Hear me out: ZCash pumped 40% while the whole market was dumping. Cypherpunk holds more than fifty million dollars in ZEC and wants five percent of the full supply. Now look at Near. Near Intents just hit two point seven five billion dollars in volume this month with more than seven million dollars in fees. And only 20-30% of that volume came from ZCash, so the growth is not just a ZEC spike. (The activity is strong on its own) People like Mert and ZachXBT are talking about the tech behind Near Intents because the execution is real. Near is slowly turning into a chain built for AI flows. So if I get this right: ZCash brings privacy. Near brings speed and infra to move value fast. But they still need a bridge for EVM liquidity. Rhea Finance is the first lending market that supports native ZCash. This lets ZEC flow directly into EVM chains like Base. And in this setup: ZCash pumps. Near grows. Rhea connects everything. Kinda wild to watch all this while working with my Near partners tbh.