Insider Brief Tezos engineering teams have launched Quantumnet, an experimental public testnet for testing post-quantum consensus and cryptographic components. Quantumnet replaces or tests alternatives for quantum-vulnerable parts of Tezos, including randomness generation, attestation aggregation and the Data Availability Layer. Developers and Tezos bakers can run the testnet and provide feedback as teams work toward a … Read more
Insider Brief QTREX Quantum reported $1.55 million in revenue for the first half of 2026, up approximately 438% from $289,000 in the same period of 2025. The company reported $944,000 in gross profit, a 61% gross margin, and $10.7 million in cash, cash equivalents and deposits as of June 30, 2026. QTREX said it is … Read more
Insider Brief Infleqtion said it entangled 30 logical qubits using 80 physical qubits on its neutral-atom Sqale platform, marking a 2026 roadmap milestone and, according to the company, a first for a commercial neutral-atom system. The experiment ran roughly 1,000 physical operations and produced a signal about 1,000 times stronger than underlying noise, while using … Read more
Insider Brief QuiX Quantum has appointed Tohoku Electronic Industrial Co., Ltd. (TEI-C) as its exclusive distributor in Japan for the Alquor 2.0 quantum photonic processors and PACU. TEI-C will provide local customer engagement, Japanese-language communication and first-line commercial support for QuiX Quantum products in Japan. The partnership expands QuiX Quantum’s distribution network in Asia following … Read more
Insider Brief ETSI has published Technical Report TR 104 171 with implementation guidance for improving the security and quality of Quantum Random Number Generator outputs. The report covers the QRNG lifecycle, including quantum entropy-source validation, randomness extraction, operational monitoring, tamper protection, side-channel security and output provenance. ETSI introduces an “Entropy Zero Trust” approach and identifies … Read more
Insider Brief VentureIsrael has appointed Evgenia Zaslavskaya as Venture Partner to lead international communications for the fund and support communications across its portfolio. Zaslavskaya, founder and CEO of Zecomms, has more than 15 years of public relations experience and has managed VentureIsrael’s public and media relations since 2022. Her new role will focus on VentureIsrael’s … Read more
Insider Brief Pasqal reported €4.9 million in first-half 2026 revenue, up 14% year over year, with QPU-related services revenue rising 34% to €3.9 million. The company reported €70.4 million in booked and awarded business as of June 30, alongside an operating loss of €59.2 million and €110.8 million in cash and cash equivalents. Pasqal also … Read more
Insider Brief An open optimization challenge has reduced the estimated GPU cost of constructing a quantum-safe Bitcoin transaction from about $320 to roughly $67 in one week, based on its current benchmark records. The leading submissions have increased transaction-pinning throughput on an RTX 4090 from about 146 million to more than 820 million verified candidates … Read more
Insider Brief Researchers at Singapore’s Centre for Quantum Technologies reported a lutetium-ion atomic clock that would be off by no more than about one second over 300 billion years, the best reported accuracy for an optical atomic clock. The team compared two single-ion lutetium clocks over 200 hours and found their ticks matched closely enough … Read more
Insider Brief TN QuantumWorks has begun a K–12 pilot in 13 Hamilton County, Tennessee schools to introduce quantum concepts and careers as EPB launches its quantum computer. The curriculum uses age-specific hands-on activities, from light and patterns in elementary classes to simulations of superposition, entanglement, quantum security and hardware comparisons in later grades. Project leaders … Read more