#dusk $DUSK decentralized finance is being shaped by @dusk foundationa project building a privacy centric Layer-1 blockchain designed for real world financial markets. Unlike traditional public blockchains Dusk uses advanced cryptography such as zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs) to ensure confidentiality of transactions and smart contracts, while still delivering compliance and performance suitable for institutions This privacy by design approach allows regulated entities to tokenize and trad#e financial instruments like equities bonds or digital securities on-chain with selective disclosure for authorized parties only solving a major hurdle for blockchain adoption in regulated markets The native token $DUSK plays a critical role across the ecosystem as gas staking, and governance utility, powering settlement consensus participation, and incentivizing network growth With its modular architecture including settlement layers and EVM compatibility Dusk creates a flexible foundation for developers to build compliant DeFi secure payments and privacy#dusk