Quantum Boom: IonQ Stock’s Wild 2025 Ride – Record Highs, $2B Boost & Government Buzz Fuel Frenzy
IonQ Stock Soars to Record Highs, Then Pulls Back IonQ has been on a rollercoaster ride in 2025. The stock started the year under $15 and went on a blistering rally, peaking at $82.59 by October 13 ts2.tech. That price marked an astounding ~700% gain over the prior 12 months, and about +75% since January ts2.tech. It far outpaced the broader market and even most tech stocks. (IonQ’s pure-play quantum peers saw similar explosions – for instance, Rigetti Computing and D-Wave Quantum are up over +2000% year-on-year from penny-stock levels ts2.tech.) IonQ’s 52-week range stretched from roughly $9 to $83,