Qtum (QTUM) traded down 1.6% against the dollar during the 24 hour period ending at 11:00 AM Eastern on April 20th. Over the last seven days, Qtum has traded 5.2% lower against the dollar. Qtum has a market capitalization of $319.98 million and $44.60 million worth of Qtum was traded on exchanges in the last day. One Qtum coin can currently be purchased for about $3.06 or 0.00010691 BTC on popular exchanges.

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

• Ethereum (ETH) traded down 1.5% against the dollar and now trades at $1,957.43 or 0.06842191 BTC.
• Cardano (ADA) traded 2.4% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.41 or 0.00001438 BTC.
• Avalanche (AVAX) traded down 3.8% against the dollar and now trades at $19.00 or 0.00066402 BTC.
• Uniswap (UNI) traded 1.5% lower against the dollar and now trades at $5.86 or 0.00020467 BTC.
• Cosmos (ATOM) traded down 1.3% against the dollar and now trades at $11.72 or 0.00040963 BTC.
• Internet Computer (ICP) traded down 4% against the dollar and now trades at $6.12 or 0.00021390 BTC.
• Hedera (HBAR) traded 1% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.0627 or 0.00000219 BTC.
• NEAR Protocol (NEAR) traded down 3.4% against the dollar and now trades at $2.11 or 0.00007393 BTC.
• Cronos (CRO) traded down 1.4% against the dollar and now trades at $0.0685 or 0.00000240 BTC.
• Algorand (ALGO) traded down 5.5% against the dollar and now trades at $0.19 or 0.00000680 BTC.

About Qtum

QTUM is a proof-of-stake (PoS) coin that uses the POS 3.0 hashing algorithm. Its launch date was December 19th, 2016. Qtum's total supply is 107,822,406 coins and its circulating supply is 104,623,432 coins. Qtum's official Twitter account is @qtum and its Facebook page is accessible here. The official website for Qtum is qtum.org. The Reddit community for Qtum is and the currency's Github account can be viewed 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 presently possible to buy alternative cryptocurrencies such as Qtum directly using US dollars. Investors seeking to acquire Qtum should first buy Ethereum or Bitcoin using an exchange that deals in US dollars such as Coinbase, GDAX 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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