In institutional-level blockchain applications, compliance qualifications have become a necessary condition for cooperation. The European Union's Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) is one of the strictest crypto regulatory frameworks worldwide. As an early blockchain project fully compliant with this regulation, Dusk has integrated compliance requirements deeply into its technology and ecosystem design, creating a multi-layered trust system.

Regarding technical compliance, Dusk's approach is quite unique. It does not treat compliance as a post-hoc remedy but considers it from the foundational architecture. For example, MiCA requires asset reference tokens to be held in custody by licensed institutions. Dusk has designed a dedicated fund custody module that seamlessly collaborates with licensed EU banks, ensuring a mandatory binding between on-chain token issuance and off-chain asset custody. Looking at regulatory traceability requirements, Dusk has built-in regulatory trigger mechanisms within smart contracts, allowing regulators to extract transaction data as needed. This "native compliance" approach avoids the hassle of retrofitting and alleviates institutional compliance concerns from the source.

The ecosystem layer has also been carefully developed. Dusk has established an ecosystem compliance system centered around MiCA standards. First, it strictly scrutinizes partners during selection; custodians, exchanges, developers, etc., must all possess EU regulatory qualifications. The benefit of this is that all participants within the ecosystem meet a unified compliance standard, forming a self-consistent closed loop.

In practical terms, this triple trust barrier—technological compliance, ecosystem compliance, and operational compliance—has indeed changed how EU financial institutions view blockchain. No longer based on suspicion and observation, but on a solid foundation for cooperation. Dusk's approach, to some extent, also reflects the future development direction of blockchain projects: compliance is no longer a burden but a competitive advantage.