Qtum (QTUM) traded 6.4% lower against the U.S. dollar during the 1 day period ending at 12:00 PM ET on April 19th. One Qtum coin can currently be bought for approximately $3.11 or 0.00010618 BTC on cryptocurrency exchanges. In the last seven days, Qtum has traded down 2.5% against the U.S. dollar. Qtum has a market capitalization of $325.81 million and $50.97 million worth of Qtum was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours.

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

• Ethereum (ETH) traded down 5.4% against the dollar and now trades at $1,986.84 or 0.06774029 BTC.
• Cardano (ADA) traded down 4.6% against the dollar and now trades at $0.42 or 0.00001440 BTC.
• Avalanche (AVAX) traded down 6.9% against the dollar and now trades at $19.72 or 0.00067251 BTC.
• Uniswap (UNI) traded 6.2% lower against the dollar and now trades at $5.94 or 0.00020266 BTC.
• Cosmos (ATOM) traded down 5.3% against the dollar and now trades at $11.94 or 0.00040718 BTC.
• Internet Computer (ICP) traded down 6.2% against the dollar and now trades at $6.41 or 0.00021862 BTC.
• Hedera (HBAR) traded 6.6% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.0634 or 0.00000216 BTC.
• NEAR Protocol (NEAR) traded down 6.7% against the dollar and now trades at $2.20 or 0.00007497 BTC.
• Cronos (CRO) traded down 3.8% against the dollar and now trades at $0.0695 or 0.00000237 BTC.
• Algorand (ALGO) traded 7.2% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.21 or 0.00000703 BTC.

Qtum Coin Profile

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 104,622,192 coins. The Reddit community for Qtum is and the currency's Github account can be viewed here. Qtum's official Twitter account is @qtum and its Facebook page is accessible 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 acquire Qtum should first buy Ethereum or Bitcoin using an exchange that deals in U.S. dollars such as GDAX, Gemini or Changelly. Investors can then use their newly-acquired Ethereum or Bitcoin to buy Qtum using one of the exchanges listed above.

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