I think Xaurum's purpose is implementation of the most fundamental idea of "money" into modern technology (cryptocurrency) which makes it really unique.
As I have observed the whole project for about a year now, I have seen pretty professional attitude from Xaurum team and great development of system. In my opinion, there is still some work to do, but big things take some time for sure. People nowadays are used to invest and pay out in short time. But this project is completely different thing. I am sure it was never meant to be a short-time investment or something, but a stable currency backed by gold. Bitcoin was the same from it's very beginning, it wasn't treated as an investment, but an experimental cryptocurrency which people would use. So the extreme increase in it's price was rather a consequence of it's popularity than the primary intention of it's developer.
It is really funny how people treat all cryptocurrencies as short-time investments with no background. Sometimes you have to think outside the box. On the other hand I realize the world is full of scams and frauds so I understand why people are so sceptical.
Xaurum project is transparent due to use of blockchain technology and commonwealth audit. As far as I have analyzed the background, the project is completely legit and surely has bright future. As long as I know that, some little-volume speculations don't bother me.