Dusk Network, founded in 2018 by Jelle Pol and Emanuele Francioni, is a layer 1 blockchain built specifically for regulated finance, combining privacy and compliance through its Segregated Byzantine Agreement consensus powered by Proof of Blind Bid, zero knowledge cryptography such as zk SNARKs, confidential smart contracts, and a purpose built zkVM that enables programmable and auditable privacy with selective transparency for institutions, supporting the issuance and trading of tokenized real world assets under frameworks like MiFID II and MiCA, while as of early February 2026 the DUSK token holds a circulating supply near 497 to 505 million, a market cap around 44 to 51 million US dollars, a price between 0.087 and 0.10273 US dollars, and daily volume close to 16 million US dollars.
