When Privacy Learns to Move on Chain with ZcashFi by RHEA
Zcash was never built to be loud.
It did not promise infinite leverage or compete for attention.
It existed to make a simpler claim: money should be allowed to exist without being watched.
That conviction endured.
So did the cost.
Privacy protected value, but it also imposed stillness. ZEC could be held, secured, respected—but rarely used. Participation in the broader financial system required stepping outside the very principles Zcash was designed to defend. Yield demanded exposure. Liquidity demanded translation.
DeFi, meanwhile, evolved around a different assumption: that trust requires visibility, that coordination requires disclosure, that capital must be observable to be composable.
Zcash did not adapt to this model.
It waited.
ZcashFi is not an announcement or a feature set. It is a meeting point—between privacy and participation, two ideas that were never meant to be opposites.
The question it answers is not how to make ZEC more productive, but something more fundamental: what does finance look like when the user refuses to be seen?
The answer is not exposure.
The answer is abstraction.
ZcashFi is built on the belief that capital does not need transparency to be useful, and that value does not need to reveal its past to access its future. A position can remain native, whole, and intact—while still interacting with a wider financial world.
We are thrilled to announce that ZcashFi by RHEA Finance is now LIVE
Zcash native community, Zashi users, and ZEC holders can now:
Lend & Borrow
Access multi-chain yield opportunities
Supply ZEC natively and earn up to 2% APY
Borrow stablecoins or other assets on any RHEA-supported chain with up to 60% LTV
Earn yield across chains without bridging
Available at: http://x.rhea.finance
Trade
Trade with Zashi or any other supported wallet directly on http://x.rhea.finance/trade (going live in 24 hours)
**How It Works
ZcashFi: A Shielded Way to Lend ZEC Natively with Passkey**
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Set up your passkey via Connect Wallet.
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Click the box to bind your Zcash native wallet, such as Zashi.
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Send a small amount of ZEC as part of transaction signing.
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You’re ready to supply and borrow ZEC using your Zashi app and passkey.
ZcashFi: Transparent Access Using YWallet
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Click Connect Zcash Wallet.
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Install YWallet.
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Move all ZEC to your YWallet transparent address.
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Select the option to bind YWallet as your Zcash wallet.
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Send a small amount of ZEC as part of transaction signing to bind YWallet to the multi-chain account.
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You’re ready to supply and borrow ZEC using YWallet.
Note:
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To supply and borrow using YWallet, there must be zero funds remaining in the private address.
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All ZEC must be held in the transparent address with minimal privacy settings.
RHEA ZcashFi Telegram Support
https://t.me/RHEA_ZcashFi_Support