Pasqal moved atom trapping onto a photonic chip, Q-CTRL ran a 100-qubit Fourier Transform on IBM hardware, and Quantinuum parked Helios inside Oracle’s cloud. Utah formalized a statewide quantum initiative while Infleqtion doubled revenue and raised guidance. Post-quantum tools reached GSA schedules and live blockchains. This was the week hardware, software, and policy all accelerated together.
BTQ Technologies completed its acquisition of QPerfect and reported commercial progress across its trusted quantum platform in its Q2 2026 corporate update. QSSN surpassed 100,000 transactions processed on mainnet and advanced toward potential production deployment through a Korean bank-led stablecoin proof-of-concept, while Bitcoin Quantum brought its mining and hosting infrastructure to mainnet readiness. Technical and commercial details on MIMIQ expansion, Digital Twin development, and QCIM silicon milestones are covered in the full report.
BTQ Technologies and ICTK have completed the design of their next-generation QCIM-PUF security chip. This achievement combines BTQ’s QCIM cryptographic accelerator with ICTK’s VIA PUF technology to enable hardware-rooted device authentication and post-quantum cryptographic agility. The platform targets IoT, AI devices, industrial systems, and connected infrastructure requiring long-term security resilience. Backed by a €13.9 million development agreement, test chips are set to ship to customers by year-end. This positions BTQ strongly in Korea’s quantum security market and supports global commercialization of quantum-secure solutions.
The past seven days delivered a surge of concrete progress across hardware roadmaps, funding rounds, and policy mandates. QuEra outlined a clear path to over a thousand logical qubits, while Spinq secured major capital for fault tolerance. Governments from the US to Turkiye signaled they are done waiting on the sidelines. Microsoft and Moody’s both moved post-quantum timelines forward, and new tools from DigiCert made the first steps of migration more actionable.
Quantum technology is reshaping our digital world. From Signal’s quantum-resistant encryption securing chats against future threats to IBM’s error-correction algorithm running on AMD chips, practical quantum solutions are emerging. Portugal’s PTQCI network pioneers unbreakable data links, while UNSW’s quantum memory boosts network efficiency. Read on.
South Korea launched the Quantum Strategy Committee on March 12, 2025, led by Choi Sang-mok. It targets 2,500 new researchers and a 1000-qubit computer. The $147M USD budget raises concerns. Choi pushes for industry and defense growth. Can they catch China and the U.S.?
Chungbuk National University (CBNU) has announced the purchase of its first quantum computer from IQM Quantum Computers to enhance quantum research and education programming. The installation of the 5-qubit full-stack quantum computer, named “IQM Spark,” is scheduled for the first quarter of 2025. It will be IQM’s first quantum computer in South Korea and second in the Asia-Pacific region.
Xanadu (xanadu.ai), a leader in photonic quantum computing, has teamed up with the Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information (KISTI) to establish South Korea’s inaugural quantum-classical hybrid computing infrastructure.