Comment by uejfiweun

The seeming culprit is the Federal Reserve planning to raise interest rates. However, I wonder - could a cause of this be quantum computing breakthroughs? I read today that an Australian research team was able to achieve 99% accuracy in quantum calculations: https://scitechdaily.com/major-breakthrough-as-quantum-compu.... Please correct me if I'm wrong, but my understanding is that quantum computers would totally break Bitcoin as it is based on the SHA-256 algorithm.