Because they closing ltc/xpm not by volume, but buy price. Volume is still high compared to other coins here (look at my message where i'm doing some calculations: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.4183210 ).. Price at xpm/cent at the floor now, so they easily can decide to close xpm/cent in future.. They are doing this because they know something. Remember btc-e news about closing trc/ftc markets then after a day or so this news was edited..?
cryptohunter, i fully agreed with you about interest of vern & john. And closing ltc market has the same point of interest..
I don't get it, how would they earn more interest if they closed the markets, as most people would more likely withdraw their cents at that point?
And besides, wallets at Cryptsy don't earn interest so Vern and John would have to buy their cent coins like the rest of us.
Finally, if they knew something they wouldn't close down the markets, they would be buying up a massive amount so I'm not following you there. All the bad news is baked into cent - come jan 8th the volume will dry up and then cent can be used as a legitimate coin and it already has a purpose which, ironically, cent itself has already proved - that a new cheaper and very liquid coin is needed to properly price cheaper coins on all exchanges.
And I don't blame them for closing down the LTC market when cent is selling for 1/8th the lowest LTC price on the XPM market. I would close down the LTC market (temporarily) simply as a fiduciary duty to my clients as many are unwittingly paying 8 times the current cent price not realizing how much cheaper cent is on the XPM market.
So again, I see nothing for Vern and John to personally gain by closing down the LTC market and especially the CENT/XPM market.