Bitcoin Quantum Threat Gets a 2029 Clock as U.S. Bets $300 Million on Quantum Tech

Bitcoin’s quantum threat has suddenly acquired something crypto developers tend to notice: a deadline.Washington is pouring up to $300 million into three quantum-computing companies just as Bitcoin and Ethereum engineers are planning how to replace the cryptography that protects billions of dollars in digital assets.On Tuesday, the U.S. Commerce Department finalized CHIPS Act awards worth as much as $100 million each for Rigetti, D-Wave and Quantinuum. The government is also taking minorit