TRACK THE RESIGNATIONS
Josh Crumb, a co-founder of Soros-backed Goldmoney and Mene, resigned five months ago. But it was all done very quietly. Notice here it's buried in a corporate announcement from December. Crumb used to be featured prominently as a spokesperson for Goldmoney, so his (secretive) resignation is meaningful.
On top of that, some obscure news outlets seemed to get the news in March that Goldmoney was exiting their Bitcoin business. But customers didn't actually get an email notifying them to that effect until late April, giving customers very little time to react.
Customers who did choose to withdraw Bitcoin to a private wallet (rather than liquidate into cash) have been left holding the bag. Now Goldmoney is NOT returning customers' Bitcoin.
Given that Goldmoney is only (supposed to be) a safe-storage custodian of those Bitcoin, it should be very easy to return said Bitcoin. Goldmoney insisted they held customer Bitcoin in a secure cold-storage "wallet" offline. So every single customer Bitcoin with Goldmoney should be safely backed up on a 1-to-1 ratio in cold storage. Except for some storage fees payable to Goldmoney, the full transfer of customer Bitcoin should be easy to resolve now.
But no, Goldmoney is coming up with stall tactics, including dumping onerous and unreasonable KYC claims on the customer. A tactic to delay/prevent the customer from withdrawing their Bitcoin?
Which makes you wonder whether Goldmoney even has the Bitcoin they claim to have.
Which makes you wonder whether any of Goldmoney's claims are honest – does their insurance cover customer deposits of precious metals "in the unlikely event of Goldmoney's bankruptcy"?
Note also that there has been a recent price run-up in Bitcoin, having more than doubled in a couple of months. Some speculate that there might be a run on Bitcoin as exchanges come under pressure of the authorities. Do any of these exchanges have the Bitcoin they claim to have? Is this a classic "run on the bank" only this time it's a run to get your Bitcoin out?
Gold might end the Fed, but Bitcoin might end Goldmoney.
Bitcoin and Gold are important.