Stepping into 2026, privacy technology has already become standard in the blockchain industry. Simple transaction obfuscation is no longer the endpoint; instead, it has become the cornerstone of financial compliance. Dusk maintains its lead in this technological competition, with the secret lying in persistent research into zero-knowledge proofs (ZKP) and genuine engineering implementation.

Unlike projects that only patch things at the application layer, Dusk starts from the bottom protocol itself. The ecosystem natively supports privacy and compliance, fundamentally changing the game rules. The independently developed Piecrust virtual machine is particularly impressive—through optimizing ZK-friendly operators, it achieves rapid proof generation. For financial institutions, what does this mean? Large-scale, high-frequency asset settlement becomes possible.

Commercial secrets and customer privacy are the lifeblood of traditional financial institutions. Dusk's "selective disclosure" function cleverly finds balance between privacy protection and audit requirements—this is the real innovation point.

The DUSK token is more than just a payment tool. As RWA (Real World Assets) projects on the mainnet grow, every asset tokenization, every on-chain identity verification requires it. The closed loop from technological leadership to commercial implementation has already formed, which is precisely why Dusk maintains resilience amid market volatility.