I think the reason why people lost their interest in this project due to their development and Verium.
Technically, Verium gives us nothing other than another kind of version of Vertcoin itself. While other project implemented smart contract or other stuff, Vertcoin, on the other hand, created that project that gives us nothing but Name.
I remembered when people were hyping this project 2 years ago before the pump, it can be considered as a good project because it survived for a few years.
but now? like Factom, and Dash.
Never heard of Verium. Just looked into it. That project looks deader than disco.