Congress let SBIR lapse in September 2025. First time in the program's history. NIH stopped accepting proposals entirely.
Meanwhile 69 countries are drafting over 1,000 AI policies. Compliance costs scale with headcount. Guess who can afford the lawyers.
https://t.co/ncbKI964XF
Africa has 232 special economic zones across 43 countries. Tanzania just merged three investment agencies into one. Nigeria updated its 1994 framework. Prรณspera is negotiating 750-hectare zones with dozens of African governments. The experiment is scaling faster than the discourse.
https://t.co/JyM7XEusft
One third of banks think quantum threats need addressing now. Two thirds are waiting. The ones waiting are betting their entire transaction history stays encrypted until they retire.
https://t.co/b5tIYqHhRh
Most people donโt lose money in crypto because theyโre wrong.
They lose because they mistake noise for signal.
Episode #25 of the Quantus Podcast
@YuviLightman and @JoeMattia sit down with Sina Iman @hubsmoke to explore how trust erodes in markets and in science, why narratives outrun truth, and how incentives quietly shape belief.
Markets test behavior more than intelligence.