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Google Touts ‘Magic’ Quantum Breakthrough as Bitcoin Q-Day Threat Looms
15.10.2026
Google has announced a major quantum computing breakthrough, demonstrating a technique that reduces errors by a factor of 40 and could help make powerful quantum computers more practical. The advance comes as researchers increasingly warn that future quantum machines could undermine...
Bitcoin’s Security Faces a 76% Risk by 2046, AI Model Predicts
12.10.2026
Onchain analyst Willy Woo stirred fresh debate over Bitcoin’s long-term security on Sunday, Oct. 11, 2026, after sharing artificial intelligence (AI)-generated estimates suggesting a 1.3% probability that Bitcoin’s digital signatures could be broken within two years. Drawing inspiration from Woo’s...
Europol Warns Quantum Threat Could Put Crypto Fortunes at Risk
7.10.2026
Europol is pushing back on crypto’s quantum doomsday scenario. In a report published Wednesday, the agency says quantum computers pose a far greater threat to exposed wallet keys than to blockchains themselves, warning that vulnerable keys cannot be retroactively secured and will eventually need...
Quantum-Safe Quantus Launches QTC Token Trading via Near Intents
7.10.2026
Quantum-focused blockchain Quantus has launched trading for its QTC token through near.com and Near Intents, giving users access to more than 180 assets across over 30 chains without first sending funds to a centralized exchange.   Quantus Opens QTC Trading Across 30+ Chains Quantus is taking...
Fidelity Warns Bitcoin’s Private Keys Face Future Quantum Risk
3.9.2026
Fidelity Digital Assets says future quantum computers could derive Bitcoin private keys from exposed public keys, threatening funds. A proposed hash-based signature system could strengthen security, although larger signatures would reduce transaction throughput and complicate wallet recovery....
Moody’s Backs Treasury Task Force as Quantum Threats Put Crypto on Alert
26.8.2026
Over the last year, people have been urging the financial sector to prepare quantum readiness and this week, the U.S. Treasury published an announcement revealing a task force dedicated to post-quantum cryptography (PQC). Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent insisted that America’s economy must...
Jim Cramer Plans to Dump His Bitcoin, Warns Quantum Will Crack It Soon
4.8.2026
Jim Cramer says he plans to sell all of his bitcoin because he believes quantum computing could break the cryptocurrency’s security within about three years. Cramer Ties Quantum Progress to Bitcoin’s Security The CNBC “Mad Money” host made the comments after a July...
A Quantum Computer Could One Day Break Crypto Security — Coinbase Is Preparing Now
26.7.2026
Coinbase is warning that the crypto industry needs to prepare for a post-quantum future, developing post-quantum custody technology while contributing engineers and funding to network security efforts. The company says uncertainty remains over when quantum computers could threaten digital assets...
An AI Just Solved a Quantum Problem on an Ordinary Laptop That Was Supposed to Need a Quantum Computer
23.7.2026
Physicists at the Simons Foundation’s Flatiron Institute’s Center for Computational Quantum Physics, working with collaborators at Boston University, solved a quantum physics problem long described as impossible for classical machines using a conventional laptop. They used tensor networks...
Satoshi Nakamoto Predicted Bitcoin’s Hash Defense 16 Years Before Quantum Fears
18.7.2026
Sixteen years ago, Satoshi Nakamoto answered a doubter on a forum in 2010, and the reply still guides how the network defends its money today. A Forum Post That Set the Rules On July 16, 2010, a user named bdonlan questioned Bitcoin’s double SHA-256 hashing on the Bitcointalk forum. He asked...
Bitcoin Whales Are Not Selling Over Quantum Fears, Analyst Says
16.7.2026
Bitcoin whales have not identified quantum computing risks as a reason for selling, according to Galaxy Digital, while institutional investors have flagged quantum concerns as a reason to avoid buying the crypto asset. Quantum Fears Appear to Be Influencing Buyers, Not Bitcoin Sellers Bitcoin’s...
‘Bitcoin Is Over’: Former Meta and Google Engineer Warns of Quantum and Miner Time Bombs Affecting BTC
11.7.2026
Patrick Shyu, the former Meta and Google engineer known online as Techlead, warns that quantum computing and decaying miner incentives are two undefused threats hanging over Bitcoin. A Warning Worth Heeding Shyu, who served as a tech lead at Google and later as a staff software engineer at Meta...
Trump Executive Order Sets Deadlines for Federal Shift to Quantum-Resistant Encryption
23.6.2026
Federal agencies must transition high-value and high-impact systems to post-quantum cryptography by 2031 under Trump’s executive order. The directive requires migration leads, procurement updates, and coordination with critical infrastructure to address quantum risks. Agencies Face 2030 and 2031...
Tim Draper Says Quantum Will Crack Banks Before Bitcoin
11.6.2026
Tim Draper argued bitcoin faces less quantum risk than banks, comparing its security to Fort Knox. His comments shifted attention from blockchain vulnerabilities to legacy financial systems, as debate grows over quantum computing’s threat to modern cryptography. Tim Draper Revives Bitcoin Security...
Zerotier CEO: Crypto’s Real Quantum Risk Is Data in Transit, Not Wallet Keys
31.5.2026
The greatest quantum danger to crypto is not a future computer cracking wallet keys but the encrypted transaction data that adversaries are quietly harvesting today, Zerotier CEO Andrew Gault warned. The Risk Is in the Data Already Moving The crypto industry’s focus on quantum-proofing wallets...
Quantus Warns Quantum Computers Could Threaten $2T in Bitcoin and Crypto Assets
29.5.2026
A new Quantus report says the crypto industry is not moving fast enough to prepare for quantum computers that could break today’s signature systems. The report warns that bitcoin, ethereum, and other major networks face a difficult migration problem because public keys live permanently on-chain....
China Unveils Jiuzhang 4.0: The Photonic Quantum Computer Defying the Laws of Speed
15.5.2026
The new iteration of China’s Jiuzhang photonic quantum computer prototypes solved the Boson sampling problem much more quickly than the world’s most powerful computer. The computer represents a major leap and opens the doors for further advancement in photonic quantum computing. China’s Jiuzhang...
Paradigm Researcher Proposes PACTs to Shield Dormant Bitcoin From Quantum Computing Risk
2.5.2026
Paradigm researcher Dan Robinson published a proposal on May 1 that could let dormant bitcoin holders, including those believed to be Satoshi Nakamoto’s coins, silently prove address control before quantum computers can crack their keys. Key Takeaways: Paradigm’s Dan Robinson proposed PACTs on...
Silence Labs Launches Quantum-Safe Vault to Secure Crypto Custody
1.5.2026
Silence Laboratories has launched a quantum-safe custody vault designed to protect digital assets from future cryptographic threats. The system combines post-quantum signatures with multi-party computation to help institutions transition without overhauling existing infrastructure. Key Takeaways:...
Solana Readies Quantum Defense With 3-Step Roadmap and Falcon Implementation
28.4.2026
Solana’s two primary validator client developers have independently identified the same post-quantum cryptographic solution for the network, publishing working code on Github as blockchain researchers across the industry step up preparations for a future threat that remains years away....