Off the Wire Press Releases PARIS, June 11, 2026 — Pasqal, one of the global leaders in neutral-atom quantum computing, today announced the inauguration of Europe’s third Pasqal quantum computer hosted at CINECA, Italy’s largest public supercomputing operator and a member of the Italian Research Center on High Performance Computing (ICSC), Big Data, and Quantum Computing, in Bologna, Italy. The system was unveiled at the DAMA Technopole in Emilia-Romagna during a ribbon-cutting ceremony marking the launch of new high-performance computing (HPC) and quantum computing systems procured by the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking (JU) and co-financed together with the Italy’s Ministry of University and Research through ICSC, including the system delivered by Pasqal. This milestone marks a major step forward in the deployment of Europe’s hybrid HPC and quantum computing infrastructure. The system is Italy’s first neutral-atom quantum computer. Named SOL, it is a Pasqal Orion quantum processing unity (QPU) featuring 140 qubits. It has been engineered for tight integration with the Leonardo pre-exascale EuroHPC supercomputer — one of the world’s most powerful HPC platforms, ranked 10th on the Top500 list— representing an important step forward in quantum accelerated high-performance computing. At CINECA, Pasqal deploys its HPC–quantum integration stack exposing the QPU as a native resource within the supercomputing environment, enabling hybrid workflows that combine quantum and classical computing resources through standard HPC scheduling and operational mechanisms. The deployment builds on the open-source Quantum Resource Management Interface (QRMI) and supports integration with leading hybrid quantum-classical software ecosystems including NVIDIA CUDA-Q and Qiskit, the open-source software stack for quantum computing and algorithm research developed by IBM. The inauguration builds on Pasqal’s growing footprint across Europe, following the successful deployment of quantum processors in France (CEA-TGCC) and Germany (FZJ-JSC) under the EuroHPC JU’s pilot project HPCQS. Together, these systems form the backbone for Europe’s
Jun 12, 2026 · via hpcwire.com
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Chameleon Atoms: JILA Researchers Demonstrate Versatile Atomic Qubits That Can Pass Around Information Researchers are developing new technologies that harness quantum physics to defy the familiar constraints of daily life and established approaches. A variety of quantum simulations, quantum sensors and quantum computers have been developed that can significantly outperform existing technologies at certain tasks. Many quantum technologies are built on a foundation of qubits—the structures that store quantum states in ways that are practical to manipulate and interpret. Researchers and engineers are exploring many different approaches to making and using qubits, spanning platforms like superconducting circuits, trapped ions, neutral atoms and more. The various approaches have different advantages and disadvantages that are being navigated as quantum technologies are developed. In an article published June 11, 2026 in the journal Nature Physics, a team of JILA researchers led by JILA Fellow Adam Kaufman, in collaboration with researchers at the University of Innsbruck in Austria, report experiments demonstrating the versatility of ytterbium atoms as qubits. A neutral ytterbium atom is an adaptable chameleon that can be used as multiple styles of qubit, each bringing distinct advantages. Their experiments demonstrate a quantum multitool that can tackle quantum computations, quantum simulations and precise measurements of time and also combine the capabilities associated with each application. The group focused on a specific isotope of ytterbium, ytterbium-171, that has appealing features for multiple quantum applications. Scientists can use laser light to cool ytterbium-171 atoms, to hold the atoms in ordered arrays and to alter their quantum states. The properties of the atoms let them function as qubits in multiple ways. At a basic level, a qubit requires a pair of distinguishable states that can exist in combinations of the states called superpositions. The group’s experiments used a method they developed to transfer quantum states between
Jun 11, 2026 · via colorado.edu
Alexander Aeppli receives Deborah Jin thesis award Physics alumnus Alexander Aeppli (PhDPhys’25) is the recipient of this year’s Deborah Jin Award for Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Research, a national honor awarded by the Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics (DAMOP) of the American Physical Society. Aeppli received the award at the annual DAMOP meeting held June 1-5, 2026, in Providence, Rhode Island. The Deborah Jin Award recognizes outstanding doctoral-level research in the areas of atomic, molecular or optical physics. Originally established in 1992, it was endowed and renamed in 2016 in honor of the late Deborah Jin, former JILA fellow and adjoint professor of physics at the University of Colorado Boulder, for her outstanding contributions to the field. Aeppli was selected “for pioneering work that pushes the frontier of coherence times and measurement precision in optical lattice clocks,” according to the award citation. “It’s a wonderful honor to receive this award in recognition of my PhD,” said Aeppli. “I have looked up to many of the past thesis prize winners, so joining their ranks is indeed humbling.” Aeppli completed his doctoral research with Professor and JILA Fellow Jun Ye, whom he credits for providing “consistent guidance and support.” While this is nominally an individual award, Aeppli said it represents a collective effort. “I would not have received this award if I did not have the support of this excellent department, the wealth of knowledge and community at JILA, and many brilliant mentors and peers,” he said. Now working as a quantum engineer at Atom Computing, Aeppli is building quantum computers using many of the same techniques he learned during his PhD.
