1. Overview of Dusk Network
Dusk Network is a privacy-focused Layer 1 blockchain protocol built specifically for regulated financial applications.
Key characteristics:
- Emphasizes compliant privacy-preserving smart contracts
- Enables tokenization and trading of real-world assets (RWAs) such as securities
- Designed to comply with global regulations (e.g. Europe’s MiCA framework)
- Founded in 2018
- Bridges traditional finance (TradFi) and decentralized finance (DeFi)
- Embeds compliance directly at the protocol level
- Supports confidential transactions that remain auditable
- Mainnet live in 2025
- Features: privacy-preserving payments, staking, full asset tokenization
- Introduced DuskEVM (testnet) for Ethereum-compatible smart contracts in a compliance-ready environment
Goal: Become the go-to infrastructure for on-chain capital markets with privacy, scalability, and true legal enforceability.
2. Key Regulatory Partnerships
2.1 NPEX Collaboration
- Partner: NPEX (fully regulated Dutch stock exchange)
- Achievements: Raised > €200 million, >17,500 active investors
- Goal: Build one of Europe’s first blockchain-powered regulated stock exchanges
- Model: Securities issued via Dusk smart contracts, trading on NPEX’s licensed platform
- Impact: Brings hundreds of millions in regulated assets on-chain
- Features enabled: identity checks, lawful transfers, on-chain governance
2.2 Chainlink Integration (late 2025)
- Adopted: CCIP, DataLink, Data Streams
- Benefits:
- NPEX becomes official publisher of regulatory-grade financial data on-chain
- Tokenized NPEX assets can move cross-chain
- DUSK token becomes natively transferable (Ethereum, Solana, etc.) via Cross-Chain Token standard
- Significance: Sets the blueprint for regulated markets to operate natively on blockchain
2.3 21X Alliance
- Partner: 21X — first company with DLT-TSS license under European regulation
- Benefits:
- Dusk gains access to regulatory exemptions
- 21X uses Dusk’s institution-grade blockchain
- Focus: Regulated digital securities with built-in recovery & governance
2.4 Cordial Systems Joint Venture
- Partner: Cordial Systems (already tokenized > $20 billion in assets)
- Focus: Compliant blockchain infrastructure + crypto custody for banks/funds/exchanges
- Complements Dusk’s privacy features
2.5 Quantoz and Others
- Integration: Quantoz EURQ stablecoin
- Tokenized: > €300 million in TradFi assets (MiCA-compliant)
- Additional tech partnerships strengthening regulated RWA position
3. The Path to On-Chain Capital Markets
3.1 Tokenization & Issuance
- Assets (equities, bonds, etc.) tokenized using confidential smart contracts
- Automated compliance rules embedded
- Instant settlement
- Single source of truth via bulletin boards
- Reduces intermediaries and costs dramatically
3.2 Privacy with Auditability
- Confidential transactions that still meet KYC/AML requirements
- Institutions can prove regulatory compliance without exposing sensitive data
3.3 Cross-Chain & Liquidity Access
- Chainlink enables interoperability (Ethereum, Solana, etc.)
- Regulated securities gain access to broader DeFi liquidity
- Maintains full legal protections across chains
3.4 Milestones & Outlook (early 2026)
- Significant TradFi asset volumes already tokenized
- DuskEVM integrations expanding rapidly
- Positioned as a leader in the regulated RWA sector
- Expected to benefit greatly from maturing MiCA and similar frameworks
- Has strong potential to set the standard for privacy-preserving on-chain finance
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