Federal Reserve Warns Quantum Computers Could Expose Bitcoin’s Hidden Past
Insider Brief A new Federal Reserve study warns that quantum computers could one day unlock the private history of Bitcoin and other blockchain networks, exposing transaction data once thought to be forever secure. The report, titled “Harvest Now, Decrypt Later,” says the risk is not distant, — it is already active today as attackers quietly […]
Molecular Coating Cleans up Noisy Quantum Light
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Quantum technologies demand perfection: one photon at a time, every time, all with the same energy. Even tiny deviations in the number or energy of photons can derail devices, threatening the performance of quantum computers that someday could make up a quantum internet. While this level of precision is difficult […]
Quantum Computing Inc. Announces $750 Million Oversubscribed Private Placement of Common Stock Priced at the Market Under Nasdaq Rules
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Quantum Computing Inc. (“QCi” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: QUBT), an innovative, integrated photonics and quantum optics technology company, today announced that it has entered into securities purchase agreements with institutional investors for the purchase and sale of 37,183,937 shares of common stock in an oversubscribed private placement priced at the market under Nasdaq […]
IBM, Vanguard Test Quantum Approach to Building Portfolios
Insider Brief A team of IBM-Vanguard researchers used a quantum computer to tackle portfolio construction, a financial problem that becomes intractable for classical machines at scale. The team ran experiments with 109 qubits on IBM’s Heron processors, reported in the pre-print server arXiv that a quantum-classical workflow can outperform traditional methods for certain types of […]
The Quantum Economy Podcast: The Universe’s Secret History with Florian Neukart and Anders Indset
Insider Brief: In the latest episode of The Quantum Economy Podcast, host Anders Indset sits down with Dr. Florian Neukart, Chief Product Officer and Management Board Member at Terra Quantum and Professor at Leiden University, for a far-reaching discussion that connects quantum physics, artificial intelligence, and philosophy. Neukart, co-author of Ex Machina – The God […]
ORIENTOM to Build Middleware Platform with Quantum Finance Algorithms by 2030
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — At the “Quantum 3.0 Forum” of AI Festa, Deputy Director Choo (Chu) delivered a keynote titled “How far has quantum advantage come?” — stating that the platform will be applied to derivative products at Kookmin Bank. Orientom (CEO AlfredBang), which develops quantum-based financial algorithms, plans to build a middleware platform […]
Breaking the Technical Validation Loop: How Deep Tech Founders Turn Endless POCs Into Actual Revenue
Guest Post By Mark M.J. Scott President of Northern Pixels Inc. You’ve cracked the impossible. Your deep tech solution is genuinely groundbreaking. But a year into commercialization, you’re watching your runway burn while “interested” prospects disappear into endless technical evaluations that never convert to revenue. You’re not failing because your technology isn’t good enough. You’re failing […]
Bert de Jong, Director of the Quantum Systems Accelerator (QSA) at Berkeley Lab
Bert de Jong, Director of the Quantum Systems Accelerator (QSA) at Berkeley Lab, is interviewed by Yuval Boger. Bert describes how the center develops superconducting, trapped-ion, and neutral-atom technologies in parallel, and the importance of certification in verifying quantum computations. They discuss the roadmap for integrating quantum into HPC at NERSC, the cost and scaling […]
Guest Post: Denmark’s Quantum Playbook
Guest Post By Prineha Narang, Professor in Physical Sciences, and in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). She is a Visiting Professor of Physics at the Niels Bohr Institute (NBI) and an Operating Partner at deeptech venture fund DCVC. The bottom line: While many are still debating whether quantum […]
EdenBase and Northeastern University London Launch QBase: London’s First Quantum Applications Hub
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — EdenBase, the London-based frontier-technology investment platform and ecosystem, has officially launched QBase, a dedicated Quantum Applications Hub created in partnership with Northeastern University London. QBase is designed to bridge the gap between research and real-world deployment by providing founders and enterprise teams with capital, compute resources, and specialist expertise, ensuring they are ready to take advantage of […]