Google Cuts the Qubits Needed to Break Ethereum by 20x, But There’s a Plan

ETH

ETH/USDT

$1,721.13

+2.65%

$1,721.13

+2.65%

(24s)

24h Volume

$7,785,541,972.01

24h H/L

$1,733.04 / $1,654.90

Change: $78.14 (4.72%)

Long/Short

69.8%

Long: 69.8%Short: 30.2%

Funding Rate

+0.0016%

Longs pay

Data provided by COINOTAG DATALive data

Ethereum

Daily

$1,719.41

▼ -0.36%

Volume (24h): -

Resistance Levels

Resistance 3$1,965.05

Resistance 2$1,829.21

Resistance 1$1,732.03

Price$1,719.41

Support 1$1,709.66

Support 2$1,615.03

Support 3$1,505.68

Pivot (PP):$1,720.70

Trend:Downtrend

RSI (14):37.4

BeInCrypto Editorial

(05:21 AM UTC)

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Reviewed byEmily Watson

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A Google Quantum AI paper published in March 2026 cut the estimated hardware needed to break Ethereum’s account security by 20 times. The quantum threat moved from theoretical to scheduled, and across the blockchain industry, only one network is visibly preparing.

Earlier research estimated that cracking the signature scheme protecting every Ethereum account would require tens of thousands of…