Qtum (QTUM) traded 4% lower against the U.S. dollar during the 24-hour period ending at 19:00 PM Eastern on April 17th. One Qtum coin can currently be purchased for approximately $3.29 or 0.00011154 BTC on popular cryptocurrency exchanges. Qtum has a market capitalization of $344.27 million and $44.79 million worth of Qtum was traded on exchanges in the last day. During the last week, Qtum has traded up 2.3% against the U.S. dollar.

Here is how related cryptocurrencies have performed during the last day:

• Ethereum (ETH) traded down 2% against the dollar and now trades at $2,078.92 or 0.07046374 BTC.
• Cardano (ADA) traded 3.7% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.44 or 0.00001477 BTC.
• Avalanche (AVAX) traded up 1.4% against the dollar and now trades at $20.64 or 0.00069960 BTC.
• Uniswap (UNI) traded 2.9% lower against the dollar and now trades at $6.15 or 0.00020852 BTC.
• Cosmos (ATOM) traded down 2.9% against the dollar and now trades at $12.40 or 0.00042036 BTC.
• Hedera (HBAR) traded 3.7% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.0668 or 0.00000226 BTC.
• NEAR Protocol (NEAR) traded 1.3% lower against the dollar and now trades at $2.30 or 0.00007803 BTC.
• Internet Computer (ICP) traded up 2.7% against the dollar and now trades at $6.27 or 0.00021240 BTC.
• Cronos (CRO) traded 3.6% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.0700 or 0.00000237 BTC.
• Algorand (ALGO) traded 5.5% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.22 or 0.00000750 BTC.

Qtum Profile

Qtum is a proof-of-stake (PoS) coin that uses the POS 3.0 hashing algorithm. It was first traded on December 19th, 2016. Qtum's total supply is 107,822,406 coins and its circulating supply is 104,619,830 coins. Qtum's official Twitter account is @qtum and its Facebook page is accessible here. The Reddit community for Qtum is and the currency's Github account can be viewed here. The official website for Qtum is qtum.org.

According to CryptoCompare, "QTUM is a blockchain platform that combines Bitcoin and Ethereum elements to provide a secure and decentralized environment for building and running smart contracts and dapps. Its hybrid consensus mechanism combines proof-of-work (PoW) and proof-of-stake (PoS) to achieve security and scalability. The platform uses familiar programming languages such as Solidity and C++ to make it easier for developers to build and deploy smart contracts and dapps. QTUM was created by a team led by Patrick Dai and is primarily used for building and running smart contracts and dapps, with the QTUM token used for payments, incentivizing network participants, and governance decisions."

Qtum Coin Trading

It is usually not presently possible to buy alternative cryptocurrencies such as Qtum directly using U.S. dollars. Investors seeking to trade Qtum should first buy Ethereum or Bitcoin using an exchange that deals in U.S. dollars such as Changelly, GDAX or Coinbase. Investors can then use their newly-acquired Ethereum or Bitcoin to buy Qtum using one of the aforementioned exchanges.

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