I heard that Nobuaki Kobayashi (Mt Gox bankruptcy trustee) is getting interested in the Alexander Vinnik case. He has requested for details from the United States Department of Justice (DOJ). But at the same time, Kobayashi hasn't made his opinion clear on the proposal by ZP Legal, to recover up to BTC200,000 from the Mt Gox hackers. However, Mr. Kobayashi admitted yesterday that his team had contacted Alexander Zheleznikov, who is heading ZP Legal. I think it may be possible to do some bargain and get the commission reduced from 50%-75% to around 20%-25%.

BTW, I heard that CoinLab is now claiming $16 billion from Mt Gox (which sounds ludicrous, considering the fact that Kobayashi has less than $650 million in his hand from the sale of the recovered coins). Will this amount (in the unlikely event of the trustee approving their claims), be paid from the bankruptcy fund?