At the beginning of 2026, the Dusk Network dropped a heavy bomb in the privacy track—the DuskEVM mainnet officially launched.

This is not just a simple EVM compatibility layer application. Dusk is doing something bold: leveraging the convenience of Solidity development tools combined with its own seven years of accumulated privacy black technology to directly target institutional-level financial needs. In other words, traditional large institutions have been waiting for a blockchain solution that can both preserve privacy and allow auditing, and Dusk is here to solve that problem.

The Hedger privacy module is the true core. It combines zero-knowledge proofs with homomorphic encryption to design a transaction logic of "privacy by default, compliance optional." Users can operate as they wish: choose transparent transfers for full transparency, or opt for privacy to protect sensitive holdings. The clever part is that regulators or auditors do not need to see all the details; they can obtain necessary information simply by verifying with a key. This is truly a modern solution for financial privacy.

From a regulatory perspective, this solution perfectly aligns with the EU's MiCA regulations and the DLT Pilot Regime requirements, avoiding pitfalls that purely anonymous projects often encounter. The community has also built a dedicated block explorer, allowing everyone to see how private transactions operate in real-time—data is securely hidden, yet on-chain verification is possible. This is genuine transparent privacy.

Coupled with deep collaboration with Chainlink, Dusk's cross-chain potential is further unleashed. Chainlink CCIP, as a standardized interoperability solution, enables seamless transfer of tokenized assets issued on Dusk. With this combination, the threshold for institutional adoption is indeed lowered.