When it comes to RWA, nine out of ten projects are just talking big. But have you noticed? What about those traditional institutions that truly hold assets? Most are still hanging around the entrance—not because they don’t want to play, but because they’re scared. Scared of what? Once connected to blockchain, regulators will be on you in minutes, exposing company data without mercy, transaction speeds will be a mess, and they simply can’t integrate with traditional systems. These worries, instead, have become a breakthrough opportunity for some projects.

Take Dusk as an example. Many think it’s just a Layer 1, but if you really delve into its design philosophy, you’ll find this chain is almost tailor-made for "regulated financial scenarios." While other chains focus on stacking TPS, they are researching how to embed rules like EU MiCA and securities clearing and settlement directly into the protocol itself. This is called "compliance as code," not just patchwork later on, but built into the architecture from the start, allowing institutions to operate with confidence.

One example particularly illustrates the point. Their joint project with the Dutch securities exchange NPEX, DuskTrade, is launching next year. It’s not just about putting assets on-chain; it automates the entire process from issuance of equity and bonds, trading, to dividends, all on the chain, while complying with EU securities law. In the future, financing for small and medium-sized enterprises through equity tokens might be as simple as issuing a token—yet behind this token is real, legally recognized equity with actual money backing it. Compared to projects that are always shouting about a "trillion-dollar market," this is the real deal.

On the technical side, there’s also some interesting stuff. They are about to launch their mainnet DuskEVM, claiming to be the world’s first ZK-friendly EVM chain. In other words, developers can continue writing contracts in familiar Solidity, but the chain will automatically handle privacy layers—an ideal solution. For financial scenarios, this isn’t just a cherry on top; it genuinely solves real problems.