The GAW/paybase story and the XPY story aren't the same things though. GAW and paybase are separate companies for that matter, so potentially they could let paybase go bankrupt and GAW could continue.

GAW/paybase are acting like they're on the verge of bankruptcy. Losing employees, doing nothing that costs them significant money, selling off assets, etc. But if closing down the mining got the SEC off their back, and their expenses are cut deeply enough, they could limp along for a while. Maybe long enough for GAW to kill the paybase LLC and launch some new scheme with a new LLC and a new audience of suckers. And probably a handful of the truly faithful suckers from HT.

But XPY as an alt coin might be around for years, deep down in the coinmarketcap list. Here's what the future of paycoin looks like:
http://www.reddit.com/r/virtacoin
http://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/virtacoin/

It's the remnant of a scam called VirtaPay/Virtacoin that made promises that might remind you of paycoin. For a while they were spamming every crypto reddit sub which is the only way they could get any attention. They have a handful of True Believers who try to get companies to accept the coin, etc. Delusion so thick you could cut it with a knife. Daily volume around twenty bucks.