Dusk x Chainlink Partnership: Bringing Regulated Assets Fully On-Chain

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We’re thrilled to announce our partnership with Chainlink, as part of our mission to bring regulated securities and RWAs fully onchain.

Together with NPEX, the regulated Dutch stock exchange for SMEs, we’re adopting Chainlink’s interoperability and data standards, including CCIP, CCT, DataLink, and Data Streams, to connect regulated European securities with the broader decentralized economy.

:link: What This Partnership Enables

Cross-Chain Interoperability

  • Through CCIP and CCT, tokenized assets and the DUSK token can move securely and compliantly between networks such as Ethereum and Solana.

  • This unlocks seamless composability for regulated financial instruments across the DeFi ecosystem.

Verified On-Chain Market Data

  • Chainlink DataLink will deliver official NPEX exchange data directly to the blockchain.

  • Chainlink Data Streams will provide low-latency, high-frequency price updates, powering institutional-grade DeFi and compliant trading applications.

Together, these integrations create a unified framework for compliant asset issuance, secure cross-chain settlement, and real-time, verifiable market data, a key step toward a truly interoperable and compliant on-chain financial system.

:puzzle_piece: Why It Matters

This collaboration combines:

  • Dusk’s privacy-preserving, compliance-first blockchain

  • NPEX’s regulated market infrastructure and investor network

  • Chainlink’s industry-standard connectivity and cross-chain security

By joining forces, we’re setting a new benchmark for how regulated financial markets can operate onchain, securely, transparently, and in full compliance with European standards.

:backhand_index_pointing_right: Read the full announcement here: https://x.com/DuskFoundation/status/1988956575277674570

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The EVM discussion is overshadowing everything, and it makes me question what Dusk DS really adds. Why do we need yet another L1, and why should users invest time in learning a dual-network architecture? I’d really appreciate a clear explanation of its actual value.

At first, I thought Ethereum and other chains were overly complicated—using hacky constructions to force compliance into their stacks. I assumed Dusk would simplify this and offer a more consolidated, straightforward experience. But now I’m not so sure. Dusk is also introducing new layers and terminology, and I’m starting to feel lost again.

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Hi, sorry that you’re not getting any replies here. Community hasn’t really built the habit of conversing here as well. I hope this changes in the coming months. I also struggled a long time to understand how all of it works together and what the advantages of the EVM are.

The split architecture actually simplifies things imo. Dusk DS handles settlement, privacy, and inherits the full NPEX license stack (MTF, Broker, ECSP, with DLT-TSS in progress) so assets can be issued, traded, and settled directly on-chain.

On top of that sits the application/execution layer, where developers can build using standard EVM tooling while still relying on Dusk DS for compliant settlement. That avoids the pain of shipping dapps on a newborn L1 with no ecosystem around it.

The shift is mainly about speed. Building every tool from scratch would slow down adoption and drain resources, so using an EVM layer lets teams ship useful products now while the deeper DS tooling matures at the right pace.

This gives institutions their compliant settlement layer, developers the EVM ecosystem they already know, and users one environment that combines both strengths.

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