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That's 200 mtgoxUSD, not USD. You're paying a premium if you want to pay for your bitcoins with mtgoxUSD.

It's a public secret that mtgox is in fractional reserve mode because of the seizure of their Wells Fargo and Dwolla accounts[1], and then there's the money that they claim that Coinbase owes them[2].

[1] http://techcrunch.com/2013/08/23/feds-seize-another-2-1-mill...

[2] http://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/2013/09/14/mt-gox-responds-co...




Hi wcoenen, perhaps you meant Coinlab, not Coinbase.




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