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What makes this situation more perplexing is the rise of stock prices for publicly traded quantum companies like IonQ, Rigetti, and D-Wave, which have enjoyed notable market gains in recent months. BlackRock even plans to offer a quantum computing ETF. The surge in investment has been fueled by the optimism of government agencies like the US government and corporations such as JP Morgan pouring money into quantum R&D, hoping to be ahead of potential competitors, notably China.