As an example:
Using MtGox's BTC/USD previous 30 days trade data from
http://www.bitcoincharts.com/markets/ ...
Volume= 1,324,462.76 BTC
Average trading Fee =0.4% (Guesstimate)
BTC/USD@$8.00
Excluding MtGox's operational costs this is 10,595.70 BTC profit per month (1324462.76*.004*2) or $84,765.60 USD per month (1324462.76*.004*2*8 ).
Using a conservative additional margin profit of 3x, this would be a profit of 31,787.10 BTC or $254,297.00 USD per month.
An additional profit of 169,531.00 USD per month!!!
This is more than enough to hire accountants, auditors, compliance officers, consultants, developers, lawyers, security specialist, customer service representatives, etc.
just saying you are working on a great project....