The core competitiveness of DUSK can be summarized in two words: dual drive. One is gas payments, covering all network operations—privacy transaction encapsulation, RWA tokenization—all rely on it; the second is staking, which provides network security through the Succinct Attestation consensus mechanism while distributing rewards. The APY depends on the emission and fee-sharing ratio.

Once the L2 rollout is implemented next year, DUSK's gas demand will increase exponentially. EVM compatibility allows developers to integrate with zero difficulty, the mainnet settlement guarantees finality, and all cross-layer interactions require gas fees. The supporting Zedger protocol upgrade has already integrated Hyperstaking, enabling stakers to customize privacy reward pools, boosting both token liquidity and utility.

There is also a clever design—NPEX MiCA CEX, with DUSK as the central token, allocates part of the trading fees back to the staking reward pool, creating a positive feedback loop. From a tokenomics perspective, the total supply cap is 1 billion, with a high circulation rate, a 36-year decreasing emission cycle to ensure long-term scarcity; combined with the gas burning mechanism, a deflationary effect naturally emerges.

With the RWA boom accelerating, institutional-grade assets on-chain require zero-knowledge privacy protection. DUSK's gas and staking demands will surge simultaneously. Chainlink integration optimizes data flow, enabling frictionless cross-chain RWA interactions. DUSK, acting as a bridge token, has broad prospects. Honestly, 2026 will be a pivotal year for DUSK, transforming from infrastructure to mainstream compliant DeFi, and its value potential is indeed worth paying attention to.