>Right up until gox suspended bitcoin withdrawals almost everyone was quoting the gox price for over-the-counter transactions. Every time the gox price was used

>Right up until gox suspended bitcoin withdrawals almost everyone was quoting the gox price for over-the-counter transactions. Every time the gox price was used it gave mtgox.com legitimacy. You are absolutely right about this and it certainly didn't help. I guess inertia and the fact that up until withdrawals were suspended MtGox were the second largest exchange by daily trading volume.