Vertcoin (VTC) Achieves Market Capitalization of $5.62 Million

Vertcoin (VTC) traded down 7.5% against the dollar during the 24-hour period ending at 12:00 PM ET on August 3rd. One Vertcoin coin can now be bought for approximately $0.0804 or 0.00000132 BTC on major exchanges. Over the last week, Vertcoin has traded 12.1% lower against the dollar. Vertcoin has a market capitalization of $5.62 million and $19,921.21 worth of Vertcoin was traded on exchanges in the last day.

Here’s how similar cryptocurrencies have performed over the last day:

• Bitcoin (BTC) traded down 3.7% against the dollar and now trades at $60,876.05 or 1.00000000 BTC.
• Dogecoin (DOGE) traded down 2.6% against the dollar and now trades at $0.11 or 0.00000180 BTC.
• Bitcoin Cash (BCH) traded 8% lower against the dollar and now trades at $366.85 or 0.00602617 BTC.
• UNUS SED LEO (LEO) traded down 2.2% against the dollar and now trades at $5.73 or 0.00009412 BTC.
• Litecoin (LTC) traded down 1.4% against the dollar and now trades at $64.57 or 0.00106071 BTC.
• Ethereum Classic (ETC) traded 2.1% lower against the dollar and now trades at $19.93 or 0.00032740 BTC.
• Monero (XMR) traded 2% lower against the dollar and now trades at $158.79 or 0.00260834 BTC.
• Arweave (AR) traded down 6.3% against the dollar and now trades at $23.29 or 0.00038258 BTC.
• Bitcoin SV (BSV) traded down 5.1% against the dollar and now trades at $43.09 or 0.00070789 BTC.
• NyanCoin (NYAN) traded 2.2% lower against the dollar and now trades at $2.40 or 0.00008809 BTC.

About Vertcoin

VTC is a proof-of-work (PoW) coin that uses the Lyra2REv2 hashing algorithm. Its genesis date was January 10th, 2014. Vertcoin’s total supply is 69,960,910 coins. Vertcoin’s official Twitter account is @vertcoin and its Facebook page is accessible here. The Reddit community for Vertcoin is https://reddit.com/r/vertcoin and the currency’s Github account can be viewed here. The official message board for Vertcoin is medium.com/vertcoin-blog. The official website for Vertcoin is vertcoin.org.

According to CryptoCompare, “Vertcoin (VTC) is a cryptographic currency, similar to Bitcoin and Litecoin, with one major difference – Vertcoin believes that everyone who has a personal computer should be able to join the Vertcoin network.

Vertcoin is a Litecoin Fork, that in turn is a Bitcoin Fork.

Vertcoin is also the first cryptocurrency to implement Stealth Addresses, a new technology for providing privacy on the public ledger. The block reward reduction is made every block to retarget difficulty with Kimoto’s Gravity Well algorithm.”

Buying and Selling Vertcoin

It is usually not currently possible to purchase alternative cryptocurrencies such as Vertcoin directly using U.S. dollars. Investors seeking to acquire Vertcoin should first purchase Ethereum or Bitcoin using an exchange that deals in U.S. dollars such as GDAX, Gemini or Changelly. Investors can then use their newly-acquired Ethereum or Bitcoin to purchase Vertcoin using one of the aforementioned exchanges.

VTC/USD price chart by TradingView