Recently, BTC-e announced on Bitcointalk that they're COMING BACK. That's right. You weren't goxxed.
BTC-e is possibly the oldest standing exchange, they will be returning between 45 to 55% of your assets back to your account on launch, providing the other amount in a token (similar to Bitfinex's tokens) when they got hacked). All coins deposited up until August 1st will be credited into your account.
They've also taken the bold move to outright block US customers. Thanks to this, they'll be allowing non-verified accounts to withdraw their funds, and trade on the exchange. They will however have a "Level 2 verification" involving your personal details and ID verification for access to certain payment methods (e.g. banking, card).
They claim they will be launching the "marketplace" on September 1st. This might not be guaranteed, but we should at least learn a proper timeframe soon.
A nice surprise is that they're keeping the BTC-e code system. This was one of the features mentioned by the US government as evidence that they are an exchange for "money laundering". It was expected that this would be removed, but since US citizens are blocked, they can have less strict KYC/AML mechanisms in place.
I hope to see them return, and for them to continue to be the strong and stable exchange they once were. Assuming these posts are not all BS, the outlook looks pretty good.
Source: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2120405
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