Qtum (QTUM) traded 1.1% higher against the U.S. dollar during the 1-day period ending at 8:00 AM Eastern on April 29th. Qtum has a total market capitalization of $300.10 million and $32.48 million worth of Qtum was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours. One Qtum coin can currently be bought for approximately $2.87 or 0.00009781 BTC on major cryptocurrency exchanges. During the last seven days, Qtum has traded 1.8% lower against the U.S. dollar.

Here is how other cryptocurrencies have performed during the last 24 hours:

• Ethereum (ETH) traded down 0.3% against the dollar and now trades at $1,898.82 or 0.06475311 BTC.
• Cardano (ADA) traded down 0.3% against the dollar and now trades at $0.40 or 0.00001375 BTC.
• Avalanche (AVAX) traded down 0.1% against the dollar and now trades at $17.54 or 0.00059822 BTC.
• Cosmos (ATOM) traded 2% higher against the dollar and now trades at $11.69 or 0.00039852 BTC.
• Uniswap (UNI) traded up 1.4% against the dollar and now trades at $5.59 or 0.00019060 BTC.
• Internet Computer (ICP) traded up 6.9% against the dollar and now trades at $6.46 or 0.00022024 BTC.
• Cronos (CRO) traded down 3.2% against the dollar and now trades at $0.0757 or 0.00000258 BTC.
• Hedera (HBAR) traded 0.3% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.0608 or 0.00000207 BTC.
• NEAR Protocol (NEAR) traded up 1.8% against the dollar and now trades at $1.94 or 0.00006602 BTC.
• Algorand (ALGO) traded 0.7% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.18 or 0.00000629 BTC.

Qtum Coin 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 104,635,466 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."

Buying and Selling Qtum

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 GDAX, 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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