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financeMEDIUM2026-04-21 15:00 UTC

Coinbase advisory board says quantum computing threat is on the horizon, crypto needs a plan

The 50-page paper concludes that while today’s blockchains remain secure, a future “fault-tolerant quantum computer” capable of breaking widely used encryption is increasingly plausible, and preparation must begin now.

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