Tron has deployed encryption technology designed to withstand quantum-computing attacks on its testnet.
Sun also said Tron plans to move before “Q-Day,” the point at which quantum computers could break existing cryptographic systems.
Advances in quantum computing are also posing challenges for blockchain transaction verification systems.
That has fueled discussion around replacing existing cryptographic methods with technology that can withstand quantum attacks.
The Ethereum Foundation has published a proposal to shift account cryptography to a quantum-resistant model, while Algorand plans to introduce quantum-resistant accounts by 2027.
Oct 11, 2026 · via en.bloomingbit.io
By embedding quantum low-density parity-check (qLDPC) interactions onto compactified hyperbolic surfaces and optimizing periodic boundary conditions, the team doubled code distance and quadrupled efficiency without increasing qubit counts or check weights.
Among the discovered families, the optimal {6, 6} code [[51330, 17112, 10]] encodes 17,112 logical qubits into 51,330 physical qubits with a record efficiency of η ≈ 33.34—a 33-fold gain over standard 2D toric codes.
What This Discovery Means in Plain English Think of physical qubits as fragile glass ornaments and quantum noise as accidental bumps.
Standard quantum error correction protects one ornament by wrapping it in a massive box of foam peanuts (physical qubits), making large systems resource-intensive.
Review the full pre-print research paper on arXiv here and read author insights in Ahmed Adel Mahmoud’s post here.
Oct 10, 2026 · via quantumcomputingreport.com
PsiQuantum received a conditional commitment for a loan of up to $150 million from the U.S. Department of War’s Office of Strategic Capital to expand domestic quantum computing manufacturing and prototyping capabilities.
PsiQuantum plans to use the facility to scale key technologies and develop and validate prototype systems supporting its fault-tolerant quantum computing architecture.
In July 2026, PsiQuantum announced an expanded $125 million agreement with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency under its Quantum Benchmarking Initiative.
In September, PsiQuantum signed definitive documentation with the U.S. Department of Commerce for $100 million of federal incentives under the CHIPS and Science Act.
KEY QUOTES: “Today’s announcement shows the U.S. government’s bold leadership and continued commitment to quantum computing as a critical technology for America’s economic prosperity and national security.”
Oct 10, 2026 · via pulse2.com
The investment comes as both the US and China expand their quantum research programs.
Quantum computers process information using quantum-mechanical effects, allowing them to tackle certain problems differently from conventional computers.
US, China expanding their quantum programs China has made quantum technology a strategic research priority, backed by substantial state investment.
The country established its National Laboratory for Quantum Information Sciences in 2017, and its 2026–2030 five-year plan identifies quantum research and applications as areas of focus.
The US Department of Energy has also launched the Quantum Genesis Q Competition, offering up to $215 million to companies working toward fault-tolerant quantum computers.
Oct 10, 2026 · via interestingengineering.com
Their juxtaposition is the best of both worlds, demonstrating the fastest quantum interconnect rate between qubits of any platform.
“This work shows that a photonic quantum interconnect need not be a bottleneck for distributed quantum computing,” said Mihir Bhaskar, IonQ SVP and GM of Quantum Technologies at SkyWater.
About IonQ IonQ, Inc. [NYSE: IONQ] is the world’s leading quantum platform and foundry - delivering integrated quantum solutions across computing, networking, sensing, and security.
In 2025, the company achieved 99.99% two-qubit gate fidelity, setting a world record in quantum computing performance.
IonQ Forward-Looking Statements This press release contains forward-looking statements.
Oct 10, 2026 · via ionq.com
Quantum computing can be a complicated area of study.
“The building blocks of computing machines, especially future machines like quantum computers, are frequently not particularly intuitive,” said Stefan Krastanov, assistant professor in the Manning College of Information and Computer Sciences at UMass Amherst.
To help kick-start the quantum computing learning process, and to make it more fun, Krastanov and Carlos Errando Herranz, a professor at Delft University of Technology, have created the Qbead.
While classical computers process information using binary bits, quantum computers use qubits, which harness the laws of quantum mechanics.
Using qubits could make quantum computers more efficient than classical computers.
Oct 10, 2026 · via umass.edu
Quantum and advanced computing just moved from sci fi talking point to real money priority, as Nvidia commits US$1b over five years to US research.
That kind of capital can reshape which quantum and high performance computing stocks quietly build influence behind the scenes.
Quantinuum (QNT) Overview: Quantinuum builds full stack quantum computing systems that pair trapped ion hardware with software platforms for research and enterprise users.
Rigetti Computing (RGTI) Overview: Rigetti Computing builds superconducting quantum computers and cloud platforms that provide quantum computing as a service for research, government, and enterprise users.
