The highly anticipated privacy public chain project Dusk will reach a key milestone in the second week of January 2026—the official launch of the DuskEVM mainnet. What does this update mean? Simply put, developers can now freely deploy smart contracts using the most familiar Solidity language on a Layer1 that truly integrates privacy and compliance features.

This is not just a technical upgrade but a solution to the long-standing core pain points in Web3 finance. Dusk has opened the Hedger Alpha feature, combined with the powerful EVM ecosystem, making auditable private transactions a reality—users’ transfers and balances remain completely confidential during daily operations but can be fully traced when regulatory needs arise. For institutional RWA (Real-World Asset on-chain) and regulated DeFi ecosystems, this is a groundbreaking infrastructure solution.

What’s even more exciting is DuskTrade’s implementation plan. This year, the project will collaborate deeply with licensed exchange NPEX, aiming to bring over €300 million worth of tokenized securities assets on-chain. This marks the rapid transition of compliant on-chain financial markets from concept to implementation.

As the core token of this privacy-compliant financial infrastructure, $DUSK has indeed entered a new development stage in 2026. From the ecosystem tools layer, trading layer, to the asset layer, a complete layout is gradually taking shape. Which aspect of Dusk’s progress do you find most promising?