Nexus (NXS) coin is available on a few exchanges, including Binance. You can purchase NXS for BTC. This coin can be staked or mined and serves as the core cryptocurrency of the decentralized Nexus network.
Vertcoin (VTC) is the coin of the Vertcoin enterprise. The coin is featured by a few exchanges and can be mined. The Vertcoin project has developed the “Proof-of-Work” algorithm called "Lyra2RE". Vertcoin was designed to serve as the graphics card mined version of Bitcoin. Therefore, one of the team’s goals is to make the mining process more affordable. Recently, the team decided to release updates on a quarterly basis instead of monthly updates.