You have two ways to take part in the Dusk x Binance Square CreatorPad campaign.
Complete tasks for a share of 480,000 DUSK, or stream for a share of an additional 40,000 USDC.
Full campaign details below โ
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Join CreatorPad for 480,000 DUSK reward and stream for an additional 40,000 USDC!
Binance Square is launching a new CreatorPad campaign. Verified users can complete simple tasks to unlock 480,000 DUSK and stream for an additional 40,000 USDC token voucher reward. Activity Period: 2026-08-13 09:00 (UTC) to 2026-08-26 23:59 (UTC)Token Voucher Rewards Distribution: Before 2026-09-17 How to Participate Track A: DUSK Leaderboard Campaignย During the Activity Period, click [[Join now](https://www.binance.com/en/square/creatorpad/duskcp)] on the activity page and complete tasks in the table to be ranked on the leaderboard and grab a share of 480,000 DUSK token vouchers.
Notes: Required hashtag, token ticker & account tag must be included in the first publish of the posts, editing tags or editing posts before T+1 23:59 (UTC) since the first publication with irrelevant content to farm traffic will lead to 0 points.Red Packet/giveaway posts earn 0 points.Modification of previously published posts with high impression, high engagement or irrelevant content to repurpose them as project submissions will result in 0 points in posts.After pushing the post, please return to the campaign page and check the task status. If social media post tasks cannot be verified automatically, please use the [Manual Verification] button to verify social media post tasks.ย Please complete the tasks above in accordance with the full requirements listed on the campaign page.Eligible users who have met the aforementioned criteria will earn points for each successfully completed task, which will be used to determine their rank on the leaderboard.ย The valid futures trading volume is counted only when the following conditions are met:A position is closed with non-zero realized PnL;ย Futures positions opened and closed within seconds with zero realized PnL will not be counted as valid trading volume; andย After deducting trading fees, the position value must be equal or larger than $10 USD equivalent value.In the circumstances with point related cases, please raise to Customer Service no later than 48 hours after the CreatorPad campaign ends. Please note that we are unable to change points after this 48-hour period.
Track B: Share DUSK in Square Livestream โ Earn up to 40,000 USDC in token vouchers To join: With stream access on Square: โฅ1,000 followers, or apply [[here](https://www.binance.com/en/survey/df184cd88ee340c49f034b77f792aaa3)] if you have relevant livestream experiencePin the DUSK trading pair or share DUSK trade strategies in every livestream
Tips & recommendations: Include "DUSK" in your livestream title to attract viewersAppear on camera or use your real voice; interact with viewers or cohosts in real timeShare from genuine trading experience โ avoid groundless price speculationNo meaningless idle streams: long silences, no interaction, AI-generated content, fake traffic, or low-quality recorded streams are prohibited. Repeated violations may result in disqualificationRefer to here for more pro tips on how to go live on Square more efficiently. Reward Structure:ย Track A: DUSK Leaderboard Campaign (480,000 DUSK)ย Eligible users are ranked based on the leaderboard result to qualify for the 480,000 DUSK reward pool, as per the table below.
Notes: The project leaderboard displays data with a T+2 delay. For example, data of 2026-08-25 will be shown on the leaderboard page after 2026-08-27 09:00 (UTC). The โleaderboard snapshot dateโ refers to the cutoff date used to generate the leaderboard data. The leaderboard data is calculated up to that date, and the leaderboard is displayed T+2 days after the data cutoff.ย *Chinese creators refer to users who predominantly (90%) produce content in Mandarin Chinese (Simplified and Traditional) within the last 90 days.ย Track B: Share DUSK in Square Liveroom โ Earn up to 40,000 USDC in token vouchers Eligible streamers are ranked by eligible DUSK trading volume attributed from viewers during the Activity Period. The more viewer trading volume generated, the higher the reward of streamers, as per the table below. Eligibility Requirements Complete โฅ3 DUSK-related livestreams during the Activity PeriodEach livestream โฅ60 minutesAccumulated eligible DUSK trading volume from livestream viewers โฅ$1,000
* Eligible trades include DUSK Spot and Futures trades made in the liveroom, excluding volume from copy trading. Total eligible trade volume is calculated based on the eligible trading volume of Write to Earn โ see detailed rules [[here]](https://www.binance.com/en/support/announcement/detail/c8720852824a4ea48043d4fcf1f59375).
