# EU financial watchdogs warn quantum computing poses imminent threat to blockchain encryption

https://mins.news/en/item/72041

- CoinDesk, 2026-09-24 09:32 UTC
- Tech
- Original: https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2026/09/24/eu-financial-watchdogs-warn-quantum-computing-poses-imminent-threat-to-blockchain-encryption

> EU financial watchdogs warn that quantum computing could soon threaten blockchain encryption. The alert adds urgency to the debate over how bitcoin should handle legacy addresses whose public keys are already exposed onchain.