The project is certainly not dead but it sure does appear that way!
The Verium core code update is done and is now being tested. Next is the VeriCoin core code update, then BinaryChain. The price is quite low but other ALTs have the same issue. Slack is where most discussion happens about VeriCoin, but we as a community need to change this because most people use Bitcointalk for researching coins and when they come here it looks like the project is dead. I have some coins but if nothing change i'll have to sell all of them in future. my problem with their team isn't a lack of progress but with how they communicate it. hope they improve it, and pay attention to Bitcointalk's Thread.