Grayscale Highlights XRP’s Push To Counter Quantum Risk
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 […]
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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 […]
Experts say XRP’s design leaves a smaller share of its supply exposed to a potential quantum attack than Bitcoin. An Armor Against Quantum Attacks? Following the recent spike of the crypto quantum-panic or “quantum FUD” (fear, uncertainty and doubt) after Google’s “doomsday” whitepaper, many crypto developers are analysts have taken into the job of running tests to make sure their coins are safe. Others are already writing up safety post-quantum protocols and proofs. Vet, XRP Ledger dUNL validator and long‑time XRPL contributor, shared on a post on the social network X the belief that....
Federal agencies of the US government are expanding their calls for quantum computing resistant encryption methods. In effect, the National Institute of Standards (NIST) recently announced a request for public-key post-quantum algorithms. This action follows warnings from the National Security Agency (NSA) about the risks of potential quantum-based....
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 […]