Security researchers have raised alarms that artificial intelligence is accelerating the development of quantum computing, posing an earlier-than-expected threat to cryptocurrency security. The elliptic curve cryptography currently used in blockchain could potentially be broken by quantum computing in the future. There are concerns that attackers may already be collecting encrypted data on the blockchain, planning to decrypt it once quantum technology matures. The industry is actively working on advancing "post-quantum cryptography" and enhancing quantum resistance to mitigate these potential risks.