On May 8, at the Consensus 2026 conference in Miami, Zcash Open Development Laboratory CEO Josh Swihart announced that Zcash will launch a quantum-recoverable wallet within a month and aims to achieve full post-quantum status within 12 to 18 months. Additionally, the independent scaling solution aims to achieve Mastercard/Visa-level throughput within a similar timeframe. On the user side, the Electric Coin Company's wallet has integrated Near Intents to enable cross-chain swaps from assets like BTC, SOL, and USDC to privacy-focused ZEC, with approximately $600-700 million in funds having flowed through this routing since its launch. The Near ecosystem has processed nearly $800 million in the last 30 days, with Ethereum, Solana, and Zcash being the main chains. Furthermore, the project community is discussing reducing Zcash's block time from 75 seconds to 25 seconds, and a cross-chain bridge with Solana and Hyperliquid has already gone live. A voting feature for token holders will also be introduced, serving as an opinion layer for the project's existing consensus model. Currently, Zcash's shielded pool accounts for 30% of its circulation, reaching an all-time high. Analysts believe that if this ratio continues to grow with rising prices, this uptrend will be driven by real adoption rather than mere speculation.