Going out on a limb here and saying that the Vertbase story is one of the most significant and underrated developments happening in the second tier alt coin space. Reposting this now that I have a few more followers. thx

Vertcoin checked out as a solid coin associated with an MIT team that has an established track record and potential to act as an efficient bitcoin surrogate much like Litecoin even before this bit of news came to light.... https://btcmanager.com/buy-vertcoin-usd-vertbase-make-happen
Vertcoin acting on its own through Vertbase to facilitate the direct USD to crypto exchange of funds will have enormous benefits for both the crypto market as a whole and Vertcoin's value. Considering the major challenge for moving into crypto using traditional methods Vertbase could bring $billions into the market via Vertcoin. To the degree that we are speculating the value of Vertcoin is well below it's potential. i.e. Vertcoin has real utility with this application.

Updated links for more info:
https://medium.com/vertcoin-blog/q-a-with-vertbase-ceo-justin-seidl-68b6b51b8e3c
https://www.reddit.com/r/vertcoin/comments/7okvnc/vertcointeam_confirmed_vertbase_is_real_and_legit