While people were shouting that blockchain would revolutionize finance, Wall Street faced a silent dilemma: Dusk's glass house

For years, we have heard people shouting that blockchain technology would completely transform the global financial system. But why do major Wall Street institutions still hesitate and barely dare to take cautious steps? The answer is not due to a lack of vision but a structural obstacle that no one mentions: the very trait that makes blockchain powerful—its radical transparency—is a nightmare for institutional finance.

The paradox that stopped Wall Street: transparency vs. privacy

Let’s imagine a situation: every move of a hedge fund, every massive transaction strategy of an investment bank, every portfolio rebalancing, all exposed publicly as if happening in a glass house. Competitors would see every move before it’s completed. How can you maintain a competitive advantage under those conditions?

But here comes the opposite trap: if everything is completely anonymous to preserve privacy, then it becomes impossible to meet fundamental regulatory requirements. How can regulators perform anti-money laundering audits? How can they verify identities? This creates a genuine paradox: blockchain promised freedom, but total freedom is incompatible with the necessary regulation.

Auditable privacy: Dusk’s “one-way glass”

The Dusk (DUSK) network was specifically designed to solve this irreconcilable dilemma. Its fundamental innovation is not choosing between black or white but creating a completely new path: auditable privacy.

The concept is elegant: by default, all information is encrypted. No one can see anything without authorization. But this is where Zero-Knowledge Proofs (ZKP) technology and Dusk’s Citadel framework come in. A user can prove to the network “I am a user who has completed KYC verification” without revealing their real identity, without exposing their name, address, or personal data. The transaction itself remains encrypted, but when a regulator obtains legal authorization, they can perform full audits.

It’s literally like installing a “one-way glass” in financial institutions: those operating within can do so with complete security, while regulators outside only have visibility when law requires it. Privacy becomes auditable, not absolute or invisible.

NPEX and tokenization: when theory becomes reality

What is truly revolutionary is not just words but practical applications. Dusk has achieved a strategic partnership with NPEX, a regulated Multilateral Trading Facility (MTF) in the Netherlands. This platform is tokenizing and executing on-chain transactions of traditional securities with a volume exceeding 300 million euros.

This is the critical point: no fully anonymous blockchain could ever achieve this kind of institutional collaboration. Why? Because Wall Street, regulators, and institutional investors require auditability and compliance. Dusk understands this perfectly. It does not position itself as “a system opposed to the establishment,” but as “the infrastructure that upgrades the existing system.”

It does not compete for native crypto assets but targets traditional financial assets that reach trillions of dollars in volume: those that desperately need to reduce costs, increase efficiency and speed, but are chained by regulations and privacy requirements.

The fuel of a new era: why DUSK matters

In this new paradigm, DUSK functions as the fuel and passport of this emerging financial infrastructure. Its long-term value is directly linked to an inevitable process: the massive digitalization of the capital of the “old world.”

When people shouted about blockchain, they envisioned disruption. But Dusk discovered something more valuable: integration. While the traditional crypto sector seeks to destroy, Dusk is building bridges. And when those bridges are completed, they will move figures that will make the entire current crypto economy seem like a side market.

Current DUSK data — Price: $0.11 USD (updated February 14, 2026)