ARK’s Research Director Says Most Adviser Questions Are About Quantum, Not Token Revenue
ARK’s digital-assets research director said the questions professional money managers bring to ARK about crypto have centered on quantum computing rather than token economics. He also said ARK expects quantum computers to threaten current blockchain signatures within 10 to 20 years, while Bitcoin is more likely to update in time.
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What it means
Advisers and professional money managers asking ARK about crypto are getting a quantum-focused conversation today, not a token-revenue one. That matters for the parts of the sector built around blockchain signatures, because the concern being raised in those discussions is about signature security rather than token design.
The practical shift is that quantum risk is now part of the adviser questions ARK receives, and ARK has put a 10- to 20-year window on when current blockchain signatures could face that threat. What stays the same is that Bitcoin is still being discussed as something ARK expects to upgrade, so the issue is not an immediate change in how Bitcoin works today.
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Where this sits in the ARK series
| When | What happened | Figure |
|---|---|---|
| 37 days ago | ARK at $0.3911 high | today it sits -59.4% from there |
| 7 days ago | ARK at $0.1548 low | today it sits +2.5% from there |
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