Bitcoin has been mostly good for promoting the Ponzi scheme style of business operation. Bitcoin businesses are divided into exactly two types:
- those that have absconded with all customer funds
- those that are planning to abscond with all customer funds
The chance of that at this point is practically nil. The owner has been doxed, both the FBI and Czech police have been thoroughly notified, and the blockchain movements suggest the owner is panicking and no longer thinking straight (who on earth moves 96k btc through a mixer in a day? that shows they either don't understand the idea of mixing or they are too frantic to realize the futility of it).
Earlier HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6828620