Zama: Confidential settlement expands to two additional EVM chains - Q4 2026

Zama plans to deploy its confidential settlement on two additional EVM chains in the second half of 2026, moving beyond its current Ethereum-only deployment. The expansion widens where confidential transfers can be used across EVM-compatible networks.Extending confidential settlement to more EVM chains increases the addressable market for Zama's core confidential-transfer usage, since each new chain can host token activity that relies on the same settlement layer. Applications already deployed on those networks could use confidential transfers without a separate settlement design. Investors may view the plan as a growth lever for token-relevant activity, though it remains an unexecuted deployment and timing or chain selection could still change.Zama holds $82.7M (41.7%) of Confidential DeFi TVL, up 3.6x in 90 days. It reached $100M shielded 25 days after mainnet.FHE lets contracts compute on data that stays encrypted, so a confidential balance can still plug into public DeFi. Zama builds it on lattice-based…