Verge is several years old (a folk of dogecoin in 2014)，but 96.05% XVG coins are still held by the first 100 addresses, which is a terrible distribution for an old coin like XVG. (see: https://verge-blockchain.info/richlist)
Verge is several years old, but still cannot protect anonimity, that is why it is a joke of privacy coin (see: https://news.bitcoin.com/privacy-coin-verge-allegedly-leaking-users-ip-addresses/)
I have seen the development plan of Verge, which is very slow and not related to the privacy feature. that is why it is a joke of privacy coin (see: https://vergecurrency.com/#roadmap)
Verge team has no ability to integrate Tor to protect anonimity，which makes XVG a joke. (https://www.networkworld.com/article/3124541/security/down-the-rabbit-hole-part-3-linux-and-tor-are-key-to-ensuring-privacy-security.html)