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Quantum-safe Readiness Assessment

Understanding the Future of Quantum-Safe, Sovereign Digital Asset Custody

We're conducting this survey to understand real-world priorities for quantum-safe, sovereign custody solutions, so we can align our roadmap with institutional needs. Your insights will help shape the next generation of custody infrastructure that addresses emerging quantum threats, regulatory requirements, and the demand for true institutional control.

This survey takes approximately 10 minutes to complete. All responses are confidential and will be aggregated for analysis. As a thank you for your time, we'll share the aggregated and anonymized findings of the survey with you.

Your perspective matters. Whether you're actively building digital asset capabilities, evaluating solutions, or monitoring the space, but we're listening first.

Section A: Market Outlook & Strategic Priorities

1. Where do you see the digital asset market heading over the next 3-5 years?

Institutional adoption accelerating significantly

Steady growth with regulatory clarity

Consolidation around major players

Fragmentation across use cases (CBDCs, tokenization, DeFi)

Regulatory headwinds slowing adoption

Digital assets strategy deprioritized

Other

2. What are your top 3 strategic priorities in digital assets for 2026?

3. Where are you allocating budget/resources in 2026-27?

Building in-house custody capabilities

Evaluating/procuring third-party custody solutions

Upgrading security and cryptographic infrastructure

Regulatory compliance and legal frameworks

Pilot programs and proof-of-concepts

Integration and middleware development

Not yet allocating significant resources

Digital assets strategy deprioritized

Other

Section B: Custody Requirements & Pain Points

4. How critical is custody infrastructure to your digital asset strategy?

Mission-critical-core to our business model

Very important-key operational requirement

Moderately important-one of several priorities

Low priority-outsourcing or minimal involvement

Not applicable

5. What are your current custody arrangements? (Select all that apply)

Third-party institutional custodian (e.g., Coinbase, BitGo, Anchorage)

Self-custody with internal infrastructure

Hybrid (combination of self and third-party)

Traditional banking custodian with digital asset capabilities

Evaluating options-no solution in place yet

Other

6. What are the top 3 limitations or concerns with your current (or evaluated) custody solutions? (Select 3)

7. If you could change ONE thing about your current or ideal custody solution, what would it be?

Section C: Quantum & Regulatory Awareness

8. How aware is your organization of the quantum computing threat to current cryptography?

Very aware - actively planning migration to post-quantum cryptography

Aware - monitoring but no concrete plans yet

Somewhat aware - on our radar but not prioritized

Not aware - first I'm hearing of this

Not applicable to our operations

9. When do you expect quantum computers to pose a material threat to current cryptography?

Already a concern (Harvest-Now-Decrypt-Later attacks)

2025–2030

2030–2035

After 2035

Not a concern for our organization

10. Are you familiar with regulatory mandates requiring post-quantum cryptography migration? (e.g., OMB M-23-02, CNSA 2.0, EU PQC & NIS2 Directive)

Yes-actively working toward compliance

Yes - aware but planning phase

Vaguely aware - need more information

No - not familiar with these requirements

11. How important are the following to your custody requirements? (Rank order the options by dragging up / down - 1 being the most important and 8 being least important)

Use the up and down arrow keys to change the rank.

Post-quantum cryptographic security

Air-gapped key generation and management

Sovereign control (no third-party can unilaterally move assets)

Zero-knowledge proofs for compliance and privacy

Regulator-ready evidence packs and audit trails

Integration with core banking/treasury/ERP systems

Support for DACN Notes or phygital custody instruments

Compliance with OCC, MiCA, DORA, GENIUS Act, NIS2

Section D: Solution Evaluation & Purchase Intent

12. Do current custody providers adequately meet your needs?

Yes-fully satisfied with available solutions

Mostly-but missing some key features

Partially-significant gaps remain

No-current solutions fall short of requirements

Don't know/still evaluating

13. Which are the top 3 differentiators you would consider in a custody solution?

Post-quantum cryptography by design (NIST FIPS 203-205 compliant)

True sovereign control (no vendor can unilaterally access keys)

Air-gapped key management with threshold schemes

Zero-knowledge compliance (privacy-preserving KYC/AML, proof-of-reserves)

Phygital custody instruments (DACN Notes for vault storage)

Evidence packs mapped to regulatory frameworks (OCC, MiCA, DORA)

14. Would you pay a premium (10-30% higher) for a custody solution offering verifiable quantum-safe security and sovereign control?

