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Aug 10, 2026

Vitalik Buterin Unveils Revised Ethereum Roadmap Prioritizing Quantum Security and Privacy

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has released an updated technical roadmap that elevates quantum-resistant cryptography and privacy features as top priorities, marking a significant shift from the network's 2023 development plan. The new roadmap also emphasizes native rollups and incorporates AI-assisted formal verification while downgrading or replacing some previous initiatives like verifiable delay functions.

Aug 10, 2026·7 sources

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Aug 7, 2026

Sui integrates post-quantum signature schemes for quantum-safe accounts

Sui blockchain is integrating two NIST-approved post-quantum signature schemes, enabling users to adopt quantum-safe keys without creating new recovery phrases or changing wallet addresses.

Aug 7, 2026·2 sources

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Jul 23, 2026

Major Financial Institutions Launch Bitcoin Security Consortium with $15 Million to Address Quantum Computing Threats

BlackRock, Fidelity Digital Assets, Coinbase, Strategy, and other leading firms formed the Bitcoin Security Consortium, pledging $15 million over three years to fund Bitcoin security research, including post-quantum cryptography. The initiative follows Galaxy Digital's separate $5 million quantum readiness fund announced days earlier.

Jul 23, 2026·9 sources

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Jul 21, 2026

Galaxy Digital commits $5 million to Bitcoin quantum computing defense initiative

Galaxy Digital launched the Bitcoin Quantum Readiness Initiative, committing up to $5 million in developer grants for post-quantum cryptography solutions and establishing an advisory council to prepare Bitcoin for potential quantum computing threats.

Jul 21, 2026·6 sources

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Bitcoin Industry Mobilizes on Quantum Computing Threat with New Cryptographic Solutions and Funding Initiatives

Project Eleven unveiled an unaudited post-quantum zero-knowledge proof prototype designed to verify Bitcoin wallet ownership after Q-Day. Separately, Galaxy launched a quantum-readiness initiative on July 21 that includes up to $5 million in developer grants and a Quantum Advisory Council. Project Eleven's announcement came around the 16th anniversary of Satoshi Nakamoto's July 2010 forum post discussing a possible cryptographic upgrade path.

Jul 21, 2026·8 sources

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Jul 19, 2026

Project Eleven develops quantum-proof Bitcoin recovery tool for compromised wallets

Quantum security startup Project Eleven has funded a proof that allows wallet owners to reclaim Bitcoin after quantum computers can forge signatures, using the wallet's key-derivation path as ownership proof. The tool runs in 243 milliseconds on a laptop.

Jul 19, 2026·2 sources

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Jun 10, 2026

Coinbase Warns Bitcoin Must Address Quantum Computing Threat to Dormant Coins

Coinbase's quantum advisory council released a report urging cryptocurrency developers to begin post-quantum migration work immediately, highlighting the vulnerability of abandoned Bitcoin addresses and warning that handling these dormant coins could become a major challenge for the network.

Jun 10, 2026·4 sources

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Jun 9, 2026

Quantum Computing Threat Emerges as Major Concern for Bitcoin Amid $1 Trillion Market Cap Loss

As Bitcoin's price has plummeted from $126,000 to around $60,000, erasing over $1.2 trillion in market value, Citi analysts and industry experts are raising alarms about quantum computing vulnerabilities, with Stellar unveiling a three-stage migration plan to quantum-safe cryptography while debate intensifies over whether Bitcoin or traditional banks face greater risk.

Jun 9, 2026·4 sources

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SBI Shinsei Bank Launches Crypto Voucher Rewards Program for Japanese Depositors

SBI Shinsei Bank will begin a pilot program on June 10 allowing its 4.33 million depositors to receive vouchers worth 20% of their interest payments, redeemable for Bitcoin, Ethereum, and XRP. The three-month program represents a novel integration of traditional banking with cryptocurrency rewards.

Jun 9, 2026·5 sources

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Jun 4, 2026

US Moves Forward on Strategic Bitcoin Reserve with Treasury Management and Congressional Legislation

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent testified that the department is proceeding with "deliberate speed" on establishing a Bitcoin reserve, while Representative Nick Begich introduced legislation to formally create a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve within the Treasury Department.

