Qtum (QTUM) Price Up 13% This Week

Qtum (QTUM) traded up 2.6% against the dollar during the 1 day period ending at 9:00 AM ET on November 18th. One Qtum coin can currently be bought for $3.09 or 0.00003432 BTC on major exchanges. During the last seven days, Qtum has traded up 13% against the dollar. Qtum has a total market capitalization of $325.61 million and $51.28 million worth of Qtum was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours.

Here is how other cryptocurrencies have performed during the last 24 hours:

• Ethereum (ETH) traded 0.6% lower against the dollar and now trades at $3,077.92 or 0.03419985 BTC.
• Cardano (ADA) traded up 1.4% against the dollar and now trades at $0.73 or 0.00000814 BTC.
• Avalanche (AVAX) traded 5.8% lower against the dollar and now trades at $34.46 or 0.00038286 BTC.
• NEAR Protocol (NEAR) traded down 1% against the dollar and now trades at $5.85 or 0.00006501 BTC.
• Uniswap (UNI) traded down 0.1% against the dollar and now trades at $8.93 or 0.00009917 BTC.
• Cronos (CRO) traded 10.1% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.18 or 0.00000195 BTC.
• Hedera (HBAR) traded 28.7% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.12 or 0.00000129 BTC.
• Internet Computer (ICP) traded 3.5% lower against the dollar and now trades at $9.13 or 0.00010149 BTC.
• Fetch.ai (FET) traded down 0.2% against the dollar and now trades at $1.28 or 0.00001422 BTC.
• Cosmos (ATOM) traded up 4.1% against the dollar and now trades at $6.08 or 0.00006758 BTC.

Qtum Coin Profile

Qtum (CRYPTO: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 105,403,716 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. 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 currently possible to buy alternative cryptocurrencies such as Qtum directly using U.S. dollars. Investors seeking to acquire Qtum should first buy Ethereum or Bitcoin using an exchange that deals in U.S. dollars such as Coinbase, GDAX or Gemini. 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