Auroracoin is still active! There's an icelandic trading platform (isx.is) - but you can't 'buy in' on that platform as long as you're not an Icelandic citizen/or at least have an Icelandic bank account. You could trade from BTC on bittrex. e.g. https://bittrex.com/Market/Index?MarketName=BTC-AUR
RE: "Why Auroracoin Will Do Great Things for Iceland, and Iceland, The World."