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The U.S. government is committing two billion dollars to quantum computing, but a growing chorus of security experts warns the defensive side of that equation is dangerously behind. Building post-quantum cryptography and getting regulators coordinated isn't a future problem — it's an overdue one.
Shifting to crypto markets, Standard Chartered analyst Geoff Kendrick is calling the bottom, declaring winter is over after Bitcoin's slide below sixty thousand dollars. That's a bold claim, and it lands alongside a Bloomberg analysis suggesting most Bitcoin ETF investors quietly held their positions even as billions in outflows grabbed the headlines. The retail panic narrative, it turns out, may be overstated.
And in a quieter corner of the financial world, a regulatory debate is heating up around Kalshi's crypto perpetual contracts. Derivatives veterans are openly clashing over whether these instruments should be classified as futures or swaps — a distinction that sounds technical but carries enormous consequences for how the entire crypto derivatives market gets governed in the United States.
Three stories worth watching as the week unfolds. Keep surfing. Tech Beat out.
