**[Coinbase Establishes Quantum Computing and Blockchain Independent Advisory Council to Address Future Quantum Threats]** BlockBeats News, January 22: Coinbase announced the establishment of a Quantum Computing and Blockchain Independent Advisory Council to address future quantum threats. The council brings together world-renowned experts with the goal of assessing the impact of quantum computing on the blockchain ecosystem and providing clear, independent guidance to the broader community. The council will release position papers on quantum risks, offering defense recommendations for developers and institutions, as well as providing real-time analysis on technological breakthroughs. Coinbase stated that the council is part of its post-quantum security roadmap, which also includes initiatives such as updating Bitcoin address handling methods, internal key management systems, and advancing support for post-quantum signature schemes like ML-DSA within multi-party computation (MPC) systems. The council is expected to release its first position paper on quantum risk assessment and resilience-building roadmap early next year. Council members include Scott Aaronson, Director of the Quantum Information Center at the University of Texas at Austin; Dan Boneh, Co-Director of the Stanford Blockchain Research Center; Justin Drake, Researcher at the Ethereum Foundation; Sreeram Kannan, Founder of EigenLayer; Yehuda Lindell, Head of Cryptography at Coinbase; and Dahlia Malkhi, Distributed Systems Expert at the University of California, Santa Barbara (AmericaB).