[Webinar] Is Crypto Ready for Quantum?

On June 17, The Tie will host an Innovator Webinar: "Is Crypto Ready for Quantum?"

The quantum threat to crypto has crossed from theoretical to concrete. In March 2026, a Google Quantum AI paper cut the estimated cost of breaking the elliptic-curve cryptography underlying Bitcoin and Ethereum to under 500,000 physical qubits, roughly a twentyfold reduction from prior estimates. In April 2026, Coinbase's quantum advisory board concluded that crypto is safe today but gave it a deadline.

The harder question is what that means for institutions right now. There are two separate clocks. The first is the day a quantum machine can forge a signature and move live funds. The second is "harvest now, decrypt later," where encrypted data captured today gets opened years from now. The timeline for each is different, and so is the action required.

This discussion will examine how near the threat actually is, what "quantum-safe" claims from chains and vendors genuinely cover, and where the biggest hidden exposure sits in infrastructure institutions never directly interact with.

Speakers:
Tamir Hemo, Head of Cryptography, Succinct
Ivan Miskovic, Founder & CEO, Quantum
Bruno Martins, CTO, Algorand Foundation
Moderator: Sacha Ghebali, Chief Strategy Officer, The Tie

What we'll cover:

• How real the quantum threat is and what milestones signal it has moved from future to present
• Signature forgery vs. harvest now, decrypt later: which clock institutions should plan around first
• Building quantum-safe from genesis versus retrofitting a live network with real assets in motion
• What "quantum-safe" actually covers and what questions to ask to test the claim
• Quantum exposure hiding in shared proving infrastructure that institutions never see
• Why securing consensus against quantum is harder than swapping a signature scheme
• The risks during migration windows and bridge crossings for institutions holding assets through them
• What the EU's 2030 deadline and draft US timelines mean for custody and infrastructure teams today

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