Jun 11, 2026 · via colorado.edu
- United States - / - Semiconductors - / - NasdaqCM:RGTI Does Rigetti (RGTI) Insider Selling Undercut the Narrative Around CHIPS Funding and Cloud Progress? - In recent months, Rigetti Computing brought its 108-qubit Cepheus-1-108Q quantum system into general availability across major cloud platforms and entered a non-binding agreement with the U.S. Commerce Department for up to US$100 million in potential CHIPS Act funding in exchange for a minority equity stake. - However, large insider share sales by senior executives, including the CTO, have raised questions about short-term confidence just as Rigetti highlights growing customer adoption and ambitious expansion plans. - We’ll now explore how the CHIPS Act funding agreement and cloud deployment of Cepheus-1-108Q influence Rigetti’s existing investment narrative. Rare earth metals are an input to most high-tech devices, military and defence systems and electric vehicles. The global race is on to secure supply of these critical minerals. Beat the pack to uncover the 26 best rare earth metal stocks of the very few that mine this essential strategic resource. Rigetti Computing Investment Narrative Recap To own Rigetti, you essentially have to believe that superconducting, gate based quantum systems can mature into a commercial business before the company’s cash and patience run thin. In the near term, the CHIPS Act letter of intent and cloud rollout of Cepheus‑1‑108Q support the technology and funding story, but they do not remove the core risks of heavy losses, reliance on government programs, and now, the added concern of sizeable insider selling. The most relevant recent announcement here is Rigetti’s non binding US$100 million CHIPS Act funding agreement, which would come with a minority federal equity stake. If finalized, this could ease pressure around how to finance the roadmap to larger systems and potential fabrication needs, partly offsetting worries about uneven public sector
Jun 11, 2026 · via simplywall.st
Every crypto winter brings out the Bitcoin (BTC +0.48%) obituary writers. The cryptocurrency has been declared dead roughly 400 times since its launch in 2009, yet here it sits with a $1.24 trillion market cap as of June 9, 2026. For a corpse, it's holding up pretty well. So let's talk about zero. It's more interesting than you think. CRYPTO: BTC Key Data Points The case for zero For Bitcoin to become worthless, something would need to fundamentally break. These are the most plausible threats in my eyes: - Developer missteps: The open-source community maintaining Bitcoin's code could make catastrophic errors or fail to adapt to emerging challenges. - Quantum computing: Future quantum computers could theoretically crack Bitcoin's encryption, compromising the entire network. The faster quantum computers become useful, the faster Bitcoin has to change its security model. - A better alternative: Another cryptocurrency could emerge as a superior long-term store of value, rendering Bitcoin obsolete in a functional sense. Why the big bagel remains unlikely Bitcoin's trillion-dollar market cap is not speculative froth. It represents real capital from individual investors, institutions, and, increasingly, traditional financial firms that are taking crypto seriously. Exchange-traded funds already hold roughly 6% of all Bitcoin. Bankers are moving into digital assets. The security concerns are also less dire than headlines suggest. The quantum threat remains years away from practical implementation. A 51% attack, in which bad actors seize majority control of the network to create any transactions they want, becomes increasingly impractical as Bitcoin's invested value increases. Since 2009, every successful crypto hack has targeted wallets or exchanges, not the Bitcoin protocol itself. There's also the inflation angle. Following the April 2024 halving event, Bitcoin's new supply inflation rate fell below gold's mining-based inflation rate. Cathie Wood of Ark Invest highlighted this milestone around
Jun 11, 2026 · via fool.com
For many, quantum computing is still considered a topic of the future – far removed from the day-to-day business of most companies. However, intensive investments are already being made internationally, the first applications are emerging in industry and the financial world, and the risks associated with the security of our data are already increasing today.