Jun 4, 2026·2 sources

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Jun 2, 2026

Mt. Gox Moves 10,422 Bitcoin Worth $739 Million as Repayment Deadline Approaches

The defunct cryptocurrency exchange Mt. Gox transferred 10,422 BTC ($739 million) from cold storage to a new wallet on June 2, marking its first on-chain movement in over two months. The transfer occurred as Bitcoin traded below $70,000, with approximately 35,000 BTC still remaining for distribution to creditors.

Jun 2, 2026·5 sources

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Jun 1, 2026

Kalshi Launches First U.S. Regulated Bitcoin Perpetual Futures Amid George Santos Insider Trading Investigation

Prediction market platform Kalshi launched the first CFTC-regulated Bitcoin perpetual futures in the U.S. and applied for altcoin derivatives, while former congressman George Santos faces federal investigation for allegedly betting against his own attendance at a State of the Union address on the platform.

Jun 1, 2026·6 sources

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May 28, 2026

Bernstein Initiates Coverage on Bitcoin Miners TeraWulf and Cipher Digital, Forecasting Ninefold AI Revenue Growth by 2030

Investment firm Bernstein has initiated coverage on Bitcoin miners TeraWulf and Cipher Digital with 'Outperform' ratings and price targets of $36 and $32 respectively, positioning them as 'power landlords' for AI infrastructure. The coverage comes as Bitcoin mining stocks have significantly outperformed BTC in 2026, with miners securing over $110 billion in AI-related deals over the past two years.

May 28, 2026·3 sources

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IBM announces $10 billion investment to build large-scale quantum computer by 2029

IBM disclosed plans to invest over $10 billion in quantum computing over five years, aiming to build the first large-scale quantum computer capable of running complex calculations reliably and without errors by 2029.

May 28, 2026·2 sources

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May 26, 2026

Quantum computing threat to Bitcoin accelerates as experts warn cryptographic defenses may need urgent upgrade

New reports warn the cryptocurrency industry faces an accelerating quantum computing threat that could compromise Bitcoin's security sooner than expected, with over $2 trillion in digital assets potentially at risk. Early Bitcoin investor Andrew Gault suggests the industry may be focusing on the wrong vulnerabilities.

May 26, 2026·4 sources

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May 24, 2026

Quantum computing threat to Bitcoin accelerates as AI advances, Stanford cryptographer warns against rushed fixes

Security experts warn that artificial intelligence is accelerating the quantum computing threat to cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, while Stanford cryptographer Dan Boneh cautions that a rushed post-quantum migration could cause worse failures than the threat itself. The concerns come as interest in vulnerable early Bitcoin holdings, including Satoshi Nakamoto's coins, intensifies.

May 24, 2026·3 sources

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May 20, 2026

Tether Acquires Full Control of Twenty One Capital After Buying Out SoftBank Stake

Tether purchased SoftBank's entire stake in Twenty One Capital (NYSE: XXI), giving it complete ownership of one of the largest public Bitcoin treasuries.

May 20, 2026·3 sources

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May 11, 2026

NEAR Protocol Announces Post-Quantum-Safe Signing Testnet for Q2 2026 Amid Growing Quantum Computing Concerns

NEAR Protocol plans to launch a post-quantum-safe signing testnet in Q2 2026 using FIPS-204 standard, allowing users to rotate keys to quantum-resistant alternatives. The announcement comes as Project Eleven warns quantum computing threatens blockchains, banking systems, and digital infrastructure, with concerns that Bitcoin may face challenges in quantum migration.

May 11, 2026·3 sources

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May 7, 2026

Project Eleven Report Warns Quantum Computers Could Break Blockchain Cryptography by 2030-2033

Project Eleven released a report warning that quantum computers capable of breaking blockchain cryptography could arrive as soon as 2030, with a baseline 'Q-Day' scenario projected for 2033. The report provides an analytical framework for measuring quantum progress based on research from Google and other quantum computing leaders.

