Since its founding in 2018, Dusk has been deeply involved in the field of blockchain privacy technology for over seven years. Unlike projects that chase hot trends, Dusk has always focused on a clear direction — building a dedicated chain for regulated financial institutions.

Its approach is quite straightforward: using a modular architecture as the underlying support to protect privacy while meeting compliance and audit requirements. This balancing act is almost essential for high-difficulty scenarios such as institutional-level DeFi, RWA tokenization, and capital markets on-chain.

In the second week of January, the DuskEVM mainnet officially launched. This is a critical milestone — it allows developers and institutions to write smart contracts directly in Solidity and deploy them with one click onto Dusk’s high-performance Layer 1. It sounds simple, but behind it, a long-standing bottleneck has been eliminated.

Previously, institutions struggled most with this dilemma: privacy and compliance are like fish and bear’s paw — you can't have both. Dusk provides an answer through a privacy module called Hedger. It uses zero-knowledge proofs and homomorphic encryption, two cryptographic tools, to make transaction amounts and account balances completely invisible. But when audits are needed? Selective disclosure handles it — the necessary disclosures are made, and sensitive information remains hidden. This "privacy by default, compliance as an option" design is tailored specifically for regulated financial scenarios.

Even more interesting, Dusk is also deeply integrating with a leading oracle to enable cross-chain interoperability and real-time data feeds. This means that tokenized assets issued on DuskEVM can securely flow across ecosystems via cross-chain protocols. Against the backdrop of tightening regulations in 2026, this approach is becoming a reason for institutions to proactively get closer.