Under the title „Quantum computing – The next technological leap“, our experts, together with guests from research and industry, analyse what quantum computing can achieve today and where the limits lie, what opportunities are emerging for companies and where new action is needed;for companies and where new pressure to act is emerging - from digital security and specific use cases in industries to international competitiveness
Jun 11, 2026 · via kpmg.com
New quantum code cuts error rates by 1,000x while using up to 8x fewer qubits New quantum error-correcting code claims 1,000x lower error rates and up to eight times fewer qubits. IQM Quantum Computers has developed a new quantum error-correcting code that it says can reduce logical error rates by up to 1,000 times compared with the widely used surface code while requiring up to eight times fewer physical qubits. The company said the new approach, called barbell codes, could help address one of the biggest challenges facing quantum computing: correcting errors quickly enough to enable large-scale, fault-tolerant machines. Quantum computers are highly sensitive to noise, which can introduce errors during calculations. To overcome this, researchers use quantum error correction, a process that spreads information across multiple physical qubits to create more reliable logical qubits. However, existing methods often require large numbers of qubits and increasingly complex hardware. According to IQM, its new code aims to improve both efficiency and practicality by lowering error rates while reducing the number of physical qubits needed to protect quantum information. Fewer qubits, fewer errors The barbell code family was designed specifically for IQM’s Constellation processor architecture, which features enhanced connectivity between qubits. In the system, each qubit can directly interact with up to 12 neighboring qubits, compared with four in a conventional square-grid arrangement. The company said the design allows high-performance error correction without requiring extensive additional hardware. Barbell codes rely on a single long coupler connection for every second qubit, reducing the need for multiple long-range crossing couplers that can complicate chip fabrication. By taking advantage of the processor’s connectivity, the code can generate the entanglement needed for error correction while keeping hardware requirements comparatively low. “We are pioneering the next chapter in quantum computing,” said Jan Goetz, CEO and Co-founder of
Jun 11, 2026 · via interestingengineering.com
Xanadu sets new industry benchmark in photonic chip packaging Rhea-AI Summary Xanadu (Nasdaq/TSX: XNDU) announced a milestone in ultra-low loss photonic chip packaging, reporting an average 0.085 dB/facet edge-coupling loss for its photonic chips. This result stems from advances in chip design, fabrication, and packaging, leveraging Xanadu’s internal packaging facility and collaborations with Corning and DISCO. AI-generated analysis. Not financial advice. Positive - None. Negative - None. News Market Reaction – XNDU On the day this news was published, XNDU declined 2.00%, reflecting a moderate negative market reaction. Data tracked by StockTitan Argus on the day of publication. Xanadu has successfully demonstrated an average 0.085 dB/facet edge-coupling loss, a critical metric for the feasibility and performance of photonic quantum computers. This achievement is a direct result of the convergence of Xanadu's extensive advancements in integrated photonic chip design, state-of-the-art fabrication techniques, and innovative packaging solutions. "Minimizing loss is paramount to unlocking the full potential of photonic quantum computing," said Dr. Christian Weedbrook, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Xanadu. "This loss achievement of 0.085 dB/facet is not just an incremental improvement; it represents a significant leap forward in our ability to deliver highly-efficient and scalable quantum hardware. It underscores the power of our hardware development approach, from chip design to final packaging." This new milestone was facilitated by the capabilities of Xanadu's internal advanced photonic chip packaging facility launched last year and designed to accelerate the development and production of next-generation integrated photonic platforms. Xanadu's success in achieving such critical feats has been enabled by its continued collaboration with industry partners. Notably for this particular result has been Xanadu's joint development agreement with Corning Inc to develop customized fibre and fibre-array solutions specifically engineered to enable low-loss networking of photonic quantum computing chips as well as its strong collaboration with
Jun 10, 2026 · via stocktitan.net
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- Colt and Ciena completed a quantum-safe data transmission across a transatlantic route - The companies are working on quantum-safe security in anticipation of quantum computing and its inevitable security risks - Quantum computing capabilities could break through traditional data encryption methods as early as 2030 As if the potential security threats from AI weren’t enough, it seems we now must worry about security threats from quantum computing, as well. Most people have never heard the term “quantum-safe,” but Colt Technology Services and Ciena are already anticipating that quantum computing will enable new, more powerful security threats, and they’re working on solutions to protect high-speed, fiber-optic networks. Paulina Gomez, director of Portfolio Marketing for Ciena, said, “Cyber