At Consensus Miami Zcash leaders announced a roadmap: quantum-recoverable wallets due within a month and a full post-quantum transition in 12–18 months, plus a separate scaling track targeting MasterCard/Visa-level throughput. The announcement coincided with a >110% ZEC rally after Multicoin disclosed a sizable ZEC investment. Electric Coin Company integrated its mobile wallet with Near Intents to enable cross-chain swaps (BTC, SOL, USDC → shielded ZEC), with that route handling roughly $600–$700M and Near reporting about $800M volume in 30 days. Other proposals include cutting block time from 75s to 25s, bridges to Solana and Hyperliquid, and token-holder voting via Zashi; the shielded pool is ~30% of circulating ZEC. The immediate test is whether the quantum-recoverability feature ships on the stated monthly timeline.

Bullish signals are concrete: Multicoin disclosed a sizable ZEC investment and ZEC rallied >110%; ECC’s Near Intents integration enables cross-chain swaps routing ~$600–$700M and Near reports ~$800M volume in 30 days; the project published firm timelines—quantum-recoverable wallets within a month and full post-quantum status in 12–18 months—and announced scaling and bridge proposals. These are factual developments likely to increase utility and demand if delivered.