Qtum (QTUM) traded 3.4% higher against the dollar during the 1 day period ending at 10:00 AM Eastern on May 4th. Qtum has a market cap of $292.44 million and $32.91 million worth of Qtum was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours. One Qtum coin can currently be purchased for $2.79 or 0.00009674 BTC on major exchanges. In the last week, Qtum has traded 2% lower against the dollar.

Here's how other cryptocurrencies have performed in the last 24 hours:

• Ethereum (ETH) traded 2% higher against the dollar and now trades at $1,889.54 or 0.06540787 BTC.
• Cardano (ADA) traded up 2.4% against the dollar and now trades at $0.39 or 0.00001349 BTC.
• Avalanche (AVAX) traded 2.2% higher against the dollar and now trades at $16.89 or 0.00058452 BTC.
• Cosmos (ATOM) traded up 1.5% against the dollar and now trades at $10.97 or 0.00037979 BTC.
• Uniswap (UNI) traded up 1.3% against the dollar and now trades at $5.28 or 0.00018285 BTC.
• Internet Computer (ICP) traded 5.7% higher against the dollar and now trades at $5.93 or 0.00020522 BTC.
• Hedera (HBAR) traded up 1.7% against the dollar and now trades at $0.0576 or 0.00000199 BTC.
• Cronos (CRO) traded 0.3% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.0704 or 0.00000244 BTC.
• NEAR Protocol (NEAR) traded up 2.3% against the dollar and now trades at $1.84 or 0.00006355 BTC.
• Algorand (ALGO) traded 0.7% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.18 or 0.00000612 BTC.

Qtum Coin Profile

Qtum (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 104,642,329 coins. The Reddit community for Qtum is and the currency's Github account can be viewed here. The official website for Qtum is qtum.org. Qtum's official Twitter account is @qtum and its Facebook page is accessible here.

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."

Buying and Selling Qtum

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

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