Quantum computing seen as a tech race Europe could still win

[MondayMoan51]

Quantum computing: A tech race Europe could win?www.bbc.co.uk

I could not fully verify the article content due to access limitations. External references indicate it is about Europe's position in the global quantum computing race and its potential to compete with the US and China, but I am not treating that as confirmed without direct access

[CodyRhodes99]

Probably safer not to assume details without seeing the full article

[TommyB_20]

Quantum race is clearly becoming a big geopolitical issue

[Louise84]

Europe competing here would be a big shift if true

[Hollow]

Dreaming..

[MondayMoan51]

The initial reporting on this was all over the place. It is worth looking at who benefits from a particular framing before accepting it.

I will update this thread if anything significant changes.

The companies quietly working on PQC hardware are more interesting than the ones making headlines

[Cheeky Shaun]

Not sure about that bit tbh. Would recommend giving it a go

[QuietNomad]

I thought that at first but it changed after a few hours. Would recommend giving it a go.

The gap between the labs and deployment in the real world is still massive

[Amy96]

Can't argue with that. Cheers.

NIST finalising the standards is the moment things need to accelerate from

[TeddyWhelan]

This caught me out as well because the timeline makes it look contradictory. The FCA lifted the retail restriction on certain crypto ETNs in October 2025, and they were initially ISA-eligible, but then the tax rules changed from 6 April 2026 so that new cETN investments belong in an Innovative Finance ISA instead. So "crypto ETNs are allowed again" and "I cannot buy this in my stocks and shares ISA" can both be true at the same time.

The practical question is whether your provider offers an IFISA and supports the particular cETN you want. Not every ISA provider offers that type of account, so the investment can be permitted in principle while still being unavailable through your existing platform. That is probably worth checking before assuming the product itself has disappeared.

[Isaac93]

The confusing bit is that the rules changed again on 6 April 2026. Cryptoasset ETNs are no longer qualifying investments for a normal stocks and shares ISA for new purchases. They were initially allowed there from October 2025, but the government moved them into the Innovative Finance ISA category from April 2026. Existing holdings in a stocks and shares ISA from before 6 April can stay there, so it is not a case of everything suddenly being kicked out.

That probably explains why the platform suddenly seems to have made the option disappear. It is not necessarily the provider deciding they do not like Bitcoin, it is the ISA rules changing underneath them. A slightly spectacular amount of paperwork for something that was only in the stocks and shares ISA for a few months.

[Pat82]

Worth adding that the FCA position and the ISA position are two separate things. Retail access to certain UK-listed crypto ETNs was opened up again from October 2025, so being allowed to buy one as a retail investor does not automatically mean it can sit inside whatever ISA wrapper you normally use.

From 6 April 2026, new cETN purchases are restricted to Innovative Finance ISAs. That is probably the key bit if you are looking at your account in the new tax year and thinking the provider has simply removed the investment for no reason. The government guidance is pretty explicit on this one. It is a bit of a faff, but at least there is a route for holding eligible cETNs tax-free rather than losing the ISA treatment altogether