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Q-Day could destroy bitcoin – and our retirement savings

Even if you’ve never bought any cryptocurrency, like columnist Karmela Padavic-Callaghan, your money may be affected by bitcoin’s fate – which is uncertain, as quantum computing advances are threatening to make the encryption protecting it useless

Q-Day could destroy bitcoin – and our retirement savings
New Scientist — 29 May 2026
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Even if you’ve never bought any cryptocurrency, like columnist Karmela Padavic-Callaghan, your money may be affected by bitcoin’s fate – which is uncertain, as quantum computing advances are threatening to make the encryption protecting it useless

This report comes from New Scientist. The story centres on Q-Day could destroy bitcoin – and our retirement savings. Full coverage and background context is available at the original source. Readers seeking more detail on this developing topic are encouraged to follow updates from New Scientist and related outlets covering this beat.

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