May 7, 2026·2 sources

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May 5, 2026

Galaxy Digital's Alex Thorn Says Bitcoin Community Reaching Consensus on Quantum Computing Threat Response

In a research note published May 3, 2026, Galaxy Digital Research Director Alex Thorn reported that the Bitcoin community is coalescing around a consensus to leave Satoshi Nakamoto's coins untouched while preparing for quantum computing threats through post-quantum cryptography adoption.

May 5, 2026·4 sources

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May 2, 2026

Canadian Pension Fund AIMCo Discloses $219 Million Stake in Strategy (MicroStrategy)

Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo), a major Canadian pension fund, disclosed a $219 million position in Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy), marking its return to Bitcoin exposure via public markets after previously exiting. The fund is now sitting on a $69 million unrealized gain.

May 2, 2026·2 sources

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Apr 28, 2026

Jack Dorsey's Block Discloses $2.2 Billion in Bitcoin Holdings in Q1 Proof-of-Reserves Report

Block Inc. revealed it holds 28,355 BTC ($2.2 billion) including $1.5 billion in customer Bitcoin and $692 million in corporate treasury, adding 114 BTC in Q1 and committing to regular third-party audited reports.

Apr 28, 2026·4 sources

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Apr 24, 2026

Independent Researcher Breaks 15-Bit Elliptic Curve Key on Publicly Accessible Quantum Hardware, Wins Project Eleven's 1 BTC Q-Day Prize

Independent researcher Giancarlo Lelli broke a 15-bit elliptic curve key on publicly accessible quantum hardware, winning Project Eleven's 1 BTC Q-Day Prize. The largest public demonstration yet of a quantum attack on Bitcoin-class cryptography, achieved on commodity cloud hardware rather than a national lab.

Apr 24, 2026·2 sources

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Apr 21, 2026

Ripple Publishes Roadmap to Make XRP Ledger Quantum-Resistant by 2028

Ripple released a four-phase plan to prepare the XRP Ledger for post-quantum cryptography by 2028, setting a concrete timeline ahead of Bitcoin and Ethereum for quantum security upgrades.

Apr 21, 2026·5 sources

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Apr 17, 2026

Zonda Exchange CEO Discloses 4,500 BTC Wallet Inaccessible Amid Withdrawal Crisis

The CEO of troubled Polish exchange Zonda revealed a Bitcoin wallet holding approximately 4,500 BTC (worth over $330 million) is inaccessible because private keys were never transferred during a company handover.

Apr 17, 2026·2 sources

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Apr 16, 2026

Morgan Stanley Bitcoin Trust Surpasses WisdomTree ETF After Just Six Trading Days

Morgan Stanley's MSBT Bitcoin fund has overtaken WisdomTree's spot Bitcoin ETF in assets after only six trading days, with inflows topping $100 million. The fund is now within striking distance of overtaking three other January 2024 Bitcoin ETF launches.

Apr 16, 2026·2 sources

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Charles Hoskinson attacks BIP-361, says Bitcoin's governance can't solve the quantum problem

Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson releases a video calling BIP-361 a mischaracterized soft fork that would render 1.7 million BTC permanently unrecoverable. He tweets "Have fun stealing Satoshi's coins" directly at supporters of the proposal and argues Bitcoin's lack of on-chain governance makes the quantum problem unsolvable, while positioning Cardano's governance model as the alternative.

Apr 16, 2026·4 sources

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Apr 15, 2026

Bitcoin Developers Debate Quantum Attack Countermeasures as BitMEX Proposes 'Canary' Alternative to Mandatory Coin Freeze

Bitcoin developers are weighing two approaches to quantum computing threats: BIP-361, which would freeze legacy coins over five years to force migration to quantum-resistant signatures, and BitMEX Research's 'Quantum Canary' bounty system that would only trigger a freeze after a proven attack occurs.

