If you have money tied up in e-bullion you could be in for a rough ride in getting your funds back when cashing in. All these gold-scams like DXinone  and the like eventually close their site, rename themselves, and set up shop again under a new name after a few months, gaining a whole new customer base.
Mark wrote many posts on this, that can be referred to here.  A recent warning in 2007  was posted on a forum. It seems this was justified.
E-BULLION WARNING (JULY 2007)
Due to numerous unanswered complaints, the Global Digital Currencies Association would like consumers and merchants to be aware …read more

So everyone is preparing themselves for the pinch of a recession in the U. S. call it what you will, mini recession, downturn, tempory lack of confidence, depression: the result is the same, for those paid in dollars in the US, those who travel and those who work online. Less money, when they convert it into the actual currency they live on. I prefer to be paid in Euros or Pounds if possible,  for the work I do on line, however I often work in US dollars too. The companies who hire freelancers sometimes enable them to choose credits which have a value and are …read more