Qtum Price Tops $3.24 on Major Exchanges (QTUM)

Qtum (QTUM) traded 2.6% higher against the U.S. dollar during the 24-hour period ending at 9:00 AM Eastern on December 28th. Qtum has a market cap of $341.74 million and approximately $41.78 million worth of Qtum was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours. One Qtum coin can currently be bought for about $3.24 or 0.00003419 BTC on popular exchanges. Over the last week, Qtum has traded 4.7% higher against the U.S. dollar.

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

• Ethereum (ETH) traded 0.3% higher against the dollar and now trades at $3,373.95 or 0.03559390 BTC.
• Cardano (ADA) traded 0.6% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.88 or 0.00000930 BTC.
• Avalanche (AVAX) traded down 1.4% against the dollar and now trades at $37.14 or 0.00039182 BTC.
• Hedera (HBAR) traded down 1.8% against the dollar and now trades at $0.28 or 0.00000291 BTC.
• Uniswap (UNI) traded down 2.4% against the dollar and now trades at $13.42 or 0.00014155 BTC.
• NEAR Protocol (NEAR) traded up 1.4% against the dollar and now trades at $5.22 or 0.00005512 BTC.
• Internet Computer (ICP) traded 0.2% lower against the dollar and now trades at $10.35 or 0.00010916 BTC.
• Cronos (CRO) traded down 3.1% against the dollar and now trades at $0.15 or 0.00000157 BTC.
• Fetch.ai (FET) traded up 1.5% against the dollar and now trades at $1.35 or 0.00001420 BTC.
• Algorand (ALGO) traded down 2.9% against the dollar and now trades at $0.34 or 0.00000355 BTC.

Qtum Coin Profile

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 105,457,716 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 possible to purchase alternative cryptocurrencies such as Qtum directly using US dollars. Investors seeking to acquire Qtum should first purchase Ethereum or Bitcoin using an exchange that deals in US dollars such as Coinbase, Gemini or Changelly. Investors can then use their newly-acquired Ethereum or Bitcoin to purchase Qtum using one of the aforementioned exchanges.

QTUM/USD price chart by TradingView