The NPEX partnership is a cornerstone of Dusk Network's real-world asset (RWA) ecosystem in January 2026. NPEX, a regulated Dutch stock exchange holding MTF, Broker, and ECSP licenses, partners with Dusk on DuskTrade—a compliant platform scheduled for launch in 2026 (waitlist opened in January). The platform aims to tokenize €300M+ in securities (equities, bonds for SMEs) on-chain for regulated issuance, trading, and settlement.
DuskTrade inherits NPEX's regulatory status, reducing intermediaries while maintaining investor protections and oversight. DuskEVM mainnet (second week of January) supports Solidity-based dApps for these workflows, settling privately on DuskDS—the base layer for consensus and zero-knowledge secured data availability.
Hedger Alpha provides confidential yet auditable transactions via homomorphic encryption + zero-knowledge proofs, ensuring MiCA alignment by protecting data without impeding regulatory verification.
Chainlink CCIP enables secure cross-chain transfers of tokenized assets, and Data Streams deliver reliable market oracles—creating a unified, interoperable framework for regulated RWAs.
This collaboration bridges traditional European finance with blockchain, addressing efficiency limitations in legacy systems while preserving institutional standards. Dusk's privacy-first design (founded 2018) supports this through protocol-embedded compliance.
How do you think regulated exchange partnerships could shape the future scalability of tokenized securities on privacy-focused chains?
