@Dusk #Dusk In a major step toward institutional blockchain adoption, Dusk, a privacy-focused, compliance-first blockchain built for financial markets, and NPEX, a fully regulated Dutch stock exchange, announced that they are adopting Chainlink’s interoperability and data standards to bring regulated institutional assets on-chain. The collaboration aims to create an end-to-end framework for compliant issuance, secure cross-chain settlement, and high-quality on-chain market data — addressing a key challenge in bridging traditional finance and decentralized finance (DeFi).
Bringing Regulated European Securities On-Chain
NPEX is a licensed multilateral trading facility (MTF) in the Netherlands that has raised over €200 million for small and medium-sized enterprises and supports more than 17,500 investors under European regulation. Through this partnership, Dusk and NPEX will leverage Chainlink’s technologies to issue and manage these regulated European securities directly on the DuskEVM.
At the core of this integration is the Chainlink Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP). CCIP enables secure, authenticated messaging and token transfers between blockchains, making it possible for tokenized assets issued on Dusk to become composable and transferable across other ecosystems. The initiative also uses Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Token (CCT) standard, which will enable secure movement of the DUSK token itself (for example from Ethereum to Solana), expanding its reach and utility across the broader Web3 landscape.
Data Standards for Institutional Grade Markets
A significant component of institutional asset markets is trusted, transparent, and low-latency data. To meet this requirement, Dusk and NPEX are adopting Chainlink DataLink and Chainlink Data Streams as their exclusive on-chain oracle solution for regulated market information. DataLink will publish official NPEX exchange data on-chain, making verified pricing and trading information available directly to smart contracts. Combined with Data Streams’ low-latency feeds, this delivers the reliability and auditability institutional participants expect.
By becoming official data publishers, Dusk and NPEX bring regulatory-grade financial information on-chain — a capability that significantly enhances confidence in tokenized asset markets and supports compliance-aware decentralized applications. These data standards are crucial for institutions that need consistent, verifiable market information to power trading systems, settlement engines, and compliance workflows without relying on centralized intermediaries.
Towards a Regulated On-Chain Financial Ecosystem
This integration creates a foundational blueprint for how regulated financial instruments — such as equities and other securities — can be issued, traded, and settled on public blockchains while maintaining compliance with strict regulatory regimes. The combination of Dusk’s privacy and compliance-centric blockchain, NPEX’s regulated exchange infrastructure, and Chainlink’s interoperability and oracle standards seeks to harmonize the requirements of traditional finance with the benefits of decentralized technology.
According to Emanuele Francioni, CEO and co-founder of Dusk, “Adopting Chainlink CCIP allows us to bring the DUSK token into a cross-chain environment and expand the reach of tokenized financial instruments across ecosystems.” The partnership will support the next generation of real-world asset markets on-chain, enabling investors and institutions to access compliant digital securities irrespective of their preferred blockchain environment.
Industry Impact and Future Outlook
The integration signals a broader shift in the industry’s efforts to tokenize traditional financial assets in a way that meets regulatory expectations. By providing secure interoperability and high-integrity market data, this collaboration paves the way for institutional participation at scale, bringing regulated assets into the on-chain economy with transparency, efficiency, and regulatory integrity — a critical evolution for markets seeking to leverage blockchain innovation.
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