Project Eleven Partners With Relm Insurance to Develop Post-Quantum Underwriting Framework

Post-quantum security firm Project Eleven announced on Oct. 20, 2026, that Relm Insurance has joined as a development partner for Strongpoint, its institutional custody platform ². The collaboration focuses on assessing how institutional post-quantum security controls can be integrated into digital asset insurance underwriting ².

Under the partnership, Relm and Project Eleven will examine how post-quantum exposure can be evaluated within standard insurance policies ². Areas of research include public key exposure, signing mechanisms, transaction approval workflows, migration readiness, and third-party dependencies ². Relm will also provide feedback on Strongpoint's design to help institutional custody architecture supply the auditability and compliance evidence required by insurers ². Strongpoint separates institutional controls from the cryptography layer, combining classical and post-quantum signing to let organizations swap algorithms without resetting approval rules ².

Fragmentation Across Layer-1 Networks

The announcement expands development work on Strongpoint following an earlier tie-up with the Zcash Foundation ¹. On Oct. 7, 2026, the Zcash Foundation joined as an initial development partner to adapt the custody architecture to shielded $ZEC transactions and privacy-preserving key management ¹. Project Eleven noted that over $1 trillion in digital assets remain exposed to potential quantum attacks ¹.

According to an assessment conducted by Project Eleven on Sept. 25, 2026, only 10 of the top 20 Layer-1 networks by market capitalization have published concrete roadmaps or migration paths to deploy post-quantum cryptography ¹. Those existing strategies encompass at least six distinct post-quantum signature schemes, presenting institutions with fragmented standards across account migration and key rotation ¹. Earlier industry efforts, such as the Ethereum Foundation's post-quantum roadmap, reflect ongoing attempts to address cryptographic obsolescence across leading blockchains.

Project Eleven, which raised a $20 million Series A round in January 2026 led by Castle Island Ventures, plans to deploy Strongpoint to production in the fourth quarter of 2026 ¹. At the time of writing, $BTC was trading at $82,541, while $ZEC stood at $1,197.