Developer Rejects Quantum-computing Theory for Bitcoin Selloff

Crypto trader at a desk with BTC and ETH price charts showing a downward trend.

Bitcoin developer Matt Corallo pushed back on the idea that quantum-computing fear is the core driver of Bitcoin’s latest drawdown, arguing on Laura Shin’s Unchained (Feb. 19, 2026) that the storyline “doesn’t add up.” He framed the selloff as more consistent with market mechanics than with a sudden cryptographic crisis.