Many people ask which is more worth paying attention to, DUSK or ONDO. Actually, before comparing, you need to understand that they are doing fundamentally different things.

ONDO brings US bonds onto the chain, which is an application layer approach—it relies on the public chain for survival. DUSK, on the other hand, has built a dedicated L1 designed specifically for RWA. Want to issue any compliant assets? Do it on DUSK, without layers of dependency.

Why is this difference so critical? Let's look at some real pain points—

What are traditional institutions most afraid of? Data transparency. DUSK's built-in zero-knowledge proof technology perfectly solves this problem: assets can be on-chain while business privacy is still protected. This is a deadly attraction for traditional financial institutions.

Looking at the compliance aspect. DUSK has directly integrated the MiCA protocol into the consensus layer, meaning European institutions aiming to venture into on-chain asset issuance will find DUSK the most straightforward choice. No need for further adaptation or additional development, protocol rules are integrated.

There's also an overlooked point—the deflationary mechanism. The more assets are on-chain on NPEX, the faster the network consumes GAS. This internal cycle of value generation is solidly supported.

Simply put, if ONDO is the "face" of the RWA track, DUSK is the "brain." The hype around the face has already passed; the brain is just getting started.