A detail that often goes unnoticed is who Dusk has always been since the beginning. The Dusk Foundation did not "pivot" to regulated finance after the market changed. It was born that way in 2018, with a clear mission to be a Layer 1 focused on regulated financial infrastructure and privacy.
This explains why Dusk's architecture is modular from the ground up. It's not something added later to please institutions. It's what allows separating execution, consensus, and privacy, creating an environment where institutional applications, compliant DeFi, and real-world assets can coexist without technical or legal conflict. Few blockchains can achieve this without patches.
In 2025, when the market demands real-world use, this initial choice starts to matter. Dusk doesn't need to justify why it supports auditing, privacy, and RWA simultaneously. It was designed exactly for this purpose. What seems "sophisticated" today was simply long-term planning.
In the current landscape, this distinguishes projects born to experiment from those born to operate within the global financial system.