Week Ending 2 | 7 | 2026

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TOP STORIES

HKMA Fintech Promotion Blueprint Maps AI, DLT, and Cyber Resilience Priorities

Chiral Raises $12M to Develop Post-Silicon Computing Devices From Atomic-Scale Structures

Infleqtion Moves Q4Bio Oncology Work Into Phase 3 With Hybrid Quantum Feature Selection

Device-Independent QKD Results Target Metro Fiber Runs Near 100 Kilometers

QuantX and Adelaide University Test Optical Clock Timing for GNSS-Disrupted Defense Operations

ETH Zurich Demonstrates Surface-Code Lattice Surgery Using 17 Physical Qubits

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BUSINESS & INDUSTRY

South Works Proposal Puts a Quantum Computing Campus Into Chicago Redevelopment Debate

Leadership Changes Span IQM, IonQ, Q.ANT, Haiqu, IQMP, and Quantum Logic

NewsBTC Ties IBIT Trading Talk to Quantum-Risk Messaging in Crypto Marketing

Quantum Motion Expands Global Presence

QT Sense Secures €4M for Quantum Nuova Single-Cell Stress Monitoring Platform

Short Seller Report Targets IonQ; Company Rejects Allegations as Shares Fall

He-3 Supply: Interlune to Advance Scalable, Multipurpose Lunar Trenching and Excavation Technology

SQC Launches Quantum Twins Service Offering Custom Analog-Simulation Chips for Chemistry

Multiverse Computing Says Quantum Finance Paper Passed 1,000 Academic Citations

IonQ Schedules Feb. 25 Call for Q4 and Full-Year 2025 Results

Chicago’s Illinois Quantum Park Attracts an Israeli Quantum Software Firm

Former Microsoft Quantum Program Manager Joins Haiqu to Lead Product Launch

Australia’s NRF Backs Diraq With A$20M to Scale Domestic Quantum Computing Work

Quantum Computing Inc. Closes Luminar Semiconductor Acquisition to Expand Component Portfolio

Edge Computing Meets Quantum Themes in Supply-Chain Operations Discussion

XeedQ LOI With Tamil Nadu Signals Early Quantum Computing Program Rollout

Canada Funds Four Quantum Firms to Keep IP and Hardware Roadmaps at Home

Fujitsu Issues February 2 Corporate Update With Quantum-Relevant Placement Unverified

Fujitsu Issues February 2 Corporate Update With Quantum-Relevant Placement Unverified

Weekly Roundup Tracks M&A, Enterprise Deals, and PQC Procurement Signals

Quobly Opens Canadian Subsidiary To Expand North American Operations

Infleqtion Appoints VP To Lead Commercial Solutions Strategy

Chicago Mega-Quantum Site at Risk: Ballot Push Adds Siting Risk for PSI Quantum’s $9B South Side Campus Plan

Illinois Quantum And Microelectronics Park Appoints New Chief Operating Officer

Silicom Earnings Emphasize Hardware PQC Acceleration as Customer Demand Shifts to Quantum-Safe Security

Xanadu Files Form F-4 as SPAC Deal Moves Toward Nasdaq and TSX Listing

IonQ Closes Skyloom Deal to Add Free-Space Optical Links for Secure Quantum Networking

SECURITY & POLICY

Strategy Describes a Bitcoin Security Program Focused on Quantum-Resistant Upgrades

Gartner 2026 Cyber Trends Put Post-Quantum Migration and AI Agents on CISO Agendas

Abu Dhabi Post-Quantum Security Forum Links Cyber Risk, Capital, and Digital Settlement Infrastructure

Dutch Audit Warns Government Encryption May Fail by 2030 as Quantum Systems Scale

Fintech Blueprint Adds Quantum Preparedness Index and Cybersecurity Baseline for Banks

Crypto Article Links Bitcoin Whale Selling to Quantum Anxiety While Promoting BMIC

CIQ NSS Module Earns CAVP Validation for Post-Quantum Cryptography Algorithms

Proposal: Trojan-Resilient NTT Hardware for Lattice-Based PQC on FPGAs

Draft White House Quantum Order Could Set New Cross-Agency Roles, Timelines, and Trade Focus

GovCon Commentary Links AI and Quantum Priorities to Federal R&D Planning

Quantum Industry Canada Joins the 2026 Year of – Wait for It – Quantum Security Initiative

Galaxy Client’s $9B Bitcoin Sale Rekindles Market Talk Around Long-Range Quantum Risk

ID-BOUND Launches a Public Demo of Identity-Bound Payments to Reduce Online Commerce Fraud

Can’t Be Too Secure? Smart Guys Test BB84 and E91 QKD Protocols on IBM Quantum Hardware

South Korea’s PQC Patent Lead Signals Earlier Government Rollouts

UK–Japan Funding Backs Quantum Dots, Secure Distributed Compute, and Sensor Control

Europol-Backed Guidance Targets PQC Migration Priorities for Financial Services

WISeKey Ties Satellite-Connected Robotics to SEALSQ Post-Quantum Cryptography Protection

WISeKey Davos Forum Weighs Quantum Security for Satellites and Space Data Links

Quantum Computing Nears Practical Use, Yet Quantum-Safe Encryption Still Lags Deployment

KuCoin Forum Frames Blockchain Governance Around Post-Quantum and AI Security Narratives

U.S. Explores Quantum Capabilities For Air And Missile Defense Systems

South Korea Sets Targets for Quantum Chips, Companies, And Talent Through 2035

Israel Cyberweek Warning: Post-Quantum Crypto Timelines Force Action Before Regulation Arrives

NVIDIA Presses Congress to Renew NQI Around Integrated AI, HPC, And Quantum Systems

Quantum Flagship KPI Survey Seeks Input That May Steer Europe’s Quantum Scorecards

NETWORKS & COMMUNICATIONS

WISeSat Plans 100-Satellite IoT Constellation With Quantum-Resistant Protocols

Terran Orbital Mission Plans Space Test of QKD and Optical Links

Optical Skyrmions Keep Topological Numbers Over 270-Meter Free-Space Link

KT Reports Quantum Secret Distribution System Reaching 300,000 Secrets Per Second

SpeQtral and Addvalue Sign MoU on QKD Satellite Services Using AlwaysOn IDRS Links

Welinq Makes First Commercial Sale of an Entangled Photon Pair Source for Quantum Networks

Oxford and Japan Partners Plan Ion-Trap Nodes and Photonic Links for a Quantum Internet

Team Proposes Adaptive Post-Quantum Crypto Selection for 6G Vehicle Networks

Report: Microwave-to-Telecom Conversion for Single-Photon Fock States

Nature Reports Long-Lived Ion Entanglement Milestone for Quantum Repeater Links

Stuttgart Reports On-Demand Telecom-Wavelength Photon Source With Record-Rate Claim

New Mexico Plans Neutral-Atom Testbed With Laser, Photonics, and Hybrid Compute Facilities

Quantum-Inspired Optical Wireless Targets Dense Indoor 6G Links and Chiplet Connectivity

On-Demand Telecom-Wavelength Photon Source Targets Fiber Quantum Networks

Quebec Opens KIRQ Quantum Communications Testbed To Researchers And Industry

RIKEN, Argonne, Fujitsu, And NVIDIA Tie Quantum Computing to AI-for-Science Infrastructure Plans

RESEARCH & BREAKTHROUGHS

UChicago Researchers Tune Topological Superconductors by Shaping Electron Interactions

Scientists Capture a Glimpse into the Quantum Vacuum

Iron Telluride Selenide Films Use Composition as a Dial for Topological Superconducting Phases

Caltech Extends Ultralow-Loss Optical Performance From Fiber Into Photonic Chips

UCLA Study Describes Route to Lower Electronic Noise in Materials Used for Quantum Devices

UCLA Study Describes Route to Lower Electronic Noise in Materials Used for Quantum Devices

Silicon Quantum Computing Patterns 15,000 Quantum Dots to Study Metal-Insulator Transition

ANU Profile Links QDX Startup to Quantum Chemistry Modeling for Biotech

Oxford Program Tracks When Analogue Quantum Simulation Outperforms Classical Methods

TU Wien Offers a New Explanation for a Long-Studied Magnetism Puzzle

Japan’s OIST Describes One-Dimensional Particles as a New Class of Quantum Excitations

QuEra Signals New Mexico Neutral-Atom Site With Regional Lab and Venture Studio Support

Indistinguishable Particles May Imply Widespread Entanglement, Polish Team Argues

NERSC Report Maps How Researchers Use Quantum Systems Across U.S. Science Workloads

PNAS Study Finds Hidden Topology in Polarons, Aiding Quantum Materials Modeling

Kavli IPMU Note Links Quantum Gravity Duality to New Field-Theory Calculations

Direct Imaging Tracks Supersolid Vibrations in Hybrid Light–Matter System

Netherlands Launches €11M Funding Call For Quantum And Semiconductor Research

Stanford Puts Photonic Cavity Arrays on a Path Toward Larger-Scale Quantum Systems

HARDWARE

Control Wires Shape Supercurrent Profiles for Wider Superconducting Photon Detectors

Light-Driven Optical Cavity Arrays Target Faster Readout in Atom-Based Quantum Platforms

Report: On-Chip Erbium-Doped Tantalum Oxide Microring Laser Demonstrated

Taiwan’s Academia Sinica Unveils 20-Qubit Superconducting System and 8-Inch Wafer Flow

QMill Achieves Record-Breaking Quantum Circuit Compression with LUMI System

Chalmers: Engineered Noise Improves Performance In Novel Quantum Refrigerator Design

Quantum-Centric Designs Suggest Future Supercomputers Will Depend On Integrated Hybrid Architectures

Chalmers Quantum Refrigerator Cools Superconducting Qubits Autonomously, Targeting Lower Error

Options Brings OQC Quantum Systems to NYC Data Center for Capital Markets Risk and Optimization

SOFTWARE & ALGORITHMS

QUICHE Integrates Quantum Chemistry Workflows Into ORCA for UK–Germany Research Teams

Proposed: LabVIEW-Based Quantum Circuit Simulator Aimed at Teaching Labs

Rail Vision: Quantum Transportation Unveils Transformer Neural Decoder That Outperforms Classical QEC Algorithms in Simulations

Survey Maps Quantum Annealing Architectures and Benchmarks for Optimization Workloads

Pedagogic Survey Revisits Quantum-State Reality Arguments via Hamilton–Jacobi Route

Benchmarks Show When Circuit Cutting Helps QAOA and When Noise Dominates

Paper Describes Quantum Error Mitigation Method That Cuts Sampling Runtime

Zapata Secures Foundational Patent for Interoperable Quantum Software Across Key Global Markets

Paper: Non-Variational Quantum Optimization Using MCMC Hybrids

QUICHE Project Maps Chemistry Software Workflows Onto Quantum Computing in UK–Germany Effort

Research: Framework Tracks Entanglement Decay In Open Quantum Systems

Error Mitigation Method Reduces Noise Sensitivity In Near-Term Quantum Circuits

Study: Resource-Efficient Quantum State Preparation Using Constrained Gate Sets

Quantum Optimization Draws Attention to Missile Defense Planning Efficiency

Study Ties Data Complexity Signals to When Quantum ML Beats Classical Antibiotic Predictions

Qunova’s HI-VQE Algorithm Now Available on AWS Marketplace

SENSING & METROLOGY

Quantum Metrology Work Often Depends on Cross-Group Teamwork

Physics World Feature Says Quantum Metrology Needs Shared Standards Across Labs

ArXiv Preprint Samples Transition-Edge Sensors at 156 kHz Using Digital fMux Readout

China: Rydberg EIT Experiment Shows Sub-Shot-Noise Optical Readout Using Squeezed Light

Study Demonstrates Scrambling-Based Quantum Sensing on Superconducting Hardware

EU Chips JU Funds SUPREME Consortium With 200-Qubit Module Target and Wafer-Scale Metrology

Q-CTRL Puts GPS-Backup Quantum Navigation on Display at Singapore Airshow

Research: Causal-Order Switching for Better Scaling in Distributed Quantum Sensing

Quantum Collapse Models Set a Clock-Precision Ceiling Far Below Atomic-Clock Limits

arXiv Paper Studies Rydberg Time Crystals For Multi-Parameter Quantum Metrology

LANL Profile Highlights Diego Dalvit Quantum Radar Concept qCOMBPASS

ACADEMIA & WORKFORCE

South Carolina Moves From Quantum Advocacy to University-Led Applied Projects

Nobel Laureate Says He Plans to Build the World’s Most Powerful Quantum Computer

EPB Cites $4M Federal Grant for Quantum Fellowship and Workforce Pipeline

Libya–India Training Plan Targets Quantum Computing and AI Skills Pipeline

Connecticut High School Program Adds Intro Quantum Computing Class Via New Haven Nonprofit

Universal Quantum Backs U.S. Quantum Systems Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Launch

Rigetti Posts New Quantum Hardware Engineering Role

EduQit Targets Hands-On Quantum Hardware Skills, It’s Not Cloud-Only Coursework

Quantum Hiring Gaps Risk Slowing Delivery, Diginomica Argues in Skills-Market Review

Florida Atlantic University Commits $20 Million to On-Site Advantage2 Quantum System

EVENTS & CONFERENCES

DeFi Technologies Schedules São Paulo Insights Symposium During MERGE Week

Security Leaders Summit Agenda Adds Quantum Risk Research Session

SEALSQ Presents Sovereign Root-to-Quantum Security Platform at Tech&Fest in France

Dell Pitches Hybrid Quantum Workflows, Post-Quantum Planning, and Zero Trust at CES 2026

QuIC Hiring Signals Q-Expo 2026 Buildout in Spain’s Basque Country

AQT Lists 2026 Conference Stops Across Europe, North America, and Asia for Ion-Trap Outreach

Global Observers Note UNESCO Quantum Year Closing Events in Ghana

UNESCO Marks Conclusion of International Year of Quantum Science in Accra, Feb 10-11