threats are becoming smarter and more aggressive, and quantum computers are getting closer to breaking classical encryption methods.” According to Colt and Ciena, businesses are planning ahead because bad actors are intercepting and storing data in transit, waiting for future quantum computing capabilities to break through traditional data encryption methods. This could be possible as early as 2030. “The threat of these attacks matter most for sensitive data with a long shelf life, such as intellectual property, financial records, government communications and personal data, because this information retains its value over time and will still be valuable years from now,” Gomez said. Recently, Colt and Ciena completed a quantum-safe data transmission across a transatlantic route. The trial successfully protected live data running across 6,900 kilometers of Colt’s subsea and terrestrial network between New York and London with Ciena’s WaveLogic 6 Extreme (WL6e) encryption solution. The trial proved that data can be securely transmitted at an 800 Gb Ethernet (800 GbE) service rate — fast enough to move data-center-scale volumes across the Atlantic in seconds. The companies’ recent trial stands out because it was
Jun 10, 2026 · via fierce-network.com
It just might be the Pinocchio moment in quantum computing: an occasion marking the moment the entire space grew up and, instead of becoming a real boy, became a real industry. GlobalFoundries’ new Quantum Technology Solutions business has launched a dedicated quantum manufacturing arm, backed by a $375 million CHIPS R&D grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce. The goal: build a company that supplies the entire quantum computing ecosystem with quantum processors. That’s significant. For most of its existence, quantum computing has been less an industry than a collection of science projects with gobs of venture funding. Every company built everything itself: the qubits, the control electronics, the packaging, the cryogenic plumbing. Each machine was pretty much a bespoke one-off, hand-assembled by high-end engineers with custom everything. That’s roughly where classical computing was five decades ago, and while that model can produce incredible tech, impressive demos and maybe even world-changing quantum computers, it’s not really a factory. It’s not really something that can take quantum computing from the lab to everywhere anyone wants a quantum computer. The new GlobalFoundries business is launching with customers across nearly every competing approach to building a quantum computer: PsiQuantum (photonics), Quantinuum (trapped ions), Diraq and Quantum Motion (silicon spin qubits) and Equal1, with public support from Google Quantum AI, Microsoft and Nvidia. That means this isn’t just a fab for a single technology. It’s a structural change: an ecosystem company. When a foundry steps in to manufacture quantum processors, control chips and interconnects for other companies across multiple qubit modalities and on standard 300mm production lines, you’re kind of watching the birth of a supply chain. That’s the same separation of design from manufacturing that turned semiconductors from a vertically integrated niche into a trillion-dollar ecosystem, and it’s the pattern every maturing hardware
Jun 10, 2026 · via forbes.com
Physicists at the University of Oxford have engineered a new class of ‘cat states’ — quantum superpositions constructed not from ordinary wave packets, but from deeply exotic, nonclassical components — opening unexpected paths toward more resilient quantum computers. “Unlike classical physics, quantum mechanics allows objects to exist in more than one state at the same time,” said University of Oxford’s Dr. Sebastian Saner and his colleagues. “This idea is often illustrated by Schrödinger’s cat, imagined as being both alive and dead until it is observed.” “In a lab, physicists can create less dramatic but very real versions of this effect by placing atoms, light, or motion into two distinct quantum states at once.” “Creating and controlling these superpositions is essential for applications ranging from quantum computing to precision timekeeping.” “A simple example is a quantum bit, or qubit, in a superposition of both 0 and 1. But quantum systems are not limited to just two states.” “In a quantum harmonic oscillator, which can occupy many different energy levels, there is a much richer set of possibilities.” “Quantum harmonic oscillators describe many physical systems, including light, vibrations and the motion of trapped particles, and have been used to create a wide variety of quantum superpositions.” “One well-known example is a cat state, in which an oscillator is placed in a superposition of two wave packets displaced in opposite directions.” “These wave packets, known as coherent states, resemble classical motion as closely as quantum mechanics allows.” In their new research, Dr. Saner and co-authors demonstrated a new family of quantum superpositions. Instead of building cat-like states from coherent-state wave packets, they developed a method for creating superpositions from a broad range of components that are themselves highly nonclassical. In examples such as squeezed-state superpositions, quantum uncertainty is redistributed differently in each part
Jun 10, 2026 · via sci.news
