On Sep 21, 2026, FIPS 140-2 certs stop counting for federal sales, and the article maps the PQC scramble.

Your EVM address survives, the signatures don't, and SIP-5 adds a global cutoff plus ML-DSA-44 overhead.

What actually changes for backups when PQC lands, beyond the usual FIPS and key-custody headaches?

Mythos used known lattice tricks to break HAWK, enough to yank a NIST PQ signature candidate out of the race.

NIST update on PQC work after the EO, covering security review and industry confidence, because crypto needs more meetings.