Some interesting articles in the elastic blog:
https://www.elastic.pw/blog/2017-04-15-status-of-lannister-and-ico/
https://www.elastic.pw/blog/2017-06-09-why-we-are-launching-lite-wallet/
https://www.elastic.pw/blog/2017-06-21-the-elastic-community-the-developers/
- There was no real ICO, around 700 BTC were donated.
- All this money is lost, either by Lannister running off or by him, well, dying. He mentioned health problems.
The development was unaffected by this incident. EK, coralreefer worked without prospects of reimbursement, but were rewarded with donations of XEL after mainnet release.
For all intents and purposes, It's safe to say that at the moment, there are no centrally collected development funds, in any currency.
Feel free to read through the old thread to find out why this is not considered an issue.