No matter what the blockchain is, privacy and compliance are always unavoidable.
To truly enter the regulated financial strongholds, privacy and compliance seem like two parallel lines that are difficult to intersect. The extreme transparency of a general-purpose public chain can expose business secrets and counterparty information; an absolute black-box privacy chain, in turn, keeps regulators out.
Dusk Network offers the answer: transparency can exist, but there’s no need for everyone to see everything.
From the very bottom layer of the protocol, this Layer 1 blockchain embeds both “compliance” and “privacy” into its design. The whitepaper clearly states that the core idea of the protocol is to serve the issuance of security tokens for regulated compliance and manage them throughout their entire lifecycle. The 2024 edition of the whitepaper further elaborates its governance framework and consensus rules.
Through zero-knowledge proofs, Dusk builds a “selective disclosure” middle ground: transaction data is completely confidential to unauthorized parties, while authorized regulators can generate verifiable audit evidence.
The network offers two modes—Moonlight for public transactions and Phoenix for privacy-protected transactions—so users can switch with a single click. The Citadel identity system enables on-chain KYC and AML: once users complete verification, they can use it across applications. The XSC security token standard ensures that tokenized securities meet EU regulatory frameworks such as MiFID II and MiCA at the same time.
On January 7, 2026, the Dusk mainnet officially launches, with DuskEVM going live in parallel. The project is in deep collaboration with NPEX, a Dutch-licensed securities exchange, which holds multiple EU financial licenses such as MTF, Broker, and ECSP. Together, both parties are推进 building an on-chain securities exchange, with plans to put €300 million in assets on-chain. Quantoz Payments, NPEX, and Dusk also jointly推出 the digital euro EURQ.
Tokenized RWA became one of the most stable tracks in 2026. Institutional participation is also an established trend. With its differentiated positioning of “compliant privacy,” Dusk Network is building the infrastructure that connects regulated finance to the blockchain. #dusk $DUSK @Dusk
To truly enter the regulated financial strongholds, privacy and compliance seem like two parallel lines that are difficult to intersect. The extreme transparency of a general-purpose public chain can expose business secrets and counterparty information; an absolute black-box privacy chain, in turn, keeps regulators out.
Dusk Network offers the answer: transparency can exist, but there’s no need for everyone to see everything.
From the very bottom layer of the protocol, this Layer 1 blockchain embeds both “compliance” and “privacy” into its design. The whitepaper clearly states that the core idea of the protocol is to serve the issuance of security tokens for regulated compliance and manage them throughout their entire lifecycle. The 2024 edition of the whitepaper further elaborates its governance framework and consensus rules.
Through zero-knowledge proofs, Dusk builds a “selective disclosure” middle ground: transaction data is completely confidential to unauthorized parties, while authorized regulators can generate verifiable audit evidence.
The network offers two modes—Moonlight for public transactions and Phoenix for privacy-protected transactions—so users can switch with a single click. The Citadel identity system enables on-chain KYC and AML: once users complete verification, they can use it across applications. The XSC security token standard ensures that tokenized securities meet EU regulatory frameworks such as MiFID II and MiCA at the same time.
On January 7, 2026, the Dusk mainnet officially launches, with DuskEVM going live in parallel. The project is in deep collaboration with NPEX, a Dutch-licensed securities exchange, which holds multiple EU financial licenses such as MTF, Broker, and ECSP. Together, both parties are推进 building an on-chain securities exchange, with plans to put €300 million in assets on-chain. Quantoz Payments, NPEX, and Dusk also jointly推出 the digital euro EURQ.
Tokenized RWA became one of the most stable tracks in 2026. Institutional participation is also an established trend. With its differentiated positioning of “compliant privacy,” Dusk Network is building the infrastructure that connects regulated finance to the blockchain. #dusk $DUSK @Dusk