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The news reinforces a long-standing overhang for proof-of-work and ECDSA-based assets, but the timeline (end of decade) is too distant to affect current positioning. However, it may accelerate interest in quantum-resistant protocols like QRL or post-quantum upgrades to existing chains.

Microsoft announced a new quantum chip that is 1,000 times more reliable than its predecessor and predicted a commercially useful quantum computer by the end of the decade.