Yes-security and sovereignty justify premium pricing

Maybe-depends on specific features and risk profile

No-price sensitivity is high

Need to see ROI analysis

15. When do you plan to make decisions about your digital asset custody infrastructure?

Actively evaluating now (next 3 months)

Planning phase (3–12 months)

Future consideration (12–24 months)

No immediate plans

Already implemented – not planning changes

16. Would you consider an emerging provider (with strong technical validation and lighthouse customers) offering significantly differentiated capabilities?

Yes-if technology and governance are proven

Yes-if backed by credible advisors and partners

Maybe-would need extensive proof of concept

No-prefer established vendors only

No-regulatory/procurement constraints prevent this

17. What would it take for you to switch custody providers or adopt a new solution? (Select all that apply)

Regulatory mandate or supervisory pressure

Demonstrated quantum threat becoming imminent

Significantly better security/sovereignty model

Lower total cost of ownership

Better integration with our systems

Peer adoption and reference customers

Independent security audits and certifications

Other

Section E: Broader Digital Asset Concerns

18. Beyond custody, what are your top concerns in digital assets? (Rank order the options by dragging up / down - 1 being the most important and 8 being least important)

Use the up and down arrow keys to change the rank.

Regulatory uncertainty and compliance complexity

Cybersecurity and operational risk

Interoperability across blockchains and systems

Liquidity and market infrastructure

Stablecoin regulation and reserve management

AML/CFT and sanctions compliance

Talent and expertise gaps

Board-level understanding and risk appetite

Insurance and liability frameworks

19. What would accelerate your organization's digital asset initiatives? (Select all that apply)

Clearer regulatory frameworks

Better custody and infrastructure solutions

Proven use cases and ROI models

Peer adoption and industry standards

Executive/board education and buy-in

Vendor consolidation and ecosystem maturity

Other

Section F: Respondent Profile

20. What best describes your role?

C-Suite Executive (CEO, CFO, CTO, CISO, CRO)

Head of Digital Assets / Blockchain / Innovation

Head of Custody / Operations / Treasury

Head of Risk / Compliance / Legal

Technical Architect / Engineering Lead

Strategy / Business Development

Industry Analyst / Consultant / Advisor

Other

Quantum-safe Readiness Assessment

Section A: Market Outlook & Strategic Priorities

1. Where do you see the digital asset market heading over the next 3-5 years?

2. What are your top 3 strategic priorities in digital assets for 2026?

3. Where are you allocating budget/resources in 2026-27?

Section B: Custody Requirements & Pain Points

4. How critical is custody infrastructure to your digital asset strategy?

5. What are your current custody arrangements? (Select all that apply)

6. What are the top 3 limitations or concerns with your current (or evaluated) custody solutions? (Select 3)

7. If you could change ONE thing about your current or ideal custody solution, what would it be?

Section C: Quantum & Regulatory Awareness

8. How aware is your organization of the quantum computing threat to current cryptography?

9. When do you expect quantum computers to pose a material threat to current cryptography?

10. Are you familiar with regulatory mandates requiring post-quantum cryptography migration? (e.g., OMB M-23-02, CNSA 2.0, EU PQC & NIS2 Directive)

11. How important are the following to your custody requirements? (Rank order the options by dragging up / down - 1 being the most important and 8 being least important)

Section D: Solution Evaluation & Purchase Intent

12. Do current custody providers adequately meet your needs?

13. Which are the top 3 differentiators you would consider in a custody solution?

14. Would you pay a premium (10-30% higher) for a custody solution offering verifiable quantum-safe security and sovereign control?

15. When do you plan to make decisions about your digital asset custody infrastructure?

16. Would you consider an emerging provider (with strong technical validation and lighthouse customers) offering significantly differentiated capabilities?

17. What would it take for you to switch custody providers or adopt a new solution? (Select all that apply)

Section E: Broader Digital Asset Concerns

18. Beyond custody, what are your top concerns in digital assets? (Rank order the options by dragging up / down - 1 being the most important and 8 being least important)

19. What would accelerate your organization's digital asset initiatives? (Select all that apply)

Section F: Respondent Profile

20. What best describes your role?

21. What best describes your organization?

22. Organization size (Assets Under Management or Annual Revenue)?

23. Geographic focus

Other questions

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