Qtum (QTUM) Tops 24 Hour Volume of $67.98 Million

Qtum (QTUM) traded up 3.8% against the U.S. dollar during the twenty-four hour period ending at 7:00 AM ET on April 22nd. Qtum has a market capitalization of $453.97 million and approximately $67.98 million worth of Qtum was traded on exchanges in the last day. One Qtum coin can currently be purchased for about $4.33 or 0.00006572 BTC on exchanges. In the last seven days, Qtum has traded down 4.2% against the U.S. dollar.

Here’s how similar cryptocurrencies have performed in the last day:

• Ethereum (ETH) traded 0.9% higher against the dollar and now trades at $3,206.24 or 0.04862261 BTC.
• Cardano (ADA) traded up 1.2% against the dollar and now trades at $0.51 or 0.00000774 BTC.
• Avalanche (AVAX) traded 4.4% higher against the dollar and now trades at $39.38 or 0.00059716 BTC.
• NEAR Protocol (NEAR) traded 8.4% higher against the dollar and now trades at $6.87 or 0.00010413 BTC.
• Internet Computer (ICP) traded 0.8% lower against the dollar and now trades at $15.37 or 0.00023310 BTC.
• Uniswap (UNI) traded 3.6% higher against the dollar and now trades at $8.14 or 0.00012339 BTC.
• Cronos (CRO) traded 1.2% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.13 or 0.00000201 BTC.
• Cosmos (ATOM) traded up 2.5% against the dollar and now trades at $8.91 or 0.00013517 BTC.
• Hedera (HBAR) traded down 0.1% against the dollar and now trades at $0.0905 or 0.00000137 BTC.
• Fetch.ai (FET) traded 0.5% lower against the dollar and now trades at $2.45 or 0.00003717 BTC.

Qtum Profile

Qtum (CRYPTO: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 104,755,842 coins. The Reddit community for Qtum is https://reddit.com/r/qtum and the currency’s Github account can be viewed here. Qtum’s official Twitter account is @qtum and its Facebook page is accessible here. The official website for Qtum is qtum.org.

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 US dollars. Investors seeking to acquire Qtum should first buy Ethereum or Bitcoin using an exchange that deals in US dollars such as Gemini, Changelly or GDAX. Investors can then use their newly-acquired Ethereum or Bitcoin to buy Qtum using one of the exchanges listed above.

QTUM/USD price chart by TradingView