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At $56.69, IonQ (NYSE:IONQ | IONQ Price Prediction) looks fully valued, with a more compelling risk/reward setup emerging only at $50.00 or below. The trapped-ion quantum pioneer absorbed a 20.6% one-week flush that punished speculative positioning without breaking the operational story. IonQ designs trapped-ion quantum computers and sells them alongside quantum networking, sensing, and post-quantum security products into commercial and government markets across more than 30 countries. Going into 2026, management framed the year as a shift from platform building to scaled execution. Q1 results delivered: $64.7 million in revenue, up 755% year over year, with the first 256-qubit system sold to Cambridge. Why the Quantinuum IPO Re-Rated the Whole Group Bulls argue the dip is a gift. Quantinuum’s IPO validated the category and held above the offer despite a sharp opening, signaling public-market appetite for pre-revenue quantum names at premium multiples. IonQ, already commercial, stands out. Remaining performance obligations grew 554% to $470 million, meaning every $1 of Q1 revenue added roughly $2.5 in future backlog. Catalysts are stacking. Management raised FY26 guidance to $260 million to $270 million, won a $39 million Space Development Agency HALO contract, a DARPA HARQ slot, and an MDA SHIELD award. Wall Street is on board: 11 Buys, 2 Holds, 0 Sells, with a $67.64 average target. The Cash Burn Problem Bears focus on the income statement. IonQ posted an adjusted EBITDA loss of $96.8 million and burned $151 million in operating cash in a single quarter. Stock-based compensation hit $128.5 million, exceeding revenue and diluting holders. The $805.4 million GAAP “profit” is a non-cash warrant mark rather than operating earnings. Valuation looks demanding. The market cap sits near $22.79 billion on a $270 million revenue run rate. Shares fell roughly 21% in a single session after earnings, a reminder that beats do
Jun 10, 2026 · via 247wallst.com
Off the Wire Press Releases CAMBRIDGE, England, June 10, 2026 — Nu Quantum, a leader in distributed quantum computing, today announced new research showing that multi-node quantum networks can be designed to tolerate the complete failure of individual QPUs. The simulations show that on a distributed system with quantum information encoded across the entire network rather than on a single-QPU, catastrophic node failure can become a correctable error. Information encoded across the wider network can still be recovered, so long as the failed node holds only a small fraction of the total error correction code. It also shows that when a replacement node is brought online, logical information can be transferred to it and operations can continue. This work provides techniques for multi-QPU systems to support arbitrary length computations, compared to monolithic platforms which lack these mechanisms to reduce the risk of unrecoverable loss of logical information. “This research offers additional evidence that distributed quantum computing represents a viable approach to achieving fault-tolerant computing at scale. Increasing the size of the quantum code by adding more QPUs to the network simultaneously improves the systems resilience to qubit errors and improves critical system availability,” said Dr. Carmen Palacios-Berraquero, Founder and CEO of Nu Quantum. “While this tolerance is not unconditional, our team’s work indicates that node failures can be suppressed with only a negligible impact on logical error rates. Adding QPUs on a network therefore offers a promising method to achieve even lower logical error rates. Classical Cloud and HPC computing services have for decades exploited elastic modularity to deliver robust, highly available services; this work proves that Quantum can get the same benefits.” The findings also indicate that fault tolerance improves as the proportion of total qubits held on any single node declines, meaning that resilience is enhanced by using
Jun 10, 2026 · via hpcwire.com
7NRP: The Seventh National Research Platform Workshop, Part One The Seventh National Research Platform (7NRP) workshop was held at the University of California San... Reproducibility is absolutely critical in science, but it’s a troublesome characteristic when it comes to AI. Frontier models developed by Big AI may deliver superior accuracy and reasoning capabilities, but they do so largely as black boxes with little regard for reproducibility. If AI is going to turbo-charge scientific productivity, it must do so without compromising reproducibility. The question, then, becomes how to achieve it. This was the topic of a presentation at the TPC26 conference last week by Noah Smith, a computer scientist at the University of Washington and senior director of NLP research at the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence. Smith discussed why it’s important for scientists to have AI tools that meet their needs when it comes to reproducibility, and how model flows can help to deliver them. “Scientists need to be able to inspect and control their tools. A big part of science is your tools–the engineering, the systems that are going to help you answer questions,” Smith said. “At the Allen Institute for AI and with our collaborators at the University of Washington and other universities, we’ve taken the position that the way to get to this fine-grained control and inspectability is through what we call model flows.” What exactly is a “model flow”? Smith went on: “We use this term ‘model flow’ to refer to a kind of full openness,” he continued. “Everything that you need to reproduce the work from the very beginning: all of the data, the model weights…and intermediate checkpoints. We describe the entire recipe. I’ll give you all the code that you need to reproduce any stage so that you can go back and change anything.
