Quantus and NEAR Foundation to host Quantum + Privacy Day at TOKEN2049 Singapore
Quantus and NEAR Foundation will host Quantum + Privacy Day on October 8, 2026, a TOKEN2049 Singapore side event on post-quantum security and privacy.
Why it matters
The event itself changes nothing on-chain; its value is that several large crypto firms, including Bitwise, Grayscale and Dragonfly, are publicly focused on post-quantum migration. No funding, protocol change or policy action is announced here, so the immediate market significance is limited to conference visibility ahead of TOKEN2049 Singapore.
Key facts
Quantus and NEAR Foundation will host Quantum + Privacy Day on Thursday, October 8, 2026, as a side event of TOKEN2049 Singapore.
Reported by Finbold
The event takes place at Tower Club, Republic Plaza, from 1:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. SGT, followed by evening networking.
Reported by Finbold
Illia Polosukhin, co-founder of NEAR, is listed among the keynotes and panel participants.
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Hunter Horsley, CEO of Bitwise, is listed among the keynotes and panel participants.
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Krista Lynch of Grayscale and Haseeb Qureshi, managing partner at Dragonfly, are listed among the participants.
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Balaji Srinivasan, angel investor and founder of Network School, is listed among the participants.
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Finbold states that a quantum computer able to forge signatures could corrupt blockchain ledgers and remove the privacy from recorded transactions.
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The programme covers quantum-safe cryptographic schemes for securing assets alongside privacy infrastructure.
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What happened
Finbold reports that Quantus and NEAR Foundation will host Quantum + Privacy Day on Thursday, October 8, 2026, as a side event of TOKEN2049 Singapore. The event runs from 1:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. SGT at Tower Club, Republic Plaza, followed by evening networking, and Finbold describes it as built for security researchers, application builders and capital allocators. Finbold lists the scheduled speakers as Illia Polosukhin, co-founder of NEAR, Hunter Horsley, CEO of Bitwise, Krista Lynch of Grayscale, Haseeb Qureshi, managing partner at Dragonfly, and Balaji Srinivasan, angel investor and founder of Network School. Finbold also names Zcash's Zooko Wilcox among the participants in the article headline and deck, though his speaking role is not specified in the visible text. On the substance, Finbold says the programme covers quantum-safe cryptographic schemes for securing assets and privacy infrastructure, arguing that a quantum computer able to forge signatures could corrupt blockchain ledgers and strip privacy from recorded transactions. The announcement comes from Finbold alone, so the speaker lineup, agenda and format remain uncorroborated, and the visible text is truncated partway through the description of the privacy sessions.
How the story developed
- First report
First report by Finbold
Crypto’s Post-Quantum Shift and Privacy Renaissance Take Center Stage at Quantus and NEAR’s Quantum + Privacy Day at TOKEN2049 Singapore
- Update
Finbold reports the announcement of Quantum + Privacy Day
Quantus and NEAR Foundation named as hosts; speakers and venue disclosed for the first time in the visible record.
Affected entities
Original sources
| Publisher | Report | Role | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finbold Crypto media | Crypto’s Post-Quantum Shift and Privacy Renaissance Take Center Stage at Quantus and NEAR’s Quantum + Privacy Day at TOKEN2049 Singapore | Original |
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