Apr 15, 2026·6 sources

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Polymarket odds of Satoshi moving Bitcoin double to 9.3% following BIP-361 publication

Following BIP-361's publication, Polymarket odds for "Will Satoshi Nakamoto move any Bitcoin in 2026?" climbed to 9.3%, up from 4.5% at the start of the year, drawing over $2.4 million in trading volume. Analysts noted the muted overall response suggests traders still view BIP-361 as a governance discussion rather than an imminent catalyst, but the doubling of odds signals growing market unease around Satoshi's estimated 1.1 million BTC.

Apr 15, 2026·3 sources

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Bitcoin's quantum freeze proposal splits the industry; three counter-approaches emerge

Within 48 hours of BIP-361, three competing approaches surface. Adam Back argues at Paris Blockchain Week for optional upgrades over forced freezes. BitMEX Research proposes a reactive "canary fund" that only triggers a freeze if a quantum attack is proven on-chain. Justin Sun announces TRON will be the first major chain to deploy NIST post-quantum signatures on mainnet, though no technical documentation follows.

Apr 15, 2026·5 sources

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Apr 14, 2026

BIP-361 proposes freezing quantum-vulnerable Bitcoin within five years

Jameson Lopp and five co-authors publish BIP-361, a three-phase plan to phase out legacy signatures and freeze any unmigrated coins within five years, including an estimated 1.1 million BTC attributed to Satoshi Nakamoto.

Apr 14, 2026·4 sources

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Apr 9, 2026

Bitcoin Depot Discloses $3.7 Million Corporate Hack After Attackers Drain 50.9 BTC

The crypto ATM operator revealed that attackers gained control of settlement account credentials and stole 50.9 BTC worth $3.6-3.7 million from company wallets two weeks after the breach occurred.

Apr 9, 2026·2 sources

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Bernstein Says Quantum Threat to Bitcoin Is Manageable Upgrade Cycle, Not Existential Crisis

Wall Street broker Bernstein published research arguing that while quantum computing poses a real threat to Bitcoin, it represents a multi-year upgrade cycle rather than an existential crisis, with risks concentrated in older wallets and exposed keys.

Apr 9, 2026·4 sources

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Lightning Labs CTO unveils first working prototype for Quantum-Resistant Bitcoin Wallet Rescue

Lightning Labs CTO Olaoluwa Osuntokun published a working prototype on April 8, 2026, that lets Bitcoin wallet owners prove ownership via a zero-knowledge proof of their seed phrase, without revealing it, providing an escape hatch if an emergency quantum-defense upgrade ever locks users out of their funds. Running on a consumer MacBook, the tool generates a verifiable proof in 55 seconds with a 1.7 MB output, closing a gap that had existed only in theory: how to protect Bitcoin from a quantum threat without freezing ordinary users out.

Apr 9, 2026·4 sources

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Apr 8, 2026

US and Iran Agree to Two-Week Ceasefire, Bitcoin Surges Past $72,000

Iran's Supreme National Security Council accepted a two-week ceasefire in its conflict with the US, prompting Bitcoin to jump approximately 5% to over $72,000 as risk assets rallied on reduced geopolitical tensions.

Apr 8, 2026·14 sources

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Apr 6, 2026

Solo Bitcoin Miner Wins $210,000 Block Reward Against 1-in-28,000 Daily Odds

A solo miner using CKpool successfully solved a Bitcoin block, collecting approximately $210,000 in rewards—the 312th solo block cracked with the software since its 2014 launch.

Apr 6, 2026·1 source

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Circle Announces Quantum-Resistant Roadmap for Arc Blockchain

Circle has unveiled plans to make its Arc layer-1 blockchain quantum-resistant from day one, allowing users to create wallets that can withstand future quantum computer attacks. The move comes amid growing concerns that 'Q-Day' may arrive sooner than anticipated.

Apr 6, 2026·2 sources

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Apr 5, 2026

Algorand Surges 50% After Google Research Flags Quantum Threat to Bitcoin and Ethereum

Algorand jumped 50% after a Google Quantum AI research paper highlighted the blockchain as a live example of post-quantum cryptography implementation, while warning that quantum computers could threaten Bitcoin and Ethereum's current cryptographic security.

