Qtum (QTUM) traded down 1% against the U.S. dollar during the 24-hour period ending at 23:00 PM Eastern on May 2nd. Over the last seven days, Qtum has traded 5.7% lower against the U.S. dollar. One Qtum coin can currently be purchased for approximately $2.74 or 0.00009595 BTC on major cryptocurrency exchanges. Qtum has a market cap of $286.31 million and approximately $31.69 million worth of Qtum was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours.

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

• Ethereum (ETH) traded 1.8% higher against the dollar and now trades at $1,861.52 or 0.06527900 BTC.
• Cardano (ADA) traded 0.2% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.39 or 0.00001356 BTC.
• Avalanche (AVAX) traded up 0.6% against the dollar and now trades at $16.70 or 0.00058558 BTC.
• Cosmos (ATOM) traded down 0.1% against the dollar and now trades at $10.95 or 0.00038415 BTC.
• Uniswap (UNI) traded 0.5% lower against the dollar and now trades at $5.27 or 0.00018491 BTC.
• Internet Computer (ICP) traded 0.2% lower against the dollar and now trades at $5.71 or 0.00020009 BTC.
• Cronos (CRO) traded up 2.3% against the dollar and now trades at $0.0719 or 0.00000252 BTC.
• Hedera (HBAR) traded down 1.4% against the dollar and now trades at $0.0579 or 0.00000203 BTC.
• NEAR Protocol (NEAR) traded 0.9% lower against the dollar and now trades at $1.81 or 0.00006360 BTC.
• Algorand (ALGO) traded up 1% against the dollar and now trades at $0.18 or 0.00000623 BTC.

Qtum Profile

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 104,640,308 coins. Qtum's official website 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 possible to buy alternative cryptocurrencies such as Qtum directly using U.S. dollars. Investors seeking to trade Qtum should first buy Ethereum or Bitcoin using an exchange that deals in U.S. dollars such as Gemini, Changelly or Coinbase. Investors can then use their newly-acquired Ethereum or Bitcoin to buy Qtum using one of the aforementioned exchanges.

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