I forgot the values but one thing is for sure and that is, the amount was really huge and enough to shake this market. Waiting is only optional and yeah the market can always recover, if there are times that it experienced a decline.
According to many reports the Mt.Gox exchange had move more than 47,000 bitcoin which was equivalent then to $2.7B to some various exchanges which were said to be the ones to use for the repayments, so yes the movement of the amounts will definitely be public since everyone is aware of the address they had hold the coins on. The only thing that Will remain hidden is the percentage of that each person got.
Many investors will still not sell because they know that they can make more profits by hodling. It is just fud that is spreading that they are going to sell. The investors are not broke and they have other sources of income that they depend on which means they do not have to sell everything as they get them.
Selling your coin holdings say taking profit doesn’t have anything to do with been broke or poor if you ask me. Taking profits is even one of the strategies involved in holding or investing so nothing bad about it, you can take profit when you feel the market is high and then probably buy back. Some can take the profit to carter for some personal needs even if they Have extra income coming to them