The Dusk blockchain ecosystem represents a major evolution in crypto infrastructure, uniquely focused on privacy-enabled, regulation-aware finance. At its core, the project aims to bridge decentralized finance (DeFi) with traditional regulated markets by allowing institutions and users to issue, trade, and settle real-world assets securely and compliantly on-chain. Unlike many blockchains that emphasize purely public transparency, Dusk is engineered with modular privacy primitives and optional confidentiality through technologies like zero-knowledge proofs — offering both confidentiality and compliance at scale. �