Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong (브라이언 암스트롱) rejected claims that an AI boom could bring down bitcoin. He said the bitcoin network would keep operating normally even if miners shift to AI computing because mining difficulty adjusts automatically. Armstrong also said bitcoin’s price is driven not by electricity costs for mining but by global inflation concerns, arguing demand for a scarce digital asset can persist regardless of power use.

Warnings that quantum computing could threaten cryptocurrency security have resurfaced, with some experts arguing even unpublished attack methods can already be reproduced. Ben Goertzel said Google’s secrecy is unlikely to be a real defense and highlighted an on-spend attack scenario that could break encryption in about 9 minutes, implying a 41 percent success probability. Analysts said about 6.9 million bitcoin may be exposed. Google has urged a shift to post-quantum cryptography by 2029.