In the collision between blockchain and traditional finance, there is an unavoidable issue—how to find a balance between privacy protection and regulatory requirements.

An interesting attempt comes from a Layer 1 project that started back in 2018. This chain has focused from the very beginning on a niche track: financial infrastructure built for compliance and privacy. Its approach is straightforward—through a modular architecture, it provides underlying support for institutional-grade financial applications