Departamento de Comércio dos EUA nega que Trump negocie participações acionárias em gigantes da computação quântica como IonQ, Rigetti e D‑Wave

Governo americano desmente rumores sobre negociações de equity com empresas de computação quântica

Em comunicado oficial, o Departamento de Comércio dos Estados Unidos descartou qualquer tipo de negociação envolvendo o ex-presidente Donald Trump e participações acionárias em empresas líderes de computação quântica. A declaração especificamente menciona IonQ, Rigetti Computing e D‑Wave Systems como empresas que não estão envolvidas nessas supostas negociações.

Setor quântico segue em expansão apesar de especulações políticas

Enquanto investidores tradicionais ainda tentam entender blockchain, o mercado quântico já opera em múltiplas realidades simultâneas - mas aparentemente nenhuma delas inclui Trump adquirindo stakes nessas empresas. As ações dessas companhias continuam sendo objeto de intenso interesse institucional, mesmo com a negação governamental sobre envolvimento do ex-presidente.

Mais uma demonstração de que em tecnologia quântica - assim como nos mercados financeiros - nem tudo que parece estar em dois lugares ao mesmo tempo realmente está.

Trump took equity in Intel and MP Materials

The Trump administration has been buying stakes in companies it considers strategic. In August, the U.S. took a 10% equity stake in Intel, the top American chipmaker. It also scooped up 15% of MP Materials, a rare-earth mining company. China, meanwhile, has been tightening its grip on rare-earth exports.

This new equity strategy is not normal. Experts are saying this is the first time in decades that the U.S. government is using public funds to take ownership in private firms at this scale.

Inside the administration, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick is one of the loudest voices behind the shift. He believes that if taxpayer money is helping a company grow, the public should also get a cut of the upside.

Trump officials say it’s about keeping the U.S. secure, but also about getting something real in return.

Quantum firms pull cash but not revenue

The companies at the center of this mess (IonQ, Rigetti, D-Wave, and Quantum Computing Inc.) are racing to build a computer that can outperform today’s fastest supercomputers.

If successful, it would do insane things like solve complex equations in seconds, discover new drugs, or crack military encryption. That’s why governments are watching closely. The Pentagon has a reason to care.

But here’s the catch. So far, quantum computers don’t actually do anything useful. They’re still stuck in the research phase. There’s no real product yet. And that means almost no revenue. According to a McKinsey report, all the quantum players combined pulled in less than $750 million last year.

Still, the space is flooded with investment cash; both private and federal. And on Wednesday, Google said its quantum machine ran an algorithm over 13,000 times faster than a regular one.

Even better, a second quantum computer confirmed the result, something past studies couldn’t pull off. So the buzz is still alive, even if no one can actually use these machines for anything yet.

The market, of course, didn’t need a real product to go up. On the same day, the S&P 500 rose 0.58% to 6,738.44. The Dow Jones added 144.20 points, closing at 46,734.61. The Nasdaq jumped 0.89% to 22,941.80, helped by Nvidia, Broadcom, and Amazon. Oracle, which is also tied to AI, gained nearly 3%. The market made back all the losses from the day before, when tech names took a hit and investors dumped risk.

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