BTQ Tech launches "quantum-secure" PoC with Danal

Mr. Olivier Roussy Newton reports BTQ TECHNOLOGIES LAUNCHES QSSN PROOF-OF-CONCEPT WITH DANAL, KOREA'S MOBILE PAYMENTS LEADER Danal Co. Ltd., Korea's market leader in mobile carrier billing and operator of the Paycoin (PCI) payment service, has begun a proof-of-concept (PoC) deployment of BTQ Technologies Corp.'s quantum-secure stablecoin settlement network (QSSN) across select components of its payment infrastructure. The PoC will evaluate how QSSN can add quantum-secure settlement, programmable issuer controls and real-time compliance features to Danal's existing rails while maintaining today's user experience for consumers and merchants. Danal's reach and relevance Market leader: holds the leading market share in mobile carrier billing in Korea; Massive reach: payment infrastructure serves tens of millions of users via telecom partnerships and on-line merchants; Pioneering fintech: operates Paycoin (PCI), among Korea's first and most widely adopted crypto-based payment services, accepted by thousands of merchants; Established and listed: founded in 1997 and publicly listed on Kosdaq (064260); Diversified footprint: solutions span e-commerce, gaming, digital content and offline retail, embedding Danal in Korea's digital economy; Global presence: subsidiaries and partnerships in the United States, China and other regions; Institutional trust: long-standing relationships with telecom operators, banks and regulators in a stringent financial environment. Regulation, PQC readiness and standards alignment Regulators and market infrastructures are moving to postquantum cryptography to mitigate "harvest-now, decrypt-later" risk, creating clear urgency for quantum secure settlement. QSSN is leading global standardization efforts for quantum-secure digital money, including initiatives advanced through QUINSA, and has been highlighted by the U.S. PQFIF for its regulator-friendly architecture. By adding cryptographically enforced issuer controls and compliance-ready integrations while preserving existing user and merchant workflows, this PoC demonstrates that PQC can be deployed at national scale with carrier-grade performance and without operational disruption. "Danal's reach and track record make it the ideal environment to validate QSSN at real-world scale," said Olivier Roussy Newton, chief executive officer of BTQ. "This PoC is about delivering quantum-secure settlement and modern issuer controls without changing what users do at checkout. It is a major step toward bringing global standardization and postquantum readiness to everyday payments." "Our priority is to enhance trust, efficiency and compliance across our payment network while keeping the experience simple for users and merchants," said somebody at Danal. "QSSN's design fits that mandate: add security and control where it counts, keep everything else familiar." About QSSN QSSN is BTQ's quantum-secure settlement layer for stablecoins, tokenized deposits and other digital money instruments. It provides: Postquantum cryptography for long-term security; Issuer-level controls such as mint/burn permissions, velocity limits and blacklist/whitelist rules; Compliance-ready hooks to support existing regulatory workflows; Drop-in integration that preserves current user and merchant flows. About BTQ Technologies Corp. BTQ Technologies is a vertically integrated quantum company accelerating the transition from classical networks to the quantum internet. Backed by a broad patent portfolio, BTQ pioneered the industry's first commercially significant quantum advantage and now delivers a full-stack, neutral-atom quantum computing platform with end-to-end hardware, middleware and postquantum security solutions for finance, telecommunications, logistics, life sciences and defence. We seek Safe Harbor.