According to investment firm River, it is "crucial" for Bitcoin's security to address the quantum computing threat early.

Microsoft's recent breakthrough shortens the timeline to make the leading cryptocurrency quantum-resistant.

Majorana 1, the state-of-the-art chip unveiled by the tech behemoth earlier this week, could potentially enable a million qubits on a single chip. The groundbreaking chip is powered by topological superconductivity, which is a new state of matter.