Nic Carter Raises Concerns on Bitcoin’s Quantum Vulnerability: Q-Day to Arrive by 2035

A new article by Nic Carter, partner at Castle Island Ventures, raises alarms about the vulnerability of bitcoin before the emergence of a cryptographically relevant quantum computer (CRQC). Carter believes that such an event will happen circa 2035, sooner than expected. Nic Carter Awakens Quantum Concerns: Q-Day To Arrive In 2025 The Facts Nic Carter, … Read more

Human Rights Foundation Raises Alarm Over ‘Quantum Threat’ to Bitcoin

On Oct. 31, 2025, Human Rights Foundation (HRF) Chief Strategy Officer Alex Gladstein shared a detailed report from HRF examining how the rise of cryptographically relevant quantum computers (CRQCs) could one day threaten Bitcoin’s core security and the financial freedom it provides to dissidents worldwide. The Quantum Threat: HRF Warns Bitcoin’s Security Faces a Future … Read more

Google Claims Quantum Leap: New Chip Runs Algorithm 13,000x Faster Than Supercomputers

Google Quantum AI announced a breakthrough that, for the first time, demonstrates a verifiable quantum algorithm running 13,000 times faster than the world’s top supercomputers. Bitcoin Proponents Ask Google AI X Account: ‘What Algorithm? SHA256?’ After Quantum Claim Google revealed that its Quantum artificial intelligence (AI) team successfully executed a verifiable algorithm on its Willow … Read more

Bitcoin’s Quantum Risk: Former Pharma Exec Martin Shkreli Says Shor’s Algorithm Is the One to Watch

American investor and former pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli told host Isabel Foxen Duke that if quantum computing ever scales, Shor’s algorithm—not artificial intelligence (AI)—poses the most credible path to cracking the elliptic curve cryptography behind bitcoin wallets, though today’s hardware is far from capable. Satoshi’s Keys and Quantum Dreams: Shkreli on Timelines and Tactics During … Read more

HSBC Touts Quantum Win: IBM Test Boosts Bond-Trading Predictions by 34%

HSBC says quantum computing just clocked a real trading win, reporting empirical gains in algorithmic bond pricing with IBM’s hardware and know-how. IBM Heron Takes Flight: HSBC Flags Quantum Gains in Algorithmic Bond Trading Announced Sept. 25, the joint trial touts the world’s first-known real-world evidence that today’s quantum machines can add value in live … Read more

Solana Co-Founder Warns: Bitcoin Faces Quantum Risk if Developers Fail to Act by 2030

Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko warned at the All-In Summit 2025 that rapid advances in quantum computing could force Bitcoin to migrate to new cryptography by 2030 or risk security failures. Yakovenko: Watch Apple and Google for the Signal, It’s Time to Harden Bitcoin Yakovenko, an engineer by training, said at the All-In Summit, there’s “a … Read more

Can the SEC Protect Bitcoin? Quantum Defense Plan Sparks Criticism

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is reading a plan to keep Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other crypto safe if super-fast quantum computers show up one day. SEC Urged to Prepare for Cryptography Meltdown The 74-page Post-Quantum Financial Infrastructure Framework (PQFIF) plan was sent Sept. 3. It says today’s cryptography could break later when computers … Read more

‘Something Changed:’ Developer Warns Quantum Computing Could Break Bitcoin in Three Years

Hunter Beast, author of BIP 360, a proposal that aims to make bitcoin quantum computing resistant, has warned about advancements in the field that could potentially endanger bitcoin. “I don’t think we have as much time as I once thought,” he stressed. BIP 360 Author Raises Concerns About Bitcoin’s Vulnerability To Quantum Computing Quantum computing … Read more

Google Veteran: Seed Phrase Math Protects Bitcoin From Quantum Attack

Despite Microsoft’s breakthrough million-qubit quantum computer design, a former Google Europe veteran asserts that Bitcoin’s cryptography remains fundamentally secure for the foreseeable future. Quantum Threat to Bitcoin Overblown, Mathematical Reality Prevails According to Graham Cooke, a former Google veteran and the CEO of Brava, Microsoft’s development of “topological qubits,” touted for exceptional stability, promises machines … Read more