Bitcoin
Why Bitcoin is down 1.6% today
Analysis
Bitcoin fell 1.6% over the past 24 hours as traders reacted to a risk-off mix of security and macro headlines. CoinDesk reported new Google research suggesting Bitcoin’s Taproot could make certain quantum-related attacks easier than expected, which likely weighed on sentiment.
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Breaking Bitcoin with quantum may be easier than thought, with Taproot partly to blame, Google says
The findings suggest attackers could one day steal bitcoin mid-transaction, challenging assumptions that the threat is decades away.
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