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RE: The Bigger They Are The Harder They Fall; Biggest Crypto Currencies Exchange Failures
With Mintpal and Cryptsy, it wasn't just bitcoins that went, all the alts were lost too, and they were worth something (i.e. their value wasn't zero).
I know exactly what you mean in regards to Cryptsy but it is commonly reported the BTC & LTC stolen in July 2014, but i remember having issues getting my alts out of the exchange too at the start of 2015; not sure if this was due to them being hacked or dodgy dealing after the fact trying to recoup losses.
I remember fighting with support because both my account had been archived due to 6 months of inactivity; but it had only been 5 months; and then when i got back on half the wallets were in maintenance and could not do withdraw; eventually some of them opened up etc. only had a tiny bit on there not sure why but i think i had heard rumors leading up to it and cleared out my accounts. Still it was a pain.
In regards to Mintpal i'm not sure if that figure includes alt balances but they defiantly just shutdown and took the lot.. i had been waiting for months for the public API to come online; and then 1 weeks out and bang; its gone