shutdown. I'm sure that is the next objective of the US govt.
The most positive thing I've seen lately is that
www.wm-center.com in Russia is making a market in BTC. Fortunately, Russia is not part of the US umbrella and seems to be our savior as BTC holders.
Any of you dialed-in folks know how antagonistic the Japanese govt is towards BTC?
Why shut down? If they tried MtGox could just move to the Cayman Islands. It is the capital of hedge funds and after regulators in the US forced FOREX exchanges to limit their margins, many FOREX exchanges have left for places like the Caymans.