Qtum (QTUM) traded 0.4% lower against the dollar during the 1 day period ending at 21:00 PM E.T. on April 28th. Qtum has a total market cap of $299.54 million and approximately $36.80 million worth of Qtum was traded on exchanges in the last day. One Qtum coin can now be purchased for $2.86 or 0.00009771 BTC on popular cryptocurrency exchanges. In the last week, Qtum has traded 0.8% lower against the dollar.

Here is how similar cryptocurrencies have performed in the last day:

• Ethereum (ETH) traded 0.8% lower against the dollar and now trades at $1,891.91 or 0.06457539 BTC.
• Cardano (ADA) traded down 1.2% against the dollar and now trades at $0.40 or 0.00001378 BTC.
• Avalanche (AVAX) traded 0.9% lower against the dollar and now trades at $17.49 or 0.00059714 BTC.
• Cosmos (ATOM) traded 1.9% higher against the dollar and now trades at $11.72 or 0.00039992 BTC.
• Uniswap (UNI) traded 0.4% lower against the dollar and now trades at $5.51 or 0.00018821 BTC.
• Internet Computer (ICP) traded 5.8% higher against the dollar and now trades at $6.06 or 0.00020672 BTC.
• Cronos (CRO) traded 0.8% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.0772 or 0.00000263 BTC.
• Hedera (HBAR) traded 0.6% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.0606 or 0.00000207 BTC.
• NEAR Protocol (NEAR) traded 0% lower against the dollar and now trades at $1.92 or 0.00006549 BTC.
• Algorand (ALGO) traded down 0.1% against the dollar and now trades at $0.18 or 0.00000626 BTC.

Qtum Coin Profile

Qtum (QTUM) is a proof-of-stake (PoS) coin that uses the POS 3.0 hashing algorithm. Its genesis date was December 19th, 2016. Qtum's total supply is 107,822,406 coins and its circulating supply is 104,634,794 coins. Qtum's official website is qtum.org. Qtum's official Twitter account is @qtum and its Facebook page is accessible here. 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."

Qtum Coin Trading

It is usually not presently 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 Coinbase, Gemini or GDAX. Investors can then use their newly-acquired Ethereum or Bitcoin to buy Qtum using one of the aforementioned exchanges.

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