Qtum (QTUM) Market Capitalization Tops $230.34 Million

Qtum (QTUM) traded down 3.9% against the U.S. dollar during the 24-hour period ending at 12:00 PM E.T. on September 16th. During the last week, Qtum has traded 1.4% lower against the U.S. dollar. One Qtum coin can now be purchased for $2.19 or 0.00003783 BTC on major cryptocurrency exchanges. Qtum has a market capitalization of $230.34 million and $28.86 million worth of Qtum was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours.

Here’s how similar cryptocurrencies have performed during the last 24 hours:

• Ethereum (ETH) traded 5.1% lower against the dollar and now trades at $2,288.12 or 0.03957425 BTC.
• Cardano (ADA) traded 4.8% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.33 or 0.00000574 BTC.
• Avalanche (AVAX) traded down 4.5% against the dollar and now trades at $23.59 or 0.00040798 BTC.
• NEAR Protocol (NEAR) traded down 6.7% against the dollar and now trades at $3.90 or 0.00006745 BTC.
• Uniswap (UNI) traded down 6.3% against the dollar and now trades at $6.40 or 0.00011077 BTC.
• Internet Computer (ICP) traded down 6.6% against the dollar and now trades at $7.96 or 0.00013773 BTC.
• Cronos (CRO) traded 3.1% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.0800 or 0.00000138 BTC.
• Hedera (HBAR) traded down 3.6% against the dollar and now trades at $0.0498 or 0.00000086 BTC.
• Cosmos (ATOM) traded down 5.9% against the dollar and now trades at $3.98 or 0.00006882 BTC.
• Fetch.ai (FET) traded 5.5% lower against the dollar and now trades at $1.31 or 0.00002262 BTC.

Qtum Coin 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 105,318,750 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.”

Qtum Coin Trading

It is usually not currently possible to buy alternative cryptocurrencies such as Qtum directly using US dollars. Investors seeking to acquire Qtum should first buy Bitcoin or Ethereum using an exchange that deals in US dollars such as Gemini, GDAX or Changelly. Investors can then use their newly-acquired Bitcoin or Ethereum to buy Qtum using one of the exchanges listed above.

QTUM/USD price chart by TradingView