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Latest Quantum computing stories
- Claude Mythos 5 Helps Cut Quantum Circuit Gates by About 17-Fold
The elliptic-curve point-addition design used 12% more qubits; across a broader set of tasks, seven of eight designs reduced both gate and qubit counts.
· Technology
- Nine Crypto Firms Form Quantum Alliance as 30.2% of Bitcoin (BTC) Supply Has Exposed Keys
The alliance plans security tests and migration guidance for Bitcoin, Ethereum and other networks. Current quantum computers cannot derive the private keys needed to spend coins tied to exposed public keys.
· Technology
- Nvidia Plans Investments in Five U.K. Startups Across AI and Quantum
The Oct. 13 announcement gave no deal amounts, stake sizes or closing dates. A separate five-year compute commitment for U.K. agentic safety and security research is valued at $250 million.
· Business
- Italy’s Volta B1 Annealer Highlights Crypto’s Quantum Security Challenge
The D-Wave-based system has more than 4,400 qubits, but that figure alone does not show it can break blockchain signatures.
· Technology
- Google Demonstrates 99.99% Logical Fidelity in Willow Test
The experiment cut errors 40-fold but retained 8% of attempts. Larger-scale demonstrations are still needed.
· Technology
- Morgan Stanley Upgrades Quantinuum, Projects $100 Billion Market
The $62 target implies about 88% upside from Wednesday’s close; Morgan Stanley’s market forecast assumes broad commercial adoption of fault-tolerant machines.
· Insights & Views
- Charles Edwards Lists Quantum Progress Among Possible Bitcoin Catalysts
He also named potential Fed policy shifts, U.S. government purchases and stimulus, and described ETF demand as supportive.
· Investing
- D-Wave Delivers 4,400-Plus-Qubit Advantage2 Computer to Italy
The system reached Lombardy for installation at Villa Saporiti in Como.
· Technology
- Quantum Computing Inc. Applies Optimization and AI to XPro Research
The Stage 1 engagement will analyze preclinical work, data from four clinical trials and public biomedical datasets to seek patient biomarkers and possible new uses for INmune Bio, Inc.’s drug candidate.
· Business
- Coinbase Calls for Flexible Bitcoin Quantum-Security Upgrades
The exchange wants future signature options to work with large custodians’ signing systems and says the network’s transition could take years.
· Technology
- Quantum-Safe Bitcoin Compute Estimate Falls 82% to $59 as Reach Stays Limited
The simulated estimate excludes transaction fees, while QSB transactions remain nonstandard and generally require direct miner submission.
· Technology
- D-Wave Quantum Extends Manufacturing Deal With SkyWater Technology
The new multi-year agreement continues D-Wave’s existing quantum manufacturing relationship with SkyWater Technology.
· Business
- ARK Digital-Assets Research Director Says 70% of Adviser Questions Concern Quantum Risk
Lorenzo Valente said ARK Invest expects quantum computers to threaten current blockchain signatures within 10 to 20 years but is more confident Bitcoin will upgrade in time.
· Technology
- IonQ Agrees to Buy Elisity in Deal Valued at Up to $1.3 Billion
The all-stock acquisition includes up to $150 million in performance-based earnouts and is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2026.
· Business
- EU Regulators Tighten Stablecoin Rules and Advance Digital Euro
European authorities are pairing stricter MiCA compliance expectations with digital-euro planning and early warnings about quantum threats to crypto wallets.
· Regulation
- AI Models Estimate Bitcoin’s 20-Year Cryptographic-Break Risk at 34%-76%
Four prompt-generated scenarios produced sharply different estimates, while the timing of quantum computers capable of threatening current encryption remains unknown.
· Technology
- Zakura Targets January for Quantum-Resistant Zcash Payments
The plan covers transparent payments, while a proposed privacy system is being tested separately in the Vizor wallet without a January schedule.
· Technology
- Department of War Announces $350 Million in Quantum-Computing Initiatives
The package includes approximately $200 million tied to four companies and a conditional loan commitment of about $150 million for PsiQuantum.
· Technology
- Justin Sun Says TRON Post-Quantum Cryptography Is Live on Testnet
Sun said TRON could bring quantum resistance to mainnet at any time, but no launch date has been announced.
· Technology
- Governments Set Quantum-Computing Deadlines as Algorand Plans Security Steps
Targets cited for the United States, EU and Australia extend to 2030, while the UK and Canada point to 2031. Algorand’s roadmap includes post-quantum milestones through 2027.
