seriously there's no way in hell the actual transaction is worth three hundred million Earth dollars
it'll be some sort of mob deal, and it'll make sense at that level, and we'll never know
I think you are wrong.
With a trusted new CEO, like gmaxwell or antonopoulos MtGox would be far more worth than just 300m.
It would be the easiest way for investors to get hold of a major exchange with high enough volume.
With karpeles as CEO the value is exactly ZERO because noone except a few fools left over would use any service he runs again.
In my opinion it is all about who will be the CEO. If they choose someone noone knows or even worse, continue to use Karpeles, they are just wasting their money.