The only "crypto villain from a previous era" who deserves a path to redemption is Mark Karpeles @MagicalTux - precisely because he's the only one who's not clamoring for attention asking for one. He's just quietly doing interesting stuff.

Compare his twitter with a weaker soul:

Mark was basically handed over an already sinking ship and then made things worse through some incompetent/bad decisions once he recognized the problem. 3AC knew what it was doing from the beginning. Very different mindset.