This was great unexpected news. Though Brian Brooks has pushed out a lot of great stuff since he got in there so perhaps I should keep expecting great stuff! :)

On another note, part of me has wondered if some of the supply leaving exchanges has to do with the Proposed FinCEN rule, IE people wanting to get their bitcoin off of exchanges before the reporting requirements take effect. It certainly gives people incentive to get their bitcoin in their self hosted wallet before the government wants to know everything about everything.