⚡️Quantum Brief⚡️ Google and startup Oratomic published research demonstrating that AI-accelerated quantum computing may break current internet encryption sooner than previously expected. AI played an instrumental role in developing the algorithm. Industry response: The research accelerated Cloudflare's quantum-safe encryption deployment timeline from 2030+ to 2029, signaling urgent industry movement toward post-quantum cryptography adoption. Security implications: The findings underscore how AI and quantum computing convergence may compress timelines for encryption vulnerabilities, requiring organizations to advance quantum-safe infrastructure migration schedules. @Google Source: TIME

🚨 Body language experts just confirmed Donald Trump is CRUSHING IT on the world stage with President Xi! "Body language experts say Trump showed gravitas and stayed focused: 'I think that Trump feels the power, feels like this is a formidable meeting. He is not intimidated by Xi at all. He's showing kind of like a peacock or a lion. He's showing his power.'" "It was a long handshake. Both men stood still, no one leaned in. Who won? Some call it a draw, but Xi did release first. Then Trump hit him with a little pat on the back. Body language experts say that was a POWER MOVE." "The fashion police noticed that POTUS rocked a red tie, which experts say aligned visually with the dominant ceremonial palette of China." "Xi even had his musicians play an instrumental version of the YMCA!" — @JesseBWatters

Alex Immerman @aleximm Since we launched our first @a16z Growth fund seven years ago, we’ve backed companies that are just at the point of finding product-market fit all the way through to investing at IPO, and we recently announced our latest $6.75B Growth fund to continue to do so. We now manage over over $22B across five Growth funds and believe the opportunity to partner with growth-stage companies has never been greater. Through it all, Alex Immerman has been instrumental in what we’ve built, which is why I’m thrilled to announce that Alex is being promoted to General Partner on our Growth investing team at a16z. Alex has been an incredible force since joining the team seven years ago, partnering with founders across consumer internet, enterprise, fintech, crypto, and AI-powered software companies — supporting them from early traction through breakout scale. In the last six months alone, Alex led our new investments in Kalshi, EliseAI, and Revolut, and has partnered with many founders in his time here, including those from Waymo, Stripe, ElevenLabs, Hebbia, Roblox, Anduril, Flock Safety, and many more. I’ve had the pleasure of working with Alex for over a decade, dating back to our time at General Atlantic. Those who know Alex know he’s a hustler, in the best way, with great instincts. He has an endless motor, isn’t afraid to speak his mind, and is always willing to help. I’ve also enjoyed seeing Alex become a culture carrier on the Growth team and across the firm. In his work, Alex has brought deep strategic insight and rigor to every part of the investment process. He’s built strong founder relationships grounded in trust and long-term support, and helped shape our thinking about how great companies win — whether that’s moving beyond surface metrics to durable moats or evaluating what truly drives retention in new software paradigms. As a General Partner on Growth, Alex will continue leading investments and working closely with founders tackling some of the biggest opportunities in tech today, with an emphasis on category-defining companies at the intersection of AI, consumer, B2B, crypto, and the physical world. Please join me in congratulating “AI.” I’m proud to call him a partner and am excited for what’s ahead.

STRC is now trading 35% of MSTR's daily share volume on a 7-day MA. SATA is at 6% of ASST. But that's the wrong number. Run the dollar volume instead. Over the last 30 days: MSTR ~$2.96B/day · STRC ~$409M/day → STRC = 14% of MSTR's dollar flow ASST ~$55M/day · SATA ~$19M/day → SATA = 35% of ASST's dollar flow The ratio inverts because share volume hides what par-priced instruments actually move. A SATA share trades at ~$100. An ASST share trades at ~$17. One SATA print is six ASST prints. Of every dollar of capital touching the Strategy stack on a given day, 12¢ goes through STRC. Of every dollar touching the Strive stack, 26¢ goes through SATA. Strive's preferred is doing more of the work for its common than Strategy's is, proportional to the size of each ecosystem. In absolute terms STRC is a $400M+ daily market. SATA is still a $19M one. The instrument is real on both sides. The scale isn't comparable yet. Watch the trajectory. STRC went from 4% of MSTR share volume in November to 35% today. Six months. But remember, SATA is a LOT newer than STRC. The same curve is starting to bend on SATA - 2% to 6% over the same window - just from a smaller base. Can't wait to continue watching digital credit adoption in real time... especially with daily and semi-monthly dividends for the instruments.

Lab assistants don’t have to be human Beijing’s CoreNetic is already putting its wheeled humanoid Monte 02 into real research workflows on national-level platforms. It independently runs multi-step sequences--nucleic acid extraction prep, cytotoxicity assays，and moves between instruments without constant supervision. 1.6 m, ~100 kg. Quickly swaps end-effectors (suction cups, two-finger grippers, or dexterous hands) as needed. Let the humanoid assistants handle the repetitive, tedious parts. Scientists focus on the thinking.

Japan moves crypto into the financial-asset regime 🇯🇵 Japan’s decision to classify crypto as a financial asset marks a significant shift in how digital assets are being absorbed into traditional financial-market regulation. The change brings crypto closer to the same regulatory perimeter as other financial instruments, including stricter treatment of insider trading and unregistered activity. The broader signal is clear: as digital assets move deeper into regulated finance, the infrastructure around them will need to meet higher standards for governance, surveillance, disclosure and institutional control. Japan is another market showing that the next phase of onchain finance will be shaped not only by adoption, but by how effectively digital assets integrate into existing financial systems. Source:

Most financial instruments are already digital. That part isn't new. Darko Hajdukovic (Head of Digital Markets Infrastructure, LSEG) on Tokenized with our hosts Simon Taylor and Cuy Sheffield said: "The new thing here isn't that it's digitally represented. It is that you can now do things which you couldn't do before." Round the clock settlement and activity on public chains are the kind of things that becomes possible once DIGIT and the LSE move onto shared DLT infrastructure. Everything discussed here, DIGIT included, is subject to regulatory approval. 🎙️ Listen to the latest episode on

AI access is becoming the new blunt instrument in geopolitics. @levie on what happens if model access becomes a lever: "A year ago, I wouldn’t have put blocking access to an AI model on the board of possible moves. Now it is.”

Voyager 1, the farthest spacecraft from our planet, has powered down another science instrument as it explores uncharted interstellar space — a move that could buy time for an ambitious attempt to extend the probe’s impressive lifespan.