I just found out that blogshares is truly mimicking the stock market: after a long bull market that made many billionaires, they crashed and went under.
Darn - I should've cashed in my 500M when I still had the chance!
For anybody willing to pick up where Seyed left off - he's put up the code and domain for sale.
Update: A buyer has been found to purchase blogshares and continue the service. While the exact amount involved in the takeover was not disclosed, rumor has it several billions in BS$ changed hands in the transaction.