Asia Morning Briefing: Saylor Dismisses Quantum Computing Panic, Calls Bitcoin Threat Overblown

Michael Saylor to Crypto Skeptics: Bitcoin Will Outlive the Quantum Hype

In an interview aired over the weekend, MicroStrategy’s Michael Saylor dismissed the threat of quantum computing to Bitcoin as “a manufactured panic,” arguing that the world’s largest cryptocurrency will evolve long before any meaningful quantum disruption materializes.

“It’s software. It upgrades. It survives,” said Saylor. “The people pushing this fear are mostly trying to sell quantum-themed tokens or capture headlines.”

The MicroStrategy chairman was responding to renewed buzz after BlackRock flagged quantum computing as a long-term crypto risk. But Saylor brushed it off, saying it was more fiction than fact:

“There’s no incentive for a nation-state to drop a quantum bomb on global encryption. It would nuke everything—banking, defense, markets. That’s not how power works.”

While some developers are preparing just in case—like a BIP proposing a hard fork to migrate wallets to quantum-resistant addresses—Saylor argues phishing remains a far more urgent threat.

His stance comes as Bitcoin holds firm above $104K, with the market showing little concern about theoretical risks. Still, others aren’t so sure. A recent report by Presto Research warns the crypto industry is “nowhere near ready” for a post-quantum world, highlighting limited testing and inconsistent standards across blockchains.

Meanwhile, startups like BTQ are racing to deliver quantum-secure hardware, hoping to future-proof crypto infrastructure before it’s needed.