The recent surge in $DUSK interest isn’t just about price; it’s about a massive technical leap forward with the Piecrust 2.0 Virtual Machine. As the world's first Zero-Knowledge Virtual Machine (zkVM) designed natively for regulated finance, Piecrust allows developers to execute private smart contracts with unprecedented speed. Unlike older ZK solutions that were slow and expensive, Piecrust 2.0 has optimized proof generation to the point where "shielded transactions" are nearly as fast as transparent ones.
Adding fuel to the fire is the strategic partnership with Chainlink announced on January 19, 2026. By integrating Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP), @dusk_foundation has effectively opened the doors for tokenized RWAs from the Dutch NPEX exchange to move seamlessly across other blockchains. This means a bond issued on Dusk can now access liquidity on Ethereum or Arbitrum while maintaining its core privacy and compliance rules. For developers, this is the "missing link"—the ability to build apps that are private, compliant, and connected to the global DeFi liquidity pool. With over 31 million daily transactions recently recorded, the developer activity on $DUSK is signaling a major ecosystem breakout
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