The market appears to be reassessing long‐term technological risks in crypto following Google’s major quantum computing research update on Monday.

While traditional assets like bitcoin (BTC) and ether (ETH) have seen only modest price changes, certain cryptocurrencies associated with quantum‐resistant cryptography have experienced notable strength.

This outperformance of the so-called quantum-resistant tokens shows how quickly the market is pricing in potential technological risks, even if those are still theoretical. While quantum computers capable of attacking Bitcoin are still years away, traders are already signaling an appetite for “future-proof” assets.

Late Monday, Google’s Quantum AI team suggested that quantum computers could…