Recently, many people have been discussing the on-chain of physical assets, but honestly, there are not many projects that can go from concept to large-scale application. I think it's worth paying attention to Dusk's latest move — they launched the DuskTrade application, which seems to be addressing this issue from another perspective.

As someone who studies various investment channels regularly, I’ve always had a thought: why not buy and sell European stocks or bonds just like trading Bitcoin? The collaboration between the Dusk Foundation and a compliant Dutch exchange directly answers this question. The candidate list for the DuskTrade application officially opened in January 2026, and the official goal is quite ambitious — planning to move over €300 million worth of securities assets onto the chain.

The logic behind this is quite straightforward. Every transaction and asset settlement relies on the support of the underlying network, and Dusk token holders will naturally benefit from this. But the key point is not just that, but how big the efficiency difference can be.

How complex is the settlement process in traditional finance? It often takes several days to complete, with many intermediate steps, and the costs are not cheap. But on the Dusk network, through smart contracts automated processing, efficiency can be increased by hundreds of times or more. Dusk’s technical solution includes a highly advanced virtual machine, which processes transactions faster than most privacy chains on the market, ensuring no lag during high-frequency financial trading.

Interestingly, DuskTrade uses a protocol called Castle for identity verification. What does this mean? Users can enjoy privacy protection while having already passed compliance checks. This design is quite clever because it directly avoids the regulatory issues that privacy projects fear most. For ordinary users, after completing a verification on DuskTrade, they can operate smoothly within the entire Dusk ecosystem.

In short, this finds a balance between privacy and compliance. For users who want to enter on-chain finance but have concerns, this solves a real pain point.