I found your response most interesting, as I had not heard about the progress being made in cracking the keys. I wonder how a wallet like DASH Evolution would effect the cracking, as the 'public keys' are never actually made public, only a user name for which only the wallet knows the keys.
The hacking of Bitcoin would be like the enigma machine, you would have a powerful tool but never be able to use it. The moment word got out that it was possible, anything you steal would be worthless. No one would be willing to trade fiat for the broken crypto.