So, I just read this article about Hayek, which is supposed to be a coin backed by gold and it will take on Bitcoin.
The coin will "be valued at 1 gram of gold at the day's market price, [and] will serve as a more secure store of value than Bitcoin," according to the press release. It will be called the Hayek, "after the Nobel-winning Austrian economist Friedrich Hayek."
Read more:
http://www.businessinsider.com/hayek-cryptocurrency-backed-by-gold-2015-5