Vertcoin Reaches Market Capitalization of $5.16 Million (VTC)

Vertcoin (VTC) traded 1.7% higher against the US dollar during the 24 hour period ending at 19:00 PM ET on August 6th. One Vertcoin coin can currently be bought for $0.0738 or 0.00000131 BTC on popular exchanges. Vertcoin has a total market capitalization of $5.16 million and approximately $14,289.98 worth of Vertcoin was traded on exchanges in the last day. During the last seven days, Vertcoin has traded 20.7% lower against the US dollar.

Here is how related cryptocurrencies have performed during the last day:

• Bitcoin (BTC) traded up 2.7% against the dollar and now trades at $56,257.64 or 1.00000000 BTC.
• Dogecoin (DOGE) traded 0.9% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.0967 or 0.00000172 BTC.
• Bitcoin Cash (BCH) traded up 0.9% against the dollar and now trades at $316.64 or 0.00562837 BTC.
• UNUS SED LEO (LEO) traded up 0.9% against the dollar and now trades at $5.73 or 0.00010186 BTC.
• Litecoin (LTC) traded 3.3% higher against the dollar and now trades at $58.62 or 0.00104194 BTC.
• Monero (XMR) traded 0.9% higher against the dollar and now trades at $147.84 or 0.00262797 BTC.
• Ethereum Classic (ETC) traded 1.9% higher against the dollar and now trades at $18.19 or 0.00032328 BTC.
• Arweave (AR) traded up 4.4% against the dollar and now trades at $20.61 or 0.00036639 BTC.
• NyanCoin (NYAN) traded down 2.2% against the dollar and now trades at $2.40 or 0.00008809 BTC.
• Bitcoin SV (BSV) traded up 2.6% against the dollar and now trades at $37.43 or 0.00066540 BTC.

About Vertcoin

VTC is a proof-of-work (PoW) coin that uses the Lyra2REv2 hashing algorithm. It was first traded on January 10th, 2014. Vertcoin’s total supply is 69,984,797 coins. The official website for Vertcoin is vertcoin.org. 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.

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 presently possible to purchase alternative cryptocurrencies such as Vertcoin directly using U.S. dollars. Investors seeking to acquire Vertcoin should first purchase Bitcoin or Ethereum using an exchange that deals in U.S. dollars such as GDAX, Gemini or Changelly. Investors can then use their newly-acquired Bitcoin or Ethereum to purchase Vertcoin using one of the aforementioned exchanges.

VTC/USD price chart by TradingView