· Technology
- Stanford Cryptographer Dan Boneh Examines AI’s Impact on Cryptography
The discussion explored how AI could challenge existing cryptographic methods and affect security protocols and cryptographic standards.
· Technology
- IonQ Reports More Than 1,000 Entanglement Events Per Second
The photonic link connected a trapped-ion qubit with silicon-vacancy quantum memory at more than four times the previous trapped-ion record.
· Technology
- Bitcoin Core Contributor Examines AI and Quantum Risks to Security
Antoine Poinsot discussed Justin Drake’s viral post, potential quantum theft, proposed protocol changes and multisignature safeguards.
· Technology
- Trump Administration’s $215M Quantum Push Highlights Crypto’s Q-Day Risk
The Energy Department competition targets fault-tolerant quantum systems for science, while federal policy calls for migration to post-quantum cryptography.
· Technology
- Sean Bowe Says Justin Drake’s Quantum Warnings Risk Crypto Trust
The Tachyon co-founder said experts should remain calm and help users navigate uncertainty while the industry assesses future cryptographic threats.
· Technology
- Singapore Crypto Event Highlights Quantum-Resistant Security Challenges
Quantum + Privacy Day brought crypto builders and industry stakeholders together to examine cryptographic migration, signature security and digital-asset privacy risks.
· Technology
- Universal Quantum Raises More Than $100 Million for Modular Quantum Systems
The Series A will fund trapped-ion chiplet arrays, control systems and expansion across four countries. Oratomic is pursuing a separate neutral-atom approach.
· Business
- StarkWare CEO Urges Bitcoin Soft Fork for Broad Quantum Protection
Eli Ben-Sasson called StarkWare’s Quantum-Safe Bitcoin transaction an interim safeguard. The Aug. 26 transaction protected specific outputs without changing Bitcoin’s consensus rules.
· Technology
- Solana Foundation Sets Quantum Migration Plan for Future Threats
The foundation says no cryptographic change is currently required, while Anza and Firedancer have begun initial Falcon implementation work for possible post-quantum use.
· Technology
- BitGo Adds Bitcoin Wallet Controls for Future Quantum Risks
The tools include a Quantum Risk Score and workflows to move funds from exposed addresses as the crypto industry prepares for longer-term threats to digital signatures.
· Technology
- Justin Drake Urges ‘Bunker Mode’ Planning for Ethereum ECDSA Risk
The researcher warned a worst-case cryptographic break could arrive within months, while users do not need to take immediate action.
· Technology
- Bitcoin (BTC) Quantum Exposure Reaches 6.9 Million Coins at Block 950,000
About 34.45% of circulating Bitcoin had publicly revealed keys, while the dormant, non-entity segment included 351,654 BTC held across 675 groups with balances of at least 100 BTC.
· Technology
- Europol Says Quantum Threat Centers on Crypto Wallet Keys
Two reports recommend phased post-quantum upgrades and warn that encrypted information collected today could face future decryption risks.
· Technology
- VanEck Research Chief Says Quantum Risk Is No Reason to Sell Bitcoin
Matthew Sigel described quantum computing as a long-term risk. He also pointed to the potential value of miners’ long-term power agreements as AI data centers need stable electricity.
· Technology
- Project Eleven Acquires Riva Labs for Post-Quantum Crypto Security
The deal adds Riva’s wallet, hardware-signing and cryptography technology to Project Eleven’s effort to help digital-asset networks prepare for quantum computing threats.
· Technology
- Ledger CTO Disputes Claim That Only 30% of Bitcoin Faces Quantum Risk
About 30.2% of BTC has exposed public keys on-chain, but other copies may exist in devices, backups and transaction files.
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- AI Challenge Cuts Quantum-Safe Bitcoin Build Cost 79% to $67
The estimate reflects GPU computation, not a Bitcoin transaction fee. A later dashboard listed $63 under a simulated 100-RTX 3090 setup.
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- Quantum Upgrades Could Make Blockchains More Attractive to Financial Institutions
Quantum computing threatens today’s public-key cryptography, while Ethereum targets full post-quantum resistance across its core layers by December 2029.
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- EU Regulators Warn Quantum Computing Could Weaken Blockchain Security
The risk could emerge before any commercially viable quantum application, putting cryptography used in communications, transactions, databases and blockchains under scrutiny.
· Technology
- AI Optimization Cuts Estimated Quantum-Safe Bitcoin Cost to $66
The estimate fell from about $320 after a weeklong open-source challenge, but the improved code has not yet prepared another transaction confirmed by Bitcoin miners.
· Technology