Privacy in crypto has always been uncomfortable. Too much transparency breaks real finance. Too much secrecy breaks trust. Most chains pick one side and ignore the other. Dusk didn’t.

Dusk Network was built for situations where financial activity cannot be fully public, but still needs to be provable. That sounds abstract, but it maps closely to how real markets work. Trades settle privately. Records exist. Auditors can check them when needed. Not everything is broadcast to the world.

After years of development, Dusk finally moved into mainnet in January 2026. Since then, the emphasis has moved away from experimenting and toward being used in practice.

The network runs as a permissionless Layer 1 using proof of stake. Finality is fast, but more importantly, it is predictable. That matters more than raw speed when money and compliance are involved.

DuskEVM allows developers to deploy Ethereum-style contracts without exposing balances or counterparties by default. At the same time, proofs can be generated if regulators or auditors need visibility. Privacy here is controlled, not absolute. That distinction is why Dusk keeps showing up in regulated conversations.

The DUSK token itself is straightforward. It is used for fees, staking, governance, and securing the network. There is no elaborate story attached to it. Total supply is capped at one billion, with roughly half already circulating.

What matters more than token design is where the network is being used.

The most important development so far is the work with NPEX, a regulated Dutch exchange that has already handled hundreds of millions of euros in financing. Dusk is being used to support compliant tokenized securities, with live applications expected in early 2026.

Chainlink integrations went live in late 2025, enabling cross-chain messaging and reliable data feeds. Dusk Pay is expected to roll out soon as a MiCA-aligned payment layer for businesses. Other teams are building private payment tools and identity systems on top of DuskEVM.

None of this is flashy. That is intentional.

On the market side, DUSK has not escaped volatility. As of February 5, 2026, it trades around $0.10. Trading volume is around $20 million a day. Over the past week, the price is down roughly 20 percent, moving in step with the broader altcoin market rather than due to any single event.

There was a brief push above $0.20 in late January following the mainnet launch and renewed interest in real-world assets. Since then, price has cooled and consolidated below resistance near $0.11 to $0.12.

Compared to its 2021 highs, DUSK is still far lower. The difference now is that the network is live and being used, not just discussed.

Looking ahead, Dusk’s roadmap stays intentionally narrow and practical. The emphasis is on regulated asset issuance, onboarding institutions in a compliant manner, and keeping alignment with European frameworks such as MiCA and the DLT Pilot Regime. Any progress here is likely to be gradual rather than sudden. It is more likely to come gradually, shaped by regulatory timelines rather than market hype.

There are obvious risks. Regulatory timelines can slip. Competition across privacy and RWA infrastructure is intensifying. In the short term, price movements are still shaped more by overall market sentiment than by underlying fundamentals.

But Dusk is not built for hype cycles. It is built to sit quietly underneath systems that need privacy without breaking the rules.

That is starting to show in the way people talk about it. Less speculation. More discussion about whether it works.

That is usually what happens when a project stops trying to be noticed and starts becoming infrastructure.

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