With around 26,000 qubits, the encryption could be broken in a day, the researchers report in a paper submitted March 30 to arXiv.org. Another prevalent form of encryption, RSA–2048, would require 100,000 qubits and 10 days to break, according to the researchers, from Caltech and quantum computing company Oratomic in Pasadena, Calif.

Researchers affiliated with Caltech and the quantum computing startup Oratomic have published a preprint claiming that Shor’s algorithm, the theoretical tool capable of breaking widely used public-key encryption,

The market appears to be reassessing long‑term technological risks in crypto following Google's major quantum computing research update on Monday. While traditional assets like bitcoin BTC $68,470.32 and ether (ETH) have seen only modest price changes,

Google’s quantum research is accelerating fears that Bitcoin’s cryptography may face a real timeline — not a theoretical one — forcing the network to race toward quantum-resistant upgrades.

CZ says crypto can survive quantum computing by upgrading to post-quantum algorithms, but cautions of execution considerations.

The research shows quantum computers may break bitcoin and ether wallet encryption with far fewer qubits than previously thought, accelerating the push toward post-quantum security.

Quantum computing advances push security teams to replace encryption keys faster and adopt quantum-resistant algorithms. Investors and enterprises now treat Q-Day