Recently I heard rumors on forums about e-gold shutting down slowly. And in fact it was about some major account holders including 1MDC that were blocked by a US government action.
But let me tell you this: do you know what involves shutting down e-gold? I  think you don’t. US government may block some accounts and investigate but not everyone who uses e-gold as a money processor is a criminal. At least not me. And let me tell you one more thing: it was about time for somebody to come and clean up this payment processor.