Qtum (QTUM) Price Tops $4.15 on Exchanges

Qtum (QTUM) traded down 2% against the U.S. dollar during the 1-day period ending at 14:00 PM Eastern on April 21st. One Qtum coin can currently be bought for about $4.15 or 0.00006406 BTC on popular exchanges. Qtum has a market capitalization of $435.25 million and approximately $63.00 million worth of Qtum was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours. In the last week, Qtum has traded 10% higher against the U.S. dollar.

Here is how related cryptocurrencies have performed in the last 24 hours:

• Ethereum (ETH) traded down 0% against the dollar and now trades at $3,147.00 or 0.04851896 BTC.
• Cardano (ADA) traded down 1.7% against the dollar and now trades at $0.50 or 0.00000764 BTC.
• Avalanche (AVAX) traded down 1.6% against the dollar and now trades at $36.91 or 0.00056901 BTC.
• Internet Computer (ICP) traded down 2.2% against the dollar and now trades at $15.21 or 0.00023450 BTC.
• NEAR Protocol (NEAR) traded up 1.3% against the dollar and now trades at $6.14 or 0.00009473 BTC.
• Uniswap (UNI) traded down 2.5% against the dollar and now trades at $7.66 or 0.00011814 BTC.
• Cronos (CRO) traded down 0.7% against the dollar and now trades at $0.13 or 0.00000199 BTC.
• Cosmos (ATOM) traded 0.5% lower against the dollar and now trades at $8.60 or 0.00013264 BTC.
• Hedera (HBAR) traded up 3.4% against the dollar and now trades at $0.0889 or 0.00000137 BTC.
• Fetch.ai (FET) traded down 1.3% against the dollar and now trades at $2.41 or 0.00003713 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. 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. Qtum’s official website 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 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 Changelly, Gemini or Coinbase. 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