$DUSK — I’m starting to treat this like finance infrastructure, not a “privacy coin”.
Most chains are either fully public (easy to track and hunt) or fully hidden (hard to fit into real markets). #Dusk is trying to sit in the middle: privacy when it matters, but still built for financial rules and real-world assets.
What I like is the direction behind the scenes: they’re not stuck on one idea. They’ve built around Phoenix, pushed it into security-token style logic with Zedger, and now they’re pushing privacy into an EVM-friendly world with Hedger. That’s a serious roadmap, not a slogan.
And recently they handled a real operational moment: bridge services got paused after unusual activity tied to a team-managed wallet used in bridge ops. They isolated it, shipped mitigations, and said it wasn’t a protocol-level issue. I don’t celebrate incidents, but I do pay attention to how teams respond under pressure.
Token-wise, $DUSK isn’t just a badge. It’s meant to be the single fuel across the stack — staking/security plus fees across execution layers. The ERC-20 side also has a visible max total supply cap and active transfer/holder data you can verify anytime.
Bridge back online with a clear plan, DuskEVM momentum, and then the real test — do regulated RWA-style flows actually land and stick.
If they keep shipping and the finance lane clicks, DUSK can shift from “privacy narrative” to “market infrastructure”. I’m watching closely.