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by Buge 4295 days ago
Maybe I don't understand, but to me it sounds like he sold 86,202 BTC for $164,758. Which means he still has 64,476 BTC, currently worth $25,778,155.
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The complaint implies that he lost 64k BTC trading. Based on my observations of pirateat40's behavior and personality during the time he ran the scam, this is a much more likely outcome than him secretly holding on to a large number of BTC. In my opinion, Pirate manipulated the market to feed his own ego, not to make a profit, and incurred large losses buying high to raise the price and selling low to drop it.
It also mentioned that he stored assets at Mt. Gox, meaning that some or all of his holdings may have evaporated.