Viacoin climbs in a slump week

Viacoin climbs in a slump week

Coming off a rather slump week at the markets, with most of the top crypto-currencies simply holding or losing ground, I thought I’d take the time to cover one of the few that has actually managed to gain in value over the past 7 days. Up an impressive 58.29% this week, Viacoin ranks 22nd in overall market cap with 4,282 BTC (or 2,048,981 USD). While at first glance there are mostly superficial differences between Viacoin and BTC the developers seem to have some interesting technical features which may (or may not) account for the fact that it seems to be picking up steam while the rest of....


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