Coinbase CEO announced that the firm has formed an independent advisory board focused on quantum computing and blockchain ...

For counsel advising clients in this space, the essential task is to help decision-makers see beyond moral vocabulary to ...

A new tool, the Quantum Doomsday Clock, has set a timeline for when quantum computers could break Bitcoin’s (BTC) encryption.

Quantum computers will break encryption one day. But converting data into light particles and beaming them around using thousands of satellites might be one way around this problem. When you purchase ...

As the first major tech company to comply with government demands for encrypted data, Microsoft sets a dangerous precedent.

Quantum computers won’t be able to break encryption tools in 2024, but that hasn’t stopped security experts preparing for a time when quantum devices will be powerful enough to crack the algorithms ...

Chinese researchers have successfully used D-Wave‘s quantum annealing systems to break classic encryption RSA, potentially accelerating the timeline for when quantum computers could pose a real threat ...

Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are now embedded in the global financial system. Countries are creating strategic reserves, and institutional investors, from hedge funds to pension schemes, are ...

A view of NIST headquarters in Gaithersburg, Md. (Photo credit: NIST) The National Institute of Standards and Technology announced an algorithm that could serve as a second line of defense to ensure ...

Vitalik Buterin shared his plan for “The Splurge,” to “fix everything else” in upgrading Ethereum, including defending against encryption-breaking computers. Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin said ...

Earlier this month, Google announced a brand-new quantum chip dubbed Willow. The 105-qubit chip — that’s double the qubit count of the tech giant’s preceding Sycamore chip — completed a computation in ...

Microsoft has provided BitLocker encryption keys to the FBI in a Guam fraud case, marking the first known instance of such cooperation and raising privacy concerns.