Qtum (QTUM) traded down 3.2% against the US dollar during the one day period ending at 14:00 PM E.T. on April 28th. In the last week, Qtum has traded down 4.9% against the US dollar. Qtum has a market capitalization of $297.00 million and approximately $43.11 million worth of Qtum was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours. One Qtum coin can currently be purchased for about $2.84 or 0.00009720 BTC on popular cryptocurrency exchanges.

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

• Ethereum (ETH) traded 2.4% lower against the dollar and now trades at $1,890.20 or 0.06472539 BTC.
• Cardano (ADA) traded down 3.4% against the dollar and now trades at $0.40 or 0.00001382 BTC.
• Avalanche (AVAX) traded 2.3% lower against the dollar and now trades at $17.45 or 0.00059767 BTC.
• Cosmos (ATOM) traded up 0.8% against the dollar and now trades at $11.63 or 0.00039838 BTC.
• Uniswap (UNI) traded down 1.1% against the dollar and now trades at $5.50 or 0.00018836 BTC.
• Internet Computer (ICP) traded 3.6% higher against the dollar and now trades at $5.90 or 0.00020190 BTC.
• Cronos (CRO) traded 1.5% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.0770 or 0.00000264 BTC.
• Hedera (HBAR) traded 2.3% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.0603 or 0.00000206 BTC.
• NEAR Protocol (NEAR) traded 2.4% lower against the dollar and now trades at $1.90 or 0.00006515 BTC.
• Algorand (ALGO) traded down 1.1% against the dollar and now trades at $0.18 or 0.00000625 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 104,634,458 coins. The official website for Qtum is qtum.org. 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.

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 Bitcoin or Ethereum using an exchange that deals in U.S. dollars such as Changelly, Gemini or GDAX. Investors can then use their newly-acquired Bitcoin or Ethereum to buy Qtum using one of the aforementioned exchanges.

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