Yeah, maybe Friedcat is such a nice person that he finally wants to lift his anonymity revealing himself and introducing his team to the world precisely at the moment he is broke so the mob can lynch him and get subpoenas served. What a humble and honorable man!
Totally rational reason to be spending money in renting out a space to convocate leading mining partners with the theme "year of the exahash", maybe he changed careers and thought about becoming an event planner.

Sometimes I wonder how some people's brains manage to keep them standing on their two legs.