During this round of hot money influx in the crypto market, most projects are busy creating concepts and riding hot topics, but Dusk is taking a different path—focusing on refining blockchain financial infrastructure. Since its founding in 2018, this project has not followed the trend of "public chain competitions," but instead set its sights on a more straightforward goal: making blockchain truly useful for traditional finance. Without relying on marketing gimmicks, only through technological iteration and compliance progress, it is gradually carving out its own space in the RWA field.

What’s most noteworthy is that Dusk does not treat privacy and compliance as mutually exclusive choices. They have directly embedded these two needs into the underlying technology. The Piecrust ZK-VM system gives smart contracts an inherent privacy gene—transaction amounts and position details are fully hidden, eliminating the concern of business secret leaks that traditional financial institutions fear most. Meanwhile, Citadel Zero-Knowledge KYC provides a pathway: regulators can selectively verify certain data when needed, perfectly aligning with the EU’s MiCA regulations. Privacy and compliance are no longer contradictions but two aspects of a cohesive system.

A more critical milestone is the upcoming launch of DuskEVM mainnet in early 2026. This is not just another technical route but also a gateway for developers. EVM compatibility means that developers familiar with Solidity no longer need to grapple with complex cryptography to deploy privacy-focused financial applications directly. The ecosystem transforms from a "cold, isolated technical island" into a realm of "endless growth" possibilities.

What best demonstrates Dusk’s confidence are the real-world collaborations already in place. The partnership with Dutch compliant exchange NPEX is a prime example—300 million euros worth of securities assets have truly been moved onto the chain for settlement and registration. This is not just tokenized marketing hype but a concrete replacement of traditional financial infrastructure. This step-by-step approach, while seemingly less "sexy," is exactly what true financial-grade applications should look like.