No word from ukyo since he contacted on Oct 28 asking if I could request a smaller amount to redeem to start. I replied saying that I would be ok redeeming 5,000 of my 25,000 shares for now. That was before the Bitfunder close was announced.
I could transfer my shares to a non-US citizen and sell right now for roughly half their value. It's tempting.
So my options are sell now and lose 125 BTC or hold and wait for ukyo risk losing up to all 250 BTC if he defaults.
My fear is that if ukyo converted the funds raised to fiat he will have a lot of trouble gathering the cash to issue redemptions since BTC has nearly tripled since the loan was issued.
Im interested in hearing about how he invested the money and what plans he has for weexchange.
I wonder if he needs a software engineer. I'm will to work for free in exchange for getting my shares redeemed .