I don't know how you concluded that the EU was the reason for eXch's shutdown

, but the US is still pursuing mixers on money laundering charges. The only difference is that they have stopped attacking
end users.
I guess theymos might still give it a second go even if mixers are still being shutdown by agencies if it's proven that those agencies won't go after people putting a mere small banner below their posts about the service, just like they won't got for legitimate users that want privacy and are not hacking exchanges and phishing people.
By now, I think this mixer of a thing should have been put behind us, theymos will do anything that will make people think he didn't think it well before he acted, and for me, that decision was a perfect one. The repercussion he guarded against is different from the end-user discussion, but those who are advertising them.
Is it not better to safely advertise here and not be known to advertise what the government is clamping down on? Many must have missed the big money from mixers, but it can't be compared to shutting the forum for it.
Despite the big mixers' money, how many big advertising outlets do you know that openly advertise for them?