Monad pivots to quantum security and institutional privacy

• —Monad published a post-quantum roadmap on September 28 starting with upgradeable account authentication
• —The network plans to move toward quantum-resistant schemes like ML-DSA without changing addresses or forcing asset migration
• —Category Labs introduced Monad Private Settlement on October 6, creating encrypted execution domains on the public L1
• —Monad reports DeFi TVL of roughly $940 million-$1 billion and more than 200 validators