Earlier this month Dusk attended Fintech Meets the Regulators in Amsterdam.
The event brought fintech companies together with the Dutch Ministry of Finance, the Dutch Central Bank (DNB), and the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM).
Hein Dauven heard one theme repeatedly. Compliant use cases need privacy.
The next phase of financial infrastructure needs privacy that regulators, issuers, and markets can trust.
Boreas Protocol Upgrade (Rusk v1.7.0) is coming to Dusk testnet.
The upgrade strengthens network resilience, resource accounting, client compatibility, and DuskEVM readiness, with Rusk Wallet v0.4.0 also part of the rollout.
โฐActivation: May 12, around 10:00 UTC.
Follow the guide to upgrade your nodes to Rusk v1.7.0 (TESTNET ONLY) โ https://docs.dusk.network/operator/guides/upgrade-node/
Native onchain capital markets start when the asset, rules, and settlement live in the same workflow. https://x.com/HouseofChimera/status/2052010732938801400
AFME has published a new vision paper for DLT-based European capital markets.
Europe's next market architecture needs compliant network infrastructure. โ
The paper points to a model built around: - multi-chain interoperability - regulated financial institutions operating asset ledgers - central-bank-money connectivity through Pontes - collateral eligibility for DLT securities
Regulated assets need more than wrappers.
They need identity, transfer controls, settlement finality, privacy, and disclosure rules inside the market workflow.
Dusk approaches that through architecture: - Phoenix shielded transactions on DuskDS - Confidential transactions on DuskEVM with Hedger - Selective disclosure for compliance - Deterministic finality - Atomic DvP settlement for regulated financial workflows
Tokenization gets assets onchain.
Market infrastructure makes them usable.
Source: AFME DLT capital markets vision paper โ https://www.afme.eu/news-insights/press-releases/afme-sets-out-vision-for-future-dlt-based-architecture-for-european-capital-markets/
In our Space with Shift, the discussion kept returning to one point: tokenized assets only matter when the market around them works.
That means issuance, settlement, access, privacy, liquidity, and compliance need to fit together. โ
1. Tokenization is the first step
Most assets entering crypto today are wrappers around existing assets.
For many markets, that is the practical entry point. It brings assets into a more open environment while issuers, venues, and regulators adapt.
2. Settlement is the real test
Traditional markets still rely on delayed settlement, reconciliation, and intermediated records.
Even after the move to T+1 in the U.S., DTCC data still shows fail rates at 3.19% for NSCC and 3.07% for DTC.
Onchain settlement can take this further.
With atomic delivery-versus-payment, the asset leg and payment leg execute together, or neither does.
3. Regulation is part of the product
Regulated assets need market rules built into the system.
That means KYC, eligibility checks, transfer controls, auditability, and clear legal accountability.
The job is not to route around regulation.
The job is to make regulated markets easier to run.
4. Privacy decides whether institutions can use it
Public ledgers expose balances, counterparties, and trading activity.
That doesn't work for regulated markets.
Institutions need confidential transactions with selective disclosure, so auditors and regulators can access the information they need without making every position public.
5. Native issuance is the end state
Tokenization brings existing assets into the market.
Native issuance moves the asset lifecycle itself onchain: issuance, trading, settlement, servicing, and disclosure.
Dusk is built for native issuance, with privacy, compliance controls, deterministic settlement, and infrastructure for regulated financial applications.
RWAs don't become financial markets because assets are tokenized.
They become financial markets when the market infrastructure is ready.