Qtum Trading Down 1.8% Over Last 7 Days (QTUM)

Qtum (QTUM) traded 0.3% lower against the dollar during the 24 hour period ending at 21:00 PM ET on April 26th. One Qtum coin can currently be purchased for $3.89 or 0.00006226 BTC on exchanges. During the last seven days, Qtum has traded down 1.8% against the dollar. Qtum has a total market cap of $407.82 million and $50.49 million worth of Qtum was traded on exchanges in the last day.

Here’s how other cryptocurrencies have performed during the last day:

• Ethereum (ETH) traded 1.9% lower against the dollar and now trades at $3,076.40 or 0.04919870 BTC.
• Cardano (ADA) traded 2.3% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.46 or 0.00000728 BTC.
• Avalanche (AVAX) traded down 4.1% against the dollar and now trades at $33.63 or 0.00053783 BTC.
• NEAR Protocol (NEAR) traded down 5.5% against the dollar and now trades at $6.76 or 0.00010807 BTC.
• Internet Computer (ICP) traded 6.8% lower against the dollar and now trades at $12.64 or 0.00020216 BTC.
• Uniswap (UNI) traded down 3.2% against the dollar and now trades at $7.54 or 0.00012058 BTC.
• Hedera (HBAR) traded 8.6% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.11 or 0.00000170 BTC.
• Cronos (CRO) traded down 4.3% against the dollar and now trades at $0.12 or 0.00000193 BTC.
• Cosmos (ATOM) traded down 0.9% against the dollar and now trades at $8.15 or 0.00013035 BTC.
• Fetch.ai (FET) traded 7% lower against the dollar and now trades at $2.10 or 0.00003351 BTC.

Qtum Profile

Qtum is a proof-of-stake (PoS) coin that uses the POS 3.0 hashing algorithm. It launched on December 19th, 2016. Qtum’s total supply is 107,822,406 coins and its circulating supply is 104,755,842 coins. The official website for Qtum is qtum.org. Qtum’s official Twitter account is @qtum and its Facebook page is accessible here. The Reddit community for Qtum is https://reddit.com/r/qtum 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 possible to purchase alternative cryptocurrencies such as Qtum directly using U.S. dollars. Investors seeking to acquire Qtum should first purchase Bitcoin or Ethereum using an exchange that deals in U.S. dollars such as GDAX, Gemini or Coinbase. Investors can then use their newly-acquired Bitcoin or Ethereum to purchase Qtum using one of the exchanges listed above.

QTUM/USD price chart by TradingView