I like how Darkcoin's chart pretty much resembles Bitcoin's chart, meaning there are no pumps and shocks particular to DRK. Looking forward to the days DRK grows higher than BTC's fluctuations.
In the future when Darkcoin is more established, it would be great to see a company like Coinbase springing up which only offers DARK>Fiat conversion. Then we could really move beyond BTC fluctuations.
This already exists. Vault of Satoshi in Canada is adding (or already has) DRK -> USD and Canadian.