Vertcoin (VTC) Price Tops $0.0430 on Exchanges

Vertcoin (VTC) traded 1.7% higher against the dollar during the 24-hour period ending at 8:00 AM ET on August 4th. One Vertcoin coin can currently be bought for $0.0430 or 0.00000067 BTC on popular cryptocurrency exchanges. Vertcoin has a total market cap of $3.20 million and $8.45 thousand worth of Vertcoin was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours. During the last week, Vertcoin has traded 0.3% higher against the dollar.

Here’s how similar cryptocurrencies have performed during the last 24 hours:

• Arweave (AR) traded up 2.7% against the dollar and now trades at $1.82 or 0.00002843 BTC.
• Bitcoin (BTC) traded up 1.9% against the dollar and now trades at $63,877.39 or 1.00000000 BTC.
• Dogecoin (DOGE) traded 1.4% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.0704 or 0.00000110 BTC.
• UNUS SED LEO (LEO) traded 0.1% lower against the dollar and now trades at $9.74 or 0.00015248 BTC.
• Zcash (ZEC) traded 1.3% higher against the dollar and now trades at $488.51 or 0.00764765 BTC.
• Monero (XMR) traded 0.6% higher against the dollar and now trades at $362.75 or 0.00567885 BTC.
• Bitcoin Cash (BCH) traded up 1.8% against the dollar and now trades at $213.77 or 0.00334651 BTC.
• Litecoin (LTC) traded 0.3% higher against the dollar and now trades at $44.27 or 0.00069297 BTC.
• Ethereum Classic (ETC) traded 0.5% higher against the dollar and now trades at $6.59 or 0.00010317 BTC.
• NyanCoin (NYAN) traded down 2.2% against the dollar and now trades at $2.40 or 0.00008809 BTC.

Vertcoin Coin Profile

Vertcoin is a proof-of-work (PoW) coin that uses the Lyra2REv2 hashing algorithm. Its launch date was January 10th, 2014. Vertcoin’s total supply is 74,355,935 coins. Vertcoin’s official Twitter account is @vertcoin and its Facebook page is accessible here. Vertcoin’s official website is vertcoin.org. 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. Facebook, Telegram, Youtube, Discord”

Buying and Selling Vertcoin

It is usually not currently possible to purchase alternative cryptocurrencies such as Vertcoin directly using US dollars. Investors seeking to trade Vertcoin should first purchase Ethereum or Bitcoin using an exchange that deals in US dollars such as Gemini, Coinbase or GDAX. 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