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Insider Brief StarkWare has published a roadmap outlining how Starknet plans to transition to post-quantum security by replacing remaining elliptic-curve cryptography with quantum-resistant alternatives. The roadmap proposes a three-phase migration covering new transactions, existing smart contracts, and external dependencies such as Ethereum bridge infrastructure. StarkWare argues that quantum-safe cryptographic tools are already available and that … Read more

Insider Brief Three coordinated academies in Quantum, Generative AI and Virtual Worlds mark one of Europe’s most ambitious digital skills initiatives to date, with €19.8 million dedicated to quantum talent alone. The European Quantum Academy launches with 70 partner institutions, six regional hubs, and concrete targets to train thousands of professionals across the continent. Five … Read more

Insider Brief Copernic Space and Intrana announced a strategic partnership to build a quantum-resistant commercial operating layer for tokenized space assets and future space-commerce transactions. The partnership will combine Copernic Space’s real-world space asset tokenization framework with Intrana’s post-quantum blockchain architecture based on NIST-standardized post-quantum cryptography. The collaboration will focus on quantum-resistant tokenization, defense-grade smart … Read more

Insider Brief QuiX Quantum released Dedalo, a photonic quantum computing architecture designed to support universal, fault-tolerant systems based on logical qubits that can operate alongside classical supercomputing infrastructure. The architecture emphasizes energy efficiency, manufacturability, resource efficiency, error correction, modular scalability and hybrid data-center deployability as requirements for practical quantum systems. QuiX says Dedalo focuses on … Read more

Insider Brief Quantum X Labs has appointed Dr. Ira Wolfson as a quantum researcher to strengthen its scientific and engineering capabilities across quantum computing, sensing, and enabling technologies. Dr. Wolfson will contribute to the company’s quantum technology roadmap, including work on fault-tolerant computing, quantum architectures, algorithms, and sensing technologies. Quantum X Labs said the appointment … Read more

Insider Brief Crédit Agricole CIB and Pasqal have signed a strategic partnership to accelerate the industrial deployment of quantum computing for capital markets, targeting initial production use cases by 2028. The partnership builds on collaboration that began in 2019, with previous projects exploring quantum algorithms for counterparty credit risk measurement and portfolio optimization. The next … Read more

Insider Brief D-Wave has been selected to receive a $1.57 million grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation to support the ERASE project, which focuses on advancing fault-tolerant quantum computing. Through its Quantum Circuits subsidiary, D-Wave will provide researchers with access to its superconducting dual-rail gate-model quantum computing platform for work on software, compilers, and … Read more

Insider Brief SpinQ has completed a RMB 1 billion Series D funding round to accelerate the development of fault-tolerant quantum computers, bringing its total fundraising over the past six months to RMB 2 billion. The funding will support full-stack quantum computing development, including quantum error correction, hardware-software integration, manufacturing capabilities, and global ecosystem expansion. SpinQ … Read more

Insider Brief: The Quantum Kid celebrates its first anniversary as host Kai Weber turns 10, with the YouTube channel surpassing 115,000 subscribers and earning shortlist recognition in the Webby Awards and Publisher Podcast Awards. Over the past year, Kai has interviewed leading figures including Nobel laureates Steven Chu and John Martinis, quantum pioneers Peter Shor, … Read more

Insider Brief Q*Bird has launched the Falqon® Key Manager, a standalone quantum key management system designed to support scalable hybrid quantum-secure networks across distributed environments. The platform enables organizations to securely manage, store, synchronize and distribute QKD, post-quantum cryptography (PQC), and hybrid cryptographic keys across both QKD and non-QKD infrastructures. The Falqon® Key Manager is … Read more