Crypto Projects Prepare for Security Threat as Trump Signs Quantum Computing Executive Order

Bitcoin holders may soon have a new issue to watch apart from the current price decline and market swings. The latest concern is quantum computing, a technology that many have said could break the security systems protecting BTC and other coins.

This comes as U.S. President Donald Trump signed two executive orders that would accelerate America’s quantum computing efforts. This would also prepare government systems for cyber threats in the future.

The new move shows how seriously governments are now taking quantum computing. Meanwhile, for crypto, it raises important questions for the future of its security.

Trump orders major quantum computing push

One of Trump’s executive orders, known as Executive Order 14411, directs the U.S. government to speed up the development of large-scale quantum computing systems. 

The government is also looking to get at least one advanced quantum computer to a Department of Energy facility and make it available for scientific research. 

🚨 JUST NOW: President Trump signs TWO executive orders securing the United States’ spot as the WORLD LEADER in Quantum Computing

ORDER 1: Launches a national effort to produce a quantum computer capable of performing important scientific calculations. It also aims to develop… pic.twitter.com/W30AeVROOj

— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) June 22, 2026

The order also instructs the Pentagon to deploy next-generation quantum sensors by September 2028. They would also expand their workforce training and supply chains related to the technology.

Michael Kratsios, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, said the administration believes this could become a reality as soon as 2028.

“It calls for the development of the first-ever quantum computer powerful enough for scientific research, initiating a new era of commercial capabilities,” he said.

Trump also signed another order that focuses on defending the government networks against potential quantum computing attacks.

The order warns that some of the US’s adversaries may already be collating encrypted information today with intentions to decrypt it later when quantum computing becomes stronger. This strategy was described as “harvest now, decrypt later.”

To avoid this, federal agencies would begin migrating their sensitive systems to post-quantum cryptography by 2030. The digital signature upgrades are scheduled for completion by 2031.

How does this concern Bitcoin?

This development matters because Bitcoin relies on ECDSA (Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm), which is theoretically vulnerable to quantum-powered attacks. In the future, a sufficiently powerful quantum computer could derive private keys from publicly-exposed public keys. Early Bitcoin address types exposed the public key, making them vulnerable to future attacks leveraging quantum computing.

Researchers from Google said that fewer than 500,000 physical qubits might be all that’s required to perform successful attacks on Bitcoin and Ethereum wallets. This estimate was about 20 times lower than what was initially estimated.

This projection led to discussions among researchers on the method for developing more quantum-resistant security solutions.

Proposals like Bitcoin Improvement Proposals BIP-360 and BIP-361 were designed to introduce quantum-resistant BTC addresses. This could help protect funds stored in older wallet formats.

Coinbase’s quantum advisory council also recently warned that about 7 million BTC could be exposed if quantum computing advances faster than expected.

Meanwhile, the Head of Research at Uphold, Martin Hiesboeck, shared in a recent X post that the panic about the threat to BTC is “fundamentally misplaced.” He stated that researchers are not flying blind and they have enough information to combat any risk.

The current panic over the quantum threat to #Bitcoin is largely fundamentally misplaced. As researchers, we are not flying blind.

We already possess robust post-quantum cryptography (PQC). The math behind lattice-based signatures and hash-based alternatives is well-understood,…

— Dr Martin Hiesboeck (@MHiesboeck) June 22, 2026

Crypto industry races to prepare

This threat is not limited to only Bitcoin. Ethereum developers have been working on wallet-level protections that would be implemented before network upgrades. Also, Algorand Foundation recently announced plans to make its blockchain resistant to quantum computing threats by the end of 2027. 

Meanwhile, Stellar aims to be quantum-resistant by 2027 amid its new network upgrade. Former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao also advised that Bitcoin holders may need a migration period to move their assets into quantum-safe addresses if this develops into a real threat.

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