According to @StockMKTNewz, the Trump administration is in talks for the U.S. government, through the Commerce Department, to take equity stakes in quantum-computing firms in exchange for federal funding, with minimum awards discussed at $10 million per company, citing the Wall Street Journal. According to @StockMKTNewz, companies named in the discussions include IONQ (IONQ), Rigetti (RGTI), D-Wave Quantum (QBTS), Quantum Computing Inc. (QUBT), and Atom Computing, citing the Wall Street Journal. According to @StockMKTNewz, this policy backdrop intersects with crypto-security considerations because quantum computing is recognized as a threat to classical public-key cryptography used by blockchains such as Bitcoin and Ethereum, and NIST has published post-quantum cryptography standards to address these risks, citing NIST and Bitcoin.org.