BTQ Technologies and ITRI Partner to Validate QCIM Quantum Secure Chip in Silicon

VANCOUVER, BC, Jan. 21, 2026 /PRNewswire/ - BTQ Technologies Corp. ("BTQ" or the "Company") (Nasdaq: BTQ) (CBOE CA: BTQ) (FSE: NG3), a global quantum technology company focused on securing mission-critical networks, and the Industrial Technology Research Institute ("ITRI"), one of the world's leading applied research organizations, today announced a strategic collaboration in 2026 to jointly realize and validate BTQ's Quantum Compute In Memory ("QCIM") chip, a next-generation silicon platform designed to enable secure, scalable cryptographic computation for the post-quantum era.