> No, there's no world in which he is

Sure there is.

The scenario where he escape with a suitcase of gold to a country without extradition.

Or another scenario would be if he had serious blackmail on several key govt officials.

When you're hitting at that level you can't hide, not anymore. Maybe in the 70s. Countries without extradition aren't usually the kinds of places you want to go these days, and people there are bound to know who you are and shake you down when you're a globally known rich guy.

For time being he seems to be firmly stuck in the Bahamas and I doubt he's going anywhere except in handcuffs.

The Alameda CEO, though, was last spotted in Hong Kong, which offers many more possibilities.

You need nothing that heavy.

Many printed out bitcoins fit in an envelope.

Printed out bitcoins?

Yes having bitcoins is just having a private key. In 12 or 24 words format a wallet can even be memorized if needed. The blockchain is the global ledger of how much money there is on corresponding public keys.

yea, but probably not with gold. Besides dealing with the physical difficulties of it, it was a crypto exchange after all which also just got magically "hacked" when things started to go downhill. sure getting out that crypto isn't the easiest but likely easier than millions in gold.

one thing crypto is pretty decent for is hiding a bunch of money from authorities