Will Helium Kill the AI Boom? To say that helium is a critical part of semiconductor manufacturing is an understatement. The industry can’t operate without... The time to harden blockchain technology is right now. Easily, one of the most frequent questions I receive from subscribers is about the risk of quantum computers being able to hack blockchain technology. This has always been a valid concern. After all, quantum computers will be capable of breaking the current encryption used by most blockchains. The real question is “in what time frame?” Most “experts” have said that this is a decade or more away. Nothing to worry about. However, I’ve maintained that it will happen within the next few years, given the exponential improvement that we’ve been seeing in quantum computing technology. It is coming fast. The time to harden blockchain technology is right now. And the good news is, given that blockchain technology is based on software, the software can be updated and upgraded with new forms of encryption resilient to quantum technology. Those that don’t will be in deep trouble. Early this morning, Google’s Quantum AI division published some brand-new research. And I know it will create quite a stir. Many will say that it is fear-based, too aggressive, or unrealistic. It’s not. It’s very accurate and should be taken seriously by the industry. Google is in a unique place to provide projections about the technological advancements of quantum computing technology, given that it is an industry leader with its superconducting quantum computer. Its latest version is based on its state-of-the-art quantum chip, Willow, which was announced in December 2024, igniting the quantum computing industry and sending related stocks to irrational valuations. The frenzy wasn’t caused by the new quantum chip itself, but by the new quantum error correction technology developed