Privacy and compliance are becoming the new themes in blockchain finance.

Many are still debating the performance limits of public chains, but some projects have already shifted their approach—why not directly address these dilemmas at the architectural level?

Modular design makes things interesting. A high-throughput consensus layer paired with a privacy execution layer allows developers to flexibly choose transaction visibility while settling on a single chain. What does this mean? The risks of cross-chain bridging are eliminated, and the problem of liquidity fragmentation is avoided. For institutional users, this native privacy + on-chain settlement combination perfectly meets the rigid needs of compliant DeFi and RWA on-chain.

Looking at token design again. Many projects’ tokens are just speculative chips, but it’s different here. Staking to participate in protocol governance, sharing network fees, prioritizing access to institutional-grade trading products... the token’s value forms a positive feedback loop with ecosystem growth. Every compliant transaction, every RWA asset on-chain, is driving up actual demand for the token. This isn’t just a story; it’s the pull of real financial scenarios.

Community expansion is also accelerating. Global developer funds, hackathons, training programs continuously attract talent from traditional finance and Web3.

Honestly, the breakout point in 2026 isn’t about who has the largest trading volume, but about whose infrastructure is the first to adapt to the era of regulatory acceleration and institutional influx. Those who have already laid out privacy-compliant underlying public chains will have the first-mover advantage then.

The current layout is a bet on this turning point.