Web3 moves from hype to practical application; the real opportunity has long been outside the virtual world, in how to connect traditional finance, cross-border trade, and corporate financing—these real-world needs—onto the blockchain.

A recent project idea is quite interesting—using "compliance + privacy" as two pillars, building infrastructure on Layer 1, and through a product matrix of DuskTrade, DuskEVM, and Hedger, directly targeting large markets like traditional finance and small to medium-sized enterprises.

Take DuskTrade as an example. The two biggest pain points in traditional finance are—poor liquidity and retail investors being unable to participate. It collaborates deeply with exchanges holding EU MTF, Broker, and ECSP licenses, integrating the full chain of asset tokenization into a compliant framework. This allows institutions to participate confidently and retail investors to get involved. By 2026, it is expected to push approximately 300 million euros worth of securities assets onto the chain, covering equity, bonds, and various other products, enabling small investors to buy high-quality assets.

The key point is that the native token $DUSK is not just decorative in this closed loop. Institutions need to stake it as collateral to access the platform; trading fees and governance voting rights are all tied to DUSK, effectively embedding the token into the core of value flow. In 2026, as Web3 compliance accelerates, this design logic indeed shows some imagination.