Investing.com - Quantum computing could pose a potential threat to Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, an expert in computer engineering has told analysts at Mizuho (NYSE:MFG) Securities.

The key concern is that a sufficiently advanced quantum computer will be able to break various forms of cryptography used in Bitcoin (and many other cryptocurrencies), effectively making the ...

Any user of Bitcoin can elect to use a pay-to-Taproot (p2tr) address rather than the older public key hash or SegWit addresses. If a quantum computer can one day break these Schnorr signatures ...

NYU finance professor David Yermack weighs in on the potential risks and benefits of investing in crypto and more ...

Odin.fun launches as a new Bitcoin meme coin trading platform offering two-second transactions through Internet Computer ...

Since 2013, James Howells has been hoping to recover a laptop hard drive that he says contains the private key for cryptocurrency which he says he mined in 2009. We wrote about it at the time, noting ...

Nevertheless, the Bitcoin Dominance Index (BTC.D), which tracks BTC’s market cap versus the rest of the crypto market, has actually risen by 15.50% in January, and up 55% in the past three years.

Developments in quantum computing highlight the risk to financial institutions and national security if new encryption measures aren't developed.

Elon Musk has turned the U.S. Treasury Department’s cybersecurity disaster into his latest roast material. Following news that Chinese state-backed hackers breached Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s ...

These exchanges make it easy to buy and sell Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies from your smartphone, tablet or computer. Platforms either charge a percentage of a trade or a fixed fee ...