QTUM (Qtum) Issuance Price and ICO Overview
QTUM (Qtum)'s Initial Coin Offering (ICO) was successfully held in March 2017. According to records from that time, QTUM's issuance price was $0.3 per token. The ICO was completed in less than five days, raising a total of $15 million and selling 51 million QTUM tokens.
Project Background and Technical Vision
The QTUM project was initiated by Patrick Dai, with core team members also including Neil Mahi and Jordan Earls. Its core vision is to build a general-purpose blockchain platform that aims to combine Bitcoin's UTXO (Unspent Transaction Output) model with Ethereum's smart contract functionality, particularly compatibility with the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM). Through this hybrid architecture, QTUM aims to address the challenges of existing blockchain platforms in decentralized mobile applications and cross-chain integration.
In its early stages, QTUM tokens were issued as ERC-20 standard tokens on the Ethereum network. With the successful launch of its mainnet, these ERC-20 tokens were subsequently converted to native QTUM blockchain tokens. QTUM introduced innovative mechanisms such as the Account Abstraction Layer (AAL) and Decentralized Governance Protocol (DGP) to enhance the platform's functionality and flexibility.
Core Team and Partners
The QTUM project is operated and its ecosystem developed by the Qtum Foundation. In addition to founder Patrick Dai and his technical team, the project has also received support from early cryptocurrency investors such as Roger Ver and Jeremy Gardner. In promoting blockchain applications, QTUM previously announced a partnership with the globally renowned professional services firm PwC, aiming to explore and facilitate the adoption of blockchain technology in the business sector.
QTUM's Current Market Performance and Trading Channels
As of September 2026, QTUM's circulating supply is approximately 106 million tokens, with a market capitalization of approximately $101 million. As a crypto asset with a hybrid blockchain architecture, QTUM is listed on multiple cryptocurrency trading platforms globally, providing investors and users with avenues for trading and participation.
Currently, QTUM can be traded on the following platforms:
- Hotcoin
- Tapbit
- Binance
- WhiteBIT
- CoinW
- MEXC
- LBank
- OKX
- BigONE
- HTX
- BYDFi
- XT.COM
- Pionex
- DigiFinex
The platform information for sale in the article changes with the listing and delisting dynamics of each exchange. Please refer to the official announcements of the exchanges.
