to be a USD millionaire - that's not bad.
I am looking forward to the announcement.