I first heard about DUSK working on DuskTrade, and honestly, I initially frowned. Not because I doubted it, but because these days, in the crypto space, projects that touch the words "trading platform" are everywhere. DEXs, various innovative trading mechanisms—sounds fancy, but at the end of the day, they all revolve around the same core—cryptocurrency assets. Truly projects that can establish substantial links with traditional finance? Countable on one hand.

That’s why my initial reaction was cautious. Is DuskTrade just a concept on paper, or does it genuinely aim to implement something? This question is reasonable for anyone. If you’ve done even a little research into traditional finance, you’ll know that "trading" isn’t just simple matching and execution; behind it, there’s a complex system of compliance, risk control, and clearing.

It wasn’t until I started digging into DuskTrade’s partnership background that my attitude began to change. This project isn’t created out of thin air, nor is it some small experiment on-chain; it’s genuinely interfacing with a regulated traditional trading system. At that moment, I realized—DUSK isn’t trying to be a new gimmick in the crypto world, but rather, it aims to gradually migrate existing financial services—those that already exist in the real world but haven’t yet gone on-chain—onto blockchain.

The difference between these two approaches is huge. One creates demand out of thin air, while the other migrates existing real-world needs. Securities trading and compliant investments in the real world already have real users and real scale; they just haven’t found a suitable on-chain solution. DuskTrade’s logic is—providing such a solution. To some extent, this is even more imaginative than mere technological innovation.