Qtum (QTUM)
2017-era Bitcoin UTXO + Ethereum EVM hybrid; technically obsolete and network is a ghost town
Ranked 245th of 251 rated tokens. Scoring pass 11 Jun 2026.
What the numbers say
QTUM scores 61 of 250 across the 25-variable framework, which places it 245th of 251 rated tokens and inside the bottom 10% of the set. The framework verdict is PASS.
The score rests on Circulating / FDV Ratio 8/10, 27th of 251, Vesting Schedule 7/10, 35th of 251 and Supply Inflation 6/10, 43rd of 251.
Against the same universe, QTUM sits in the bottom third on Catalyst Calendar 1/10, 249th of 251, Social Mindshare 1/10, 248th of 251, Market Share 1/10, 245th of 251 and Developer Activity 1/10, 244th of 251. These are the variables that would have to move for the verdict to change.
98.4% of eventual supply is already circulating, so vesting is not a live risk for QTUM. Price has to be justified by demand rather than absorbed against a cliff.
QTUM trades 99.35% below its all-time high of $100.22. Recovering that level is a 153.8x move, not a 99.35% one, which is the arithmetic most drawdown charts hide.
$800.0K sits in the protocol. Each dollar of value locked carries 86.42 dollars of token market cap.
25-variable breakdown
Each variable is scored 1 to 10 and ranked against every other rated token, so a 7 that ranks 20th means something different from a 7 that ranks 180th. The rank is the part that is hard to get anywhere else.
Cash flow
| Protocol Revenue | 1 | 221st of 251 | |
| Revenue Trend | 1 | 231st of 251 | |
| P/S Multiple | 2 | 218th of 251 | |
| Real Staking Yield | 4 | 82nd of 251 |
Supply
| Supply Inflation | 6 | 43rd of 251 | |
| Vesting Schedule | 7 | 35th of 251 | |
| Circulating / FDV Ratio | 8 | 27th of 251 | |
| Buyback and Burn | 1 | 205th of 251 |
Ownership
| Smart Money Flows | 1 | 243rd of 251 | |
| Insider Selling | 3 | 201st of 251 | |
| Holder Concentration | 3 | 197th of 251 |
Traction
| TVL Trend | 1 | 229th of 251 | |
| Active Users | 1 | 243rd of 251 | |
| Developer Activity | 1 | 244th of 251 | |
| Network Growth | 1 | 242nd of 251 |
Position
| Market Share | 1 | 245th of 251 | |
| Competitive Moat | 1 | 242nd of 251 | |
| Institutional Adoption | 1 | 238th of 251 | |
| Exchange Depth | 4 | 157th of 251 | |
| Social Mindshare | 1 | 248th of 251 |
Risk
| Regulatory Safety | 5 | 102nd of 251 | |
| Catalyst Calendar | 1 | 249th of 251 | |
| BTC Alpha Potential | 1 | 240th of 251 | |
| Team Execution | 2 | 230th of 251 | |
| Treasury Runway | 3 | 226th of 251 |
The vertical tick on each bar marks the median score across all 251 rated tokens, so a bar ending left of the tick is below the universe on that variable.
Catalyst and risk
Next catalyst
None identifiable, chain is in maintenance mode with minimal development activity
Principal risk
Effectively dead network, volume at historical lows, no institutional interest, zero DeFi innovation
Market and supply
| Price | $0.6518 |
| Market cap | $69.1Mrank 332 |
| All-time high | $100.225 Jan 2018 |
| Circulating supply | 106,080,930 |
| Eventual supply (total supply) | 107,822,406 |
| Dilution to full supply | 1.02x |
| Total value locked | $800.0K |
| Listed on | Binance, KuCoin, Gate.io |
Price, market cap, supply and all-time high from CoinGecko, fetched 6 Aug 2026. The 25 scores come from the research pass dated 11 Jun 2026 and don't move with price.
Tokens with a similar profile
These are the closest matches to QTUM measured on the shape of all 25 variables after removing overall quality, so what they share is a pattern of strengths and weaknesses rather than a similar size or price.
Sources
- [CoinGecko] QTUM ATH $100.61 in Jan 2018; now 99.1% below ATH with network essentially dead
- [DeFiLlama] Qtum TVL under $1M, among the lowest of any named L1link dead, claim unverified
- [GitHub - qtumproject] Qtum GitHub activity near zero; no major protocol updates since 2022
One source link above no longer resolves, so we stripped the hyperlink rather than leave something that looks like evidence until you click it. The claims stay visible because they are part of the research record, but treat them as unverified. Every link was rechecked 6 Aug 2026.
Common questions
- What is the Early Thunder score for Qtum (QTUM)?
- QTUM scores 61 out of 250 on the 25-variable framework, ranking 245th of 251 rated tokens (bottom 10%). The framework verdict is PASS.
- What are QTUM's strongest fundamentals?
- QTUM ranks highest on Circulating / FDV Ratio 8/10, 27th of 251, Vesting Schedule 7/10, 35th of 251 and Supply Inflation 6/10, 43rd of 251. Ranks are measured against all 251 tokens in the same scoring pass.
- What are the weakest parts of the QTUM thesis?
- QTUM scores in the bottom third of the universe on Catalyst Calendar 1/10, 249th of 251, Social Mindshare 1/10, 248th of 251, Market Share 1/10, 245th of 251 and Developer Activity 1/10, 244th of 251. The single risk carried on the scorecard is: Effectively dead network, volume at historical lows, no institutional interest, zero DeFi innovation
- How much QTUM supply is still to enter circulation?
- 98.4% of eventual QTUM supply is circulating today, leaving 1.02x the current float still to arrive. At a flat price per token that is 1.6% of fully diluted value ahead of current holders.
- How far is QTUM from its all-time high?
- QTUM trades 99.35% below its all-time high of $100.22. Returning to that high requires a 153.8x move from the level used in this scoring pass.
- Which tokens have a similar profile to QTUM?
- Measured on the shape of all 25 scored variables rather than on price, the closest matches to QTUM are CVX (103), ZIL (63), THETA (105) and XTZ (88). Similarity here means the same pattern of strengths and weaknesses, not a similar market cap.
- What is the next catalyst for QTUM?
- None identifiable, chain is in maintenance mode with minimal development activity
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Research and analysis, not investment advice. Scores are one framework applied consistently across 251 tokens, not a prediction of price.