Updated: 13.04.2026
- Bernstein analysts believe that the decline in Bitcoin’s price already reflects market concerns about quantum computing.
- Experts say Bitcoin has time to prepare for the changes.
Bitcoin’s nearly 50% drop from its all-time high of $126,198 reached in October 2025 suggests the market has priced in the risks associated with quantum technology breakthroughs, according to Bernstein analysts.
The company’s note explains that this is due in part to technological advances in zero-knowledge privacy and quantum-resistant cryptography, which “balance” the impact of artificial intelligence and quantum acceleration.
Bernstein’s report comes two weeks after Google experts stated, that future quantum computers will be able to crack Bitcoin’s private key in nine minutes, which is less than the 10-minute block creation time in the blockchain.
However, Bernstein believes that Bitcoin has time to prepare its security protocols for the advent of quantum computers.
We expect institutional partners, with billions at stake, to play a constructive role in reaching consensus on a post-quantum path.
Interestingly, Blockstream’s CEO recently Adam Beck stressed, that the Bitcoin blockchain already contains elements that are ready to withstand quantum computing. He also drew the community’s attention to the fact that the aforementioned Google article misinterpreted Taproot and Schnorr, which are precisely the barriers to quantum computing.
A respected expert in the crypto community Adam Beck believes that Bitcoin developers have enough time to finalize the code and there is no need for hasty actions.
Previously edited Happy Coin News Wrote, that Naoris Protocol launched a quantum-resistant BlockThis is the first network built entirely on post-quantum cryptography, approved by the US National Institute of Standards and Technology.
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