Did not expect that to happen to once a good BTC exchange.
No one really expected this to happen, otherwise people wouldn't leave their millions worth of crypto and fiat funds there. BTC-E was offering quite the bit of privacy people were looking for, but turns out, it came at a very high price. On the other hand, the lack of proper communication from BTC-E's side, zero licenses, in some cases even shady behavior, was something that should have made people move to other exchanges. In some cases exchanges do not deserve a second chance (Bitfinex fits in that category as well), and for that reason people shouldn't put themselves into an unnecessary risky position by making use of whatever platform BTC-E comes up with as alternative. If they ever going to return, withdraw what you can and close the BTC-E chapter for ever.
