{"id":542479,"date":"2026-01-16T12:52:43","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T12:52:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/01\/16\/jefferies-greed-fear-strategist-cuts-bitcoin-allocation-to-zero-on-quantum-risk\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T12:52:43","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T12:52:43","slug":"jefferies-greed-fear-strategist-cuts-bitcoin-allocation-to-zero-on-quantum-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/01\/16\/jefferies-greed-fear-strategist-cuts-bitcoin-allocation-to-zero-on-quantum-risk\/","title":{"rendered":"Jefferies\u2019 \u2018Greed &amp; Fear\u2019 strategist cuts Bitcoin allocation to zero on quantum risk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/images\/840_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy5jb2ludGVsZWdyYXBoLmNvbS91cGxvYWRzLzIwMjUtMTIvMDE5YjA4MTItMjkzNS03MjQyLWFiYzktYzA2NTM0ZTc1NDY5.jpg\" alt=\"Jefferies\u2019 \u2018Greed &amp; Fear\u2019 strategist cuts Bitcoin allocation to zero on quantum risk\" class=\"type:primaryImage\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Jefferies\u2019 Greed &amp; Fear strategist Christopher Wood has slashed a 10% Bitcoin allocation from his portfolio and moved into gold, citing the quantum risk to BTC, Bloomberg reports.<\/p>\n<p>Investment bank Jefferies\u2019 longtime \u201cGreed &amp; Fear\u201d strategist Christopher Wood has reportedly dropped Bitcoin entirely from his flagship model portfolio, citing mounting concerns that advances in quantum computing could undermine the cryptocurrency\u2019s long-term security.<\/p>\n<p>According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2026-01-16\/mr-greed-and-fear-drops-bitcoin-btc-for-gold-on-quantum-threat\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">report<\/a> by Bloomberg, in the latest edition of his Greed &amp; Fear newsletter, Wood said the 10% Bitcoin (<a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/bitcoin-price\">BTC<\/a>) allocation he first added in late 2020 has been replaced by a split position in physical gold and gold mining stocks.<\/p>\n<p data-ct-non-breakable=\"undefined\">He argued that quantum breakthroughs would weaken Bitcoin\u2019s claim to be a dependable store of value for pension\u2011style investors.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/efferies-greed-fear-strategist-cuts-bitcoin-allocation\">Read more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jefferies\u2019 Greed &amp; Fear strategist Christopher Wood has slashed a 10% Bitcoin allocation from his portfolio and moved into gold, citing the quantum risk to BTC, Bloomberg reports. Investment bank Jefferies\u2019 longtime \u201cGreed &amp; Fear\u201d strategist Christopher Wood has reportedly dropped Bitcoin entirely from his flagship model portfolio, citing mounting concerns that advances in quantum [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":542480,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-542479","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-blockchain"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=542479"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542479\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/542480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=542479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=542479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=542479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}