Recently, I feel that the DUSK market resembles a 'gear shift', with prices fluctuating around $0.15, and the trading volume is still considerable, but the trend is quite frustrating. This usually indicates that the market is waiting for a firmer directional confirmation, rather than just making a quick surge and calling it a day. My understanding is that short-term funds are playing within a range, but the project side is gradually adding 'usability', which will change the reasons for holding DUSK in the near future.
the dusk_foundation has several practical lines that I will keep an eye on. The first line is the mainnet and DuskEVM as a development entry point, whether the ecosystem can smoothly create applications. The second line is Hedger, which integrates privacy capabilities into the execution layer, aiming to create a trading environment that is verifiable by rules but does not require the details to be observed by the entire network; this is crucial for institutional trading and compliant assets. The third line is cross-ecosystem channels, a two-way bridge that allows the mainnet and BSC to interact more regularly, with clear rules, deducting 1 DUSK for each bridging, and predictable timing; this design transforms cross-ecosystem actions from relocation to scheduling. The fourth line is the security budget, the staking threshold, and the productization direction of Hyperstaking, all aimed at allowing more people to participate in network security, rather than just trading hands on exchanges.
So, I currently judge that DUSK is not about how much it rises on a certain day, but about whether these 'usable links' continue to strengthen. As long as the bridge is used more frequently, on-chain interactions become denser, and staking participation remains stable, the demand for DUSK will resemble network resources rather than purely emotional chips.
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