In 2026, the wave of compliant RWA is truly here. The Dusk Foundation has partnered with the licensed Dutch exchange NPEX (which holds MTF, Broker, ECSP, and the upcoming DLT-TSS full financial license) to officially launch DuskTrade—the first blockchain securities trading and investment platform in Europe that is inherently compliant from its inception.

This is not simply about packaging assets for on-chain listing. Instead, from issuance, trading, to settlement, everything is managed in a closed loop on the chain. Over €300 million in real securities assets—stocks, bonds, and SME financing tools—will be directly tokenized and traded on the Dusk network. NPEX itself has financed over €200 million for more than 100 SMEs and has over 17,500 active investors. These high-quality assets can now operate on-chain using Dusk’s privacy protection technology.

On the technical side, several highlights include: the DuskEVM mainnet launched in Q1 2026, compatible with Solidity development environment, allowing developers to deploy compliant DeFi and RWA applications with zero barriers. The Hedger privacy engine uses zero-knowledge proofs combined with homomorphic encryption to achieve "default privacy with optional auditing"—daily transactions are fully confidential, yet compliance can be demonstrated when regulators require, naturally aligning with EU standards like MiCA and MiFID II.

In terms of cross-chain integration, Chainlink CCIP is used for interoperability between chains, Data Streams provides real-time data sources, ensuring tokenized securities can move across chains, price data remains trustworthy, and settlement is atomized. NPEX, as a regulated native front-end and back-end service, is directly backed by its license, so institutions no longer need to worry about compliance logistics.

From another perspective, you can use DUSK to pay gas fees to participate in secondary trading of European-regulated securities, enjoying DeFi-like trading liquidity and 24/7 settlement speed, while maintaining institutional-level compliance protections. This is not just a concept—it’s happening in 2026. The whitelist for DuskTrade is now open, and the first batch of assets ready for on-chain listing is just around the corner. The true bridge between TradFi and DeFi has already been built, with DUSK as the core fuel for network gas, governance rights, and incentive mechanisms, directly benefiting from this trillion-dollar RWA wave.