Dusk, established in 2018 as a Layer 1 blockchain, has recently been active in the compliant financial sector. The project's approach to regulated finance is quite clear—partnering with the Dutch exchange NPEX (which holds full licenses including MTF and Broker) to build the DuskTrade platform, with a whitelist opening in January and over 300 million euros of tokenized securities to be listed on-chain soon. The implementation speed of this compliant RWA (Real-World Asset) project is indeed rapid.

On the technical side, the DuskEVM mainnet is scheduled to launch in the second week of January, compatible with the Solidity smart contract development environment, meaning developers can deploy compliant DeFi and RWA applications on this chain. More interesting is the design of the Hedger module—implementing privacy-auditable transactions based on zero-knowledge proofs and homomorphic encryption technology, with an alpha version already available for testing. This mechanism allows financial institutions to protect transaction privacy while meeting necessary audit requirements, effectively balancing compliance and privacy.

Dusk has also established a partnership with Chainlink, integrating its oracle services to enhance the credibility of on-chain data. From the project's positioning, the DUSK token is not just a trading tool but also represents a participation right in compliant financial infrastructure. As institutional funds gradually enter and the ecosystem develops, the growth potential of this sector is worth watching.