Bitcoin Risk Appetite Has Crashed Since October 2025: Quantum Signal
Bitcoin’s dominance over the wider crypto market has grown noticeably stronger in 2026, and new data suggests the reason comes down to where institutional money is — and isn’t — going. Related Reading: Crypto Firm Exodus Drains 63% Of Its Bitcoin Reserves As Q1 Loss Doubled Year Over Year Altcoin Season Loses Steam Analysts tracking market behavior say the expected rotation from Bitcoin into smaller altcoins has not materialized the way it did in previous bull cycles. The social buzz and speculative energy that once drove traders toward low-cap coins have both faded. According....
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Developers working on the XRP Ledger added a new type of digital signature to the network’s test environment in December 2025 — one designed to hold up against attacks from quantum computers. Related Reading: North Korean Agents Have Been Inside DeFi For Nearly A Decade, Researcher Says The upgrade, known as ML-DSA, replaces older cryptographic […]
Quantum computing has become a durable risk narrative for Bitcoin. This week, Galaxy Digital head of research Alex Thorn sat down with Strategy executive chairman Michael Saylor addressing the issue, shortly after Saylor posted his own “Bitcoin Quantum Leap” thesis on X. “The Bitcoin Quantum Leap: Quantum computing won’t break Bitcoin—it will harden it. The […]
Quantum risk has been getting louder in the Bitcoin conversation over the past few months. The question is whether that noise translates into price pressure in 2026. Grayscale’s answer, in its updated 2026 Digital Asset Outlook: “Dawn of the Institutional Era” (last updated Dec. 15), is essentially no. Quantum belongs on the risk register and […]
Quantum risk has become a recurring stress point in Bitcoin discourse, often framed as an existential threat. The claim usually follows a familiar arc: quantum computing is advancing quickly, cryptography is vulnerable, and Bitcoin isn’t adapting fast enough. Marty Bent doesn’t buy that framing. In his Dec. 14 episode, Bent acknowledged that quantum computing represents […]