Gate News Bot news, on August 21, according to CoinMarketCap, as of the time of writing, QTUM (Qtum) is currently priced at $2.40, with a rise of 20.85% in the last 24 hours, reaching a high of $2.42 and a low of $1.97. The 24-hour volume reached $140 million. The current market capitalization is approximately $254 million, an increase of $43.8 million compared to yesterday. Qtum is a decentralized, open-source public blockchain that combines the security of Bitcoin with the smart contract functionality of Ethereum. It is a fast, environmentally friendly, and future-oriented scalable PoS blockchain. Qtum integrates Bitcoin's UTXO model with Ethereum's smart contract capabilities, providing a feature-rich platform that includes hybrid blockchains, core principles, ecosystem maps, decentralized applications, and a multi-wallet ecosystem.

PANews reported on February 15th that the Smart Contract platform Qtum announced on X platform that the Qtum v27.1 hard fork has been activated, and the majority of the community members have accepted this update. If you have not updated yet, you can refer to the relevant content on GitHub.