But there were withdrawal problems with Gox 8 months ahead of them going under, are there any with similar signs of malaise?
USD withdraws. Personaly I made last EUR withdraw from Gox in November. Withdraws for JPY worked till end of December if I'm right.
Anyway... It can happen really quick.
I guess so. After hearing the interview of the finex cso trading I got the feeling they might stumble a bit in the future. I definitely wouldn't keep much at finex.
http://www.reddit.com/r/BitcoinMarkets/comments/2t3iz5/bitfinex_cso_phillip_g_potter_admits_to_trading/
"The hilarious thing is that insider trading happens at every single securities dealer and exchange ever since the frelling South Sea Bubble in 1720." What do you want from centralized exchange, goxobi/okgox/stamp... owners do the same thing, dude just gave a honest answer, deal with it. I dont think finex will gox, for me finex and btc-e are the most reliable exchanges by far, if you trade you accept risks, otherwise just wait until btc hits sub 200$, buy btc and keep it in cold storage.