While the crypto industry focuses on research into the risk that quantum computers could break blockchain encryption, one startup is asking the opposite question: whether quantum hardware can improve blockchains. Postquant Labs has launched the Quip.Network testnet, which combines quantum computers and conventional computing. It said 13,000 researchers worldwide have joined, with six teams submitting computations. The project rewards users with QUIP tokens for solving complex math problems using quantum devices, GPUs or CPUs.

The European Organization for Nuclear Research, CERN, has succeeded for the first time in transporting antimatter by truck. CERN said its BASE experiment team moved 92 antiprotons, using a portable container designed to store and carry antimatter under high vacuum and cryogenic conditions. The truck travelled more than 8 km for about 30 minutes. Researchers aim to measure antiproton properties in a more stable environment and plan longer transfers, including a 700 km trip in 2029.