The lesson here is never get into bed with criminals because they will make sure you leave empty bagged.
sorry ETC has NOTHING with bitfinex fiasco, also ETC os original blockchain as it was advertised ETH will be, the forked chain is a fake and criminal as you say, becouse thieves with Vitalik onboard got what they lost from thin air, even more... pure manipulation
Ethereum holders are same as most, greedy ppl with only $ in mind, so they go trough it at first, but some had more brains then others and there we have ETC
So how many ETC do you have?
If you are a believer of the ETC, you should buy a lot and become very rich.