Jun 10, 2026 · via hpcwire.com
Billionaire venture capitalist Tim Draper has argued that quantum computers pose a greater near-term threat to traditional banking infrastructure than to Bitcoin, flipping the conventional narrative that cryptocurrency is the more vulnerable target. Draper made the remarks in an interview, stating that Bitcoin is safer than dollars because quantum computing will compromise banks before it can threaten the blockchain, as reported by Benzinga. Why Draper Thinks Banks Face the First Quantum Threat The core of Draper’s argument centers on infrastructure age. Traditional banks rely on encryption standards and legacy systems that were not designed with quantum-era attacks in mind. Bitcoin’s cryptographic architecture, while also theoretically vulnerable, operates on a decentralized network where upgrades can be coordinated before a credible threat materializes. KEY POINTS - Draper claims quantum computers will crack banking systems before they can touch Bitcoin’s blockchain. - The statement reframes the quantum risk debate, positioning crypto as the more resilient financial layer. - Google researchers have separately flagged the need for responsible quantum vulnerability disclosure in cryptocurrency. Draper’s warning reframes a debate that has traditionally cast Bitcoin as the party at risk. Critics have long pointed to quantum computing as an existential threat to cryptocurrency, but Draper’s position inverts that framing: centralized banking, with its concentrated attack surfaces and slower upgrade cycles, could be the first to fall. The sentiment echoes Draper’s broader investment thesis. He has long been one of Bitcoin’s most vocal institutional advocates, and his portfolio reflects deep conviction in decentralized technologies, as profiled by Crunchbase News. What the Warning Means for Bitcoin and Crypto Sentiment Draper’s remarks carry weight because of his track record as an early Bitcoin buyer and prolific venture investor. When a figure of his profile frames Bitcoin as a safer store of value than dollars in the context of emerging
Jun 10, 2026 · via kucoin.com
The quantum clock is ticking: it's Bitcoin's problem, not Ethereum's A recent research note published by Citi analysts reached a conclusion about quantum risk that should give every institutional bitcoin holder pause, Tabar explains. If bitcoin and Ethereum had been invented on the same day, nobody would have heard of bitcoin. I sold every bitcoin Bit Digital held and deployed the proceeds into Ethereum. I have built one of the largest corporate Ethereum treasury positions in the world and said, on the record, that we will never sell it. People have asked me to articulate the single strongest argument for that conviction. On March 30, 2026, that argument arrived. Last month, Citi confirmed it. In a research note published on May 18, Citi analysts warned that quantum computing advances have shortened the timeline for practical attacks on digital assets, and reached a conclusion that should give every institutional bitcoin holder pause: bitcoin faces significantly greater quantum risk than Ethereum, and the gap between them comes down not just to technology but to governance. That finding echoes the landmark paper released in late March by Google Quantum AI in collaboration with Stanford University and the Ethereum Foundation, which found that the computing resources required to break bitcoin's foundational cryptography are approximately 20 times lower than previously estimated. A sufficiently advanced quantum computer, operating with fewer than 500,000 physical qubits, could derive a bitcoin private key from its public key in roughly nine minutes. That machine does not exist today. But the window to act responsibly is narrowing faster than most institutions realize. When Google raises the alarm, and Citi confirms it in the same quarter, this is no longer a fringe concern. This is the silver bullet. And it points directly at bitcoin. Why bitcoin is exposed Bitcoin's security rests on
Jun 10, 2026 · via coindesk.com