Qtum (QTUM) traded 1.1% higher against the US dollar during the 24 hour period ending at 14:00 PM Eastern on April 15th. Qtum has a total market cap of $349.50 million and $38.77 million worth of Qtum was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours. Over the last seven days, Qtum has traded 6.2% higher against the US dollar. One Qtum coin can now be purchased for approximately $3.34 or 0.00011019 BTC on major cryptocurrency exchanges.

Here is how related cryptocurrencies have performed over the last 24 hours:

• Ethereum (ETH) traded up 0.5% against the dollar and now trades at $2,097.92 or 0.06919728 BTC.
• Cardano (ADA) traded 4.9% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.45 or 0.00001497 BTC.
• Avalanche (AVAX) traded up 1.7% against the dollar and now trades at $19.14 or 0.00063144 BTC.
• Uniswap (UNI) traded down 0.1% against the dollar and now trades at $6.31 or 0.00020824 BTC.
• Cosmos (ATOM) traded up 0.9% against the dollar and now trades at $12.45 or 0.00041051 BTC.
• Hedera (HBAR) traded 2.3% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.0682 or 0.00000225 BTC.
• NEAR Protocol (NEAR) traded 4.9% higher against the dollar and now trades at $2.32 or 0.00007637 BTC.
• Cronos (CRO) traded up 1.4% against the dollar and now trades at $0.0712 or 0.00000235 BTC.
• Internet Computer (ICP) traded 4.6% higher against the dollar and now trades at $5.69 or 0.00018763 BTC.
• Algorand (ALGO) traded up 1.9% against the dollar and now trades at $0.23 or 0.00000757 BTC.

About Qtum

Qtum is a proof-of-stake (PoS) coin that uses the POS 3.0 hashing algorithm. It launched on December 19th, 2016. Qtum's total supply is 107,822,406 coins and its circulating supply is 104,616,904 coins. The Reddit community for Qtum is and the currency's Github account can be viewed here. Qtum's official website 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 Bitcoin or Ethereum using an exchange that deals in US dollars such as Gemini, GDAX or Coinbase. Investors can then use their newly-acquired Bitcoin or Ethereum to buy Qtum using one of the aforementioned exchanges.

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