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

Google’s Willow Sparks Quantum Panic: Is Bitcoin’s Future in Jeopardy?

Google’s unveiling of Willow, its latest quantum computing chip, has reignited chatter about Bitcoin’s cryptography and whether it might be vulnerable. On Dec. 12, a lively X Spaces broadcast had BTC enthusiasts debating the reality of the threat. Some participants suggested that before 2030, we might see 1 million qubit machines with the power to … Read more

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