Apr 5, 2026·4 sources

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Apr 3, 2026

Charles Schwab to Launch Direct Bitcoin and Ethereum Trading via 'Schwab Crypto' Account

Financial services giant Charles Schwab, with nearly $12 trillion in client assets, announced plans to launch spot Bitcoin and Ethereum trading through a new 'Schwab Crypto' account by the end of Q2 2026, with early access subscriptions now available.

Apr 3, 2026·4 sources

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Riot Platforms Sells $250-290 Million in Bitcoin During Q1 2026

Bitcoin mining company Riot Platforms sold 3,778 BTC worth approximately $250-290 million during Q1 2026, more than 2.5 times its production, as part of a strategic pivot toward AI infrastructure. The sales add to a broader trend of public Bitcoin treasury companies liquidating holdings.

Apr 3, 2026·5 sources

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Mar 31, 2026

Google Research Warns Quantum Computers May Break Bitcoin Cryptography Sooner Than Expected

Google researchers published findings showing quantum computers may require 20x fewer qubits than previously estimated to break elliptic curve cryptography used by Bitcoin and Ethereum. The research suggests fault-tolerant quantum machines capable of threatening crypto security could arrive by 2029-2032, accelerating industry urgency around post-quantum upgrades.

Mar 31, 2026·13 sources

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Feb 11, 2026

Bitcoin developers introduce BIP-360, a quantum-safe address format

A group of Bitcoin developers propose BIP-360, introducing a new quantum-resistant transaction type called pay-to-Merkle-root (P2MR). The proposal creates a migration path for new coins but leaves billions in legacy addresses unprotected.

Feb 11, 2026·3 sources

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Feb 9, 2026

CoinShares report argues only 8% of Bitcoin is realistically Quantum-vulnerable, not 34%

CoinShares published research, pushing back on estimates that 20–50% of Bitcoin faces quantum risk, arguing only ~1.6 million BTC in legacy P2PK addresses, roughly 8% of supply, is realistically targetable. The firm said breaking Bitcoin's cryptography would require quantum computers 100,000 times more powerful than today's and narrowed the true market-disruption risk to just ~10,200 BTC concentrated enough to cause meaningful price impact.

Feb 9, 2026·4 sources

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Feb 6, 2026

Google Warns the Quantum Era Is Closer Than It Appears

Google publishes a call to action urging governments and industry to prepare for the end of current encryption standards, warning that a cryptographically relevant quantum computer is “not forever a decade away” and that the transition to post-quantum cryptography must begin now.

Feb 6, 2026·4 sources

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Apr 4, 2025

BIP proposes Quantum-Resistant Address Migration Protocol

Bitcoin developer Agustin Cruz introduced a draft Bitcoin Improvement Proposal (BIP) named the Quantum-Resistant Address Migration Protocol (QRAMP). This proposal aims to protect Bitcoin wallets from potential future threats posed by advancements in quantum computing.

Apr 4, 2025·3 sources

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Jan 28, 2025

BTQ proposes quantum-based Proof-of-Work to enhance blockchain security and energy efficiency

Quantum startup BTQ Technologies has introduced a novel Proof-of-Work (PoW) consensus mechanism leveraging Coarse-Grained Boson Sampling (CGBS). The method, detailed in a peer-reviewed research paper, aims to provide a more energy-efficient alternative to traditional PoW while ensuring blockchain networks remain secure against quantum computing threats.

Jan 28, 2025·2 sources

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Top claims

▪Ethereum is exploring the possibility of exposing simpler instruction-set architectures like leanISA or RISC-V to developers as alternatives to the Ethereum Virtual Machine.
▪In early 2026, the Ethereum Foundation formed a dedicated post-quantum team, and Vitalik Buterin outlined a phased plan to replace four vulnerable cryptographic components.
▪The updated Ethereum roadmap incorporates post-quantum scaling approaches, including lightweight LeanSPHINCS signatures, signature aggregation, and "zkzk" cryptographic frameworks.

People involved

Vitalik Buterin Satoshi Nakamoto Scott Bessent Nick Begich Alex Thorn

Charles Hoskinson

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