If that pressure point has your attention, the full narrative for Rigetti Computing maps how Rigetti Computing could turn contract momentum into accelerating commercial demand while flagging where execution risk might still bite.
Oct 10, 2026 · via au.finance.yahoo.com
Corey: Yeah, so my name is Corey and I’m chief quantum scientist at E.on Digital Technology.
[laughs] I don’t know, I’m sure QAIR or IBM also would like EON to own a quantum computer.
Let’s say we demonstrated evidence of quantum scaling advantage for running this on a D-Wave quantum computer, so using quantum annealing.
How do you go about selecting the Yuval: quantum computer that you use to run the algorithms?
Corey: Yeah, that’s a loaded question.
Oct 10, 2026 · via thequantuminsider.com
The development of Cryptographically Relevant Quantum Computers (CRQCs) capable of breaking just about any encryption might be "catastrophic" to the US economy and security, a new federal report says.
Conventional computers process data in bits and have a binary value of zero or one, whereas quantum computers can process digits simultaneously using a two-state unit called a qubit.
"We have omitted the original agency comment letters reprinted in the sensitive report due to sensitivity concerns," it said.
"We continue to believe that all of the recommendations made in the sensitive report are warranted," the GAO's analysis explained.
The World Economic Forum touched on worries related to quantum computers in its Top 10 Emerging Technologies Report for 2026.
Oct 10, 2026 · via thenationalnews.com
D-Wave's Gate-Model Tech Notches a Major Milestone IonQ, D-Wave Quantum, Quantinuum, Quantum Computing, and Horizon Quantum Computing Pte.
Quantum computing stocks are shares of publicly traded companies involved in developing quantum computers, quantum software, related components, or supporting technologies.
These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Quantum Computing stocks within the last several days.
IonQ (IONQ) IonQ, Inc. engages in the development of general-purpose quantum computing systems in the United States.
Read Our Latest Research Report on QNT Quantum Computing (QUBT) Quantum Computing Inc., an integrated photonics company, offers accessible and affordable quantum machines.
Oct 10, 2026 · via marketbeat.com
Quantum computing technology is promising to transform drug discovery, materials science, financial modeling, cybersecurity, and more.
Given its various use cases, McKinsey estimates the quantum computing market could reach between $43 billion and $71 billion by 2035.
That opportunity has attracted enormous attention to pure-play quantum developers such as Rigetti Computing (RGTI -0.78%).
Where could Rigetti stock be in 2031?
While the math shows Rigetti's stock could double, both scenarios require exceptional execution and broader adoption of quantum computing within a relatively tight time frame.
Oct 10, 2026 · via fool.com
Their findings, published in Nature Physics, also revealed a sharp transition between chaotic and controlled quantum behavior.
This approach, known as quantum error correction, forms the foundation of fault-tolerant quantum computing.
IBM researcher Maika Takita said the experiment coordinated quantum operations, measurements, and resets thousands of times across a large system.
The demonstration does not establish a fully fault-tolerant quantum computer.
However, it shows that present-day hardware can repeatedly intervene in a quantum system while operations continue, bringing scalable quantum computing closer to a central engineering goal.
Oct 9, 2026 · via interestingengineering.com
The advance is a critical step toward building larger, more reliable quantum computers.
Today’s quantum computers operate according to the unusual rules governing atoms and other extremely small particles.
The experiment is among the largest demonstrations to date of real-time quantum feedback control, a capability considered essential for future quantum computers that will be fault tolerant.
Scaling quantum computers will require them to identify and correct errors while they are working, a capability known as error correction, which will allow for the construction of a fault-tolerant quantum computer.
A fault-tolerant quantum computer is a quantum computer that can keep computing correctly even though its individual quantum bits are constantly making small mistakes.
Oct 9, 2026 · via rutgers.edu
Announcement follows Governor’s trade missions to Japan SANTA FE – Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham today announced a new collaboration with Tokyo-based Fujitsu, one of the world's largest technology companies, to establish a quantum computing research center in New Mexico.
The center will focus on quantum computing hardware, software, algorithms and theory, and will support education and workforce programs to develop New Mexico's quantum talent pipeline.
Under the agreement announced today, Fujitsu and the State of New Mexico aim to expand that work into quantum computing and hybrid computing systems that combine classical computing, artificial intelligence and quantum technologies.
“Fujitsu is uniquely positioned with technology and solution capabilities spanning microprocessors, high-performance computing, and quantum computing,” said Vivek Mahajan, corporate executive officer, corporate vice president, CTO, in charge of system platform, Fujitsu Limited.
“The establishment of a quantum computing research center in New Mexico represents an important opportunity to expand our research activities and accelerate the development of next-generation quantum technologies.
Oct 9, 2026 · via governor.state.nm.us
Insider Brief Quobly and SiPearl signed a non-exclusive agreement to explore combining silicon spin quantum processors with European CPUs to support a sovereign European quantum computing system.
The companies also plan to coordinate responses to European calls for tenders, including potential joint opportunities under the Chips Joint Undertaking’s quantum programs.
Supporting a European sovereign computing ecosystem The collaboration brings together two core building blocks for European computing, combining SiPearl’s CPU technology with Quobly’s quantum processors, and marks a first step towards bridging Europe’s HPC and quantum computing ecosystems.
SiPearl and Quobly also intend to coordinate their efforts to respond to European calls for tenders, including potential joint opportunities under the Chips Joint Undertaking (Chips JU) on Quantum.
By exploring the integration of SiPearl’s CPU technology with our quantum computers, we are looking at how HPC and quantum computing can work together efficiently, from the system level to future architectures.
Oct 9, 2026 · via thequantuminsider.com
Oct 9 (Reuters) – French chip designer SiPearl and quantum computing startup Quobly said on Friday they had signed a memorandum of understanding to combine their technologies as part of an effort to build a quantum computing system made with European technology.
• They will then work on hybrid workloads combining high-performance and quantum computing, and look at designs for future products • They plan to coordinate bids for EU tenders, including quantum calls under the Chips Joint Undertaking • SiPearl’s 80-core Rhea1 chip is due on the market at the end of 2026 and will power JUPITER, Europe’s first supercomputer able to perform a quintillion calculations per second • Grenoble-based Quobly, which raised €115 million ($129 million) in June, plans cloud access to its first systems from end-2026 and targets 1 million qubits by 2032 ($1 = €0.8911) (Reporting by Nathan Vifflin in Gdansk, editing by Milla Nissi-Prussak)
Oct 9, 2026 · via wsau.com
WASHINGTON - The Department of Defense (DoD) is launching approximately $350 million in quantum-computing initiatives intended to identify national-security applications, validate prospective utility-scale quantum computers, and strengthen the U.S. quantum-computing industrial base.
DARPA advanced four additional quantum-computing companies to Stage C of QBI, the initiative's final evaluation phase.
Related: DARPA funds MagLev Aero propulsion demonstration for drones Quantum computing efforts The four companies join Microsoft and PsiQuantum, which previously advanced to Stage C through the Underexplored Systems for Utility-Scale Quantum Computing pilot program that preceded QBI.
The initiative is not intended to select a single winning technology, but rather to assess the technical viability of multiple approaches to utility-scale quantum computing.
The DoD also plans to identify mission-relevant quantum computing applications in chemistry, materials science, and physics.
Oct 9, 2026 · via militaryaerospace.com
The US Department of War has announced new initiatives and programmatic updates totaling approximately USD 350 million to advance US quantum computing capabilities that support national security.
“Dominance in quantum information science is a critical priority for both President Trump and the Department of War,” said Emil Michael, Under Secretary of War for Research and Engineering (R&E).
R&E will direct greater attention across the Department of War’s innovation ecosystem toward identifying mission-relevant applications of quantum computing, particularly as sufficiently capable quantum computers become available.
This new effort will build on existing Department of War programs and complement related national initiatives led by the Department of Energy (DOE), particularly its recently announced Quantum Genesis Priority Applications and the Quantum Genesis Q Competition, as well as initiatives led by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is also advancing the technical validation needed to determine whether prospective quantum computing systems can deliver utility at scale.
Oct 9, 2026 · via evertiq.com
The Department of War announced approximately $350 million in quantum computing initiatives Thursday as part of President Donald Trump’s broader effort to strengthen American scientific research and military technology.
The October 8 releases detail three related announcements: a department-wide research strategy, a roughly $350 million quantum initiative and a $150 million conditional loan commitment to PsiQuantum.
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) advanced four prospective quantum computing providers into Stage C of its Quantum Benchmarking Initiative.
DARPA also plans workshops before January 2027 to identify practical uses for quantum computing.
Those figures are separate from the approximately $350 million quantum package.
Oct 9, 2026 · via wbap.com
Described by the UK-based quantum firm as “the first quantum computer built for commercial advantage,” the PT-3 is modular and upgradable, weighing around 800kg (1,764lbs).
The system operates at room temperature, drawing 6kW of power across two standard data center racks.
Founded in 2019 as a spin-out from Oxford University, Orca Computing is a UK-based photonic quantum computing company.
The predecessor to the PT-3 system, the PT-2, was launched in 2024.
Prior to the PT-3 deployment, Digital Realty hosted an Orca PT-2 system at its liquid cooling lab at the LHR19 facility.
Oct 9, 2026 · via datacenterdynamics.com