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BTQ stock rises after demonstrating quantum-safe Bitcoin implementation

Published 16/10/2025, 13:58
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Investing.com -- BTQ Technologies Corp. (NASDAQ:BTQ) stock gained 7% in premarket trading Thursday after the company announced a successful demonstration of a quantum-resistant Bitcoin implementation using NIST-standardized post-quantum cryptography.

The quantum technology company’s Bitcoin Quantum Core Release 0.2 replaces Bitcoin’s ECDSA signatures with NIST-approved ML-DSA (Module-Lattice Digital Signature Algorithm), which BTQ claims will protect against emerging quantum threats to Bitcoin’s $2.4 trillion market capitalization.

BTQ’s implementation includes a complete replacement of vulnerable signatures with FIPS 204 standardized ML-DSA, providing 128-bit post-quantum security. The demonstration showcased the full transaction lifecycle including wallet creation, transaction signing, verification, and mining with quantum-resistant cryptography.

"The quantum threat to Bitcoin is an existential risk to the entire $2.4 trillion Bitcoin economy," said Olivier Roussy Newton, CEO of BTQ Technologies. "Once quantum computers can break ECDSA signatures, every single transaction becomes vulnerable to interception and theft. While the developer community debates response strategies, we’ve built and demonstrated a working, NIST-compliant solution that can protect Bitcoin’s full market value today."

The company highlighted that approximately 6.65 million Bitcoin have permanently exposed public keys, making them vulnerable to potential "long-range attacks" where quantum computers could derive private keys offline.

BTQ also announced the establishment of the BTQ Foundation to coordinate industry-wide quantum defense efforts. The company’s roadmap includes a testnet launch and security auditing in Q4 2025, enterprise pilot programs in Q1 2026, mainnet launch with migration tools in Q2 2026, and integration with major exchanges and wallet providers through 2026-2027.

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