Some of the old Mt Gox threads are an interesting read today:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7203051

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7294762

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7369879

But note that the MtGox hack took out a much larger fraction of available crypto supply.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50301051