Muneeb Ali, who founded Stacks, says worries about quantum computing are already slowing institutional investment in Bitcoin. He said this on Chain Reaction, a Cointelegraph podcast. Cointelegraph published the story on Oct 27, 2026.
Ali's view is that institutional investors are uncertain whether Bitcoin is secure against quantum computers, and that this uncertainty puts some of them off. He said the network needs a credible plan for security upgrades if it wants that confidence back.
The report does not say which institutions are holding back or how much money is involved. It also does not describe any upgrade plan for Bitcoin or give a timeline for one. These are Ali's warnings, not a measured outflow or an announced protocol change.
For someone already holding a Bitcoin perpetual on Bitget, Bybit, MEXC or OKX, this story changes nothing directly. It does not touch funding rates, trading fees or exchange rules, and the report links it to no market move. The cost of holding a position stays whatever the funding and fee data show.
Source: cointelegraph — Quantum fears already limiting Bitcoin’s growth, Stacks founder says
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