He speaks as though this is a fact and must happen. Why would it not simply be returned to the customers. Would be a lot easier than selling it all and returning it as fiat cash to the customers.
Pretty sure when the Govt of Japan sells all the assets of Gox they will see BTC as an asset. They will sell that for fiat.
Well I would agree if the found bitcoins is actually considered MtGox assets. But this could easily be viewed as customer assets that do not belong to MtGox. If that is the case then it is not for MtGox to dispose of. In their ToS they state that they hold bitcoin on behalf of the customers. When I deposit coins to MtGox I am not thereby giving them ownership.
It's no different from a stockbroker buying on behalf of his client. MtGox is literally a middleman or a strawman between buyers and sellers. It's just a platform that have no ownership interest invested in the assets deposited by their clients.