Have you ever thought about it—who can really see through your investment and financial management activities?

From stocks to funds, every transaction feels like operating inside a glass house. Bank managers know your limits, financial advisors understand your allocations, and even some data providers hold your financial profile. Looking at it from another angle—when you walk into a high-end store, the staff, managers, and even strangers nearby can gauge your spending power and taste. This feeling of being "exposed" is actually similar to the transparency of information in traditional finance.

Privacy, in the financial sector, is actually a luxury.

It wasn't until I encountered the Dusk project that I realized there’s another way. Its goal sounds ambitious: to bring the entire financial market onto the blockchain, but the key is—maintaining confidentiality while remaining compliant.

How does it do that? Simply put, if you use Dusk to buy a private equity stake, sensitive data like transaction amounts and asset information are only decryptable by you and regulators (when necessary) using a key. In everyday situations? It’s just an encrypted string that no one can see through. The core technology behind this is called Hedger, which is Dusk’s specialty.

Looking at the numbers, the community’s recognition of this logic is quite high. The $DUSK token’s staked amount has surpassed 200 million tokens, with 36% of these tokens locked in for earning interest. This shows that holders are truly voting with their feet. There’s also a liquid staking protocol called Sozu, which offers nearly 30% annualized yield, attracting $25.6 million in funds. This buzz isn’t coming out of nowhere.

Recently, Dusk launched a creator support program with a prize pool of $3.05 million, inviting content creators to participate and share in the rewards. It’s clear that the ecosystem is expanding at a steady pace.

What’s even more interesting is the future plan. The mainnet has been live for just over a year, and the team is already preparing for the 2026 DuskEVM mainnet upgrade, aiming to build infrastructure that seamlessly combines privacy and compliant assets. In simple terms, it’s about making on-chain finance as private as a Swiss bank account while fully compliant with regulations—this opens up a huge space for imagination.

A small detail best illustrates the point: privacy and compliance have never been mutually exclusive. The key is whether someone is truly willing to tackle this challenge. Dusk is trying, and that alone is worth paying attention to.