Marin’s Q-Day Prediction Countdown:

Here is my personal Q-Day prediction. For my approach, my CRQC Readiness Benchmark
tool, and the timeline of key Q-Day related news, see Marin’s Q-Day Prediction page.

My Most Popular Articles This Week

    Quantum Tunnelling on a Chip: Why the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics Matters for Quantum Tech

    The 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics went to John Clarke, Michel Devoret and John Martinis for a deceptively simple yet profound experiment. They built a superconducting circuit - two superconductors separated by an ...

    IBM’s “Secure the Post-Quantum Future” Report

    A new 2025 report from IBM’s Institute for Business Value (IBV), in collaboration with the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), paints a stark picture of enterprise readiness for the quantum era ...

    FCA’s Latest Research Note Explores Quantum Computing in Financial Services

    The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has released a new Research Note titled “Quantum Computing Applications in Financial Services” authored by Charlie Markham (FCA) and Ross Grassie (formerly of the ...

    MAS and Partners Unveil QKD Sandbox Technical Report: Quantum Security in Financial Services

    The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), together with four major banks (DBS, HSBC, OCBC, UOB) and tech partners SPTel and SpeQtral, has released a technical report detailing the results of ...

    Researchers Demonstrate Quantum Entanglement Can Slash a 20-Million-Year Learning Task Down to Minutes

    A team led by the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) has published a milestone paper, “Quantum learning advantage on a scalable photonic platform,” in Science (Sept 25, 2025). Preprint arXiv:2502.07770 ...

    Alice & Bob’s One-Hour”Cat Qubit” Breakthrough – What It Means for Quantum Computing and Q-Day

    A new experiment from quantum computing startup Alice & Bob has set a remarkable milestone. In a recent blog post titled”Just Out of the Lab: A Cat Qubit That Jumps ...

    FS-ISAC’s New Roadmap for Post-Quantum Migration in Finance

    Financial industry CISOs have a new playbook for the post-quantum era. The Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center (FS-ISAC) has published a position paper titled “The Timeline for Post-Quantum ...

    Silicon Spin Qubits Achieve >99% Fidelity in 300‑mm Foundry Fabrication

    The race toward large-scale quantum computing just hit a significant milestone. In a new Nature paper “Industry‑compatible silicon spin‑qubit unit cells exceeding 99% fidelity” (open access) a team from Diraq ...

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