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Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino has predicted that quantum computers will be able to hack inactive Bitcoin wallets in the future and return them to circulation.

“Every Bitcoin in the lost wallets, including Satoshi’s holdings (if not alive), will be hacked and returned to circulation,” he wrote in a post on the social network X on February 8. However, he stressed that this will happen in the distant future.

Lost wallets are more vulnerable due to the lack of an active owner, while users can move their assets to quantum-resistant addresses. Some analysts have warned that the market could be severely affected if Satoshi’s bitcoins are recovered.