Qtum Price Up 5.9% This Week (QTUM)

Qtum (QTUM) traded 0.1% lower against the US dollar during the 24 hour period ending at 22:00 PM ET on September 29th. During the last seven days, Qtum has traded 5.9% higher against the US dollar. One Qtum coin can currently be bought for $2.64 or 0.00004046 BTC on popular exchanges. Qtum has a total market capitalization of $277.72 million and approximately $27.71 million worth of Qtum was traded on exchanges in the last day.

Here is how related cryptocurrencies have performed during the last day:

• Ethereum (ETH) traded down 1.1% against the dollar and now trades at $2,640.09 or 0.04051130 BTC.
• Cardano (ADA) traded 1.1% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.39 or 0.00000603 BTC.
• Avalanche (AVAX) traded down 1.3% against the dollar and now trades at $28.75 or 0.00044114 BTC.
• NEAR Protocol (NEAR) traded up 0% against the dollar and now trades at $5.45 or 0.00008359 BTC.
• Internet Computer (ICP) traded 0.7% lower against the dollar and now trades at $9.50 or 0.00014585 BTC.
• Uniswap (UNI) traded 1.5% lower against the dollar and now trades at $7.41 or 0.00011371 BTC.
• Hedera (HBAR) traded 1.3% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.0614 or 0.00000094 BTC.
• Cronos (CRO) traded down 0.2% against the dollar and now trades at $0.0859 or 0.00000132 BTC.
• Cosmos (ATOM) traded up 0.5% against the dollar and now trades at $5.02 or 0.00007698 BTC.
• Fetch.ai (FET) traded up 2.4% against the dollar and now trades at $1.63 or 0.00002498 BTC.

About Qtum

QTUM is a proof-of-stake (PoS) coin that uses the POS 3.0 hashing algorithm. It was first traded on December 19th, 2016. Qtum’s total supply is 107,822,406 coins and its circulating supply is 105,336,864 coins. Qtum’s official Twitter account is @qtum and its Facebook page is accessible here. The official website for Qtum is qtum.org. 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 currently possible to purchase alternative cryptocurrencies such as Qtum directly using US dollars. Investors seeking to trade Qtum should first purchase Bitcoin or Ethereum using an exchange that deals in US dollars such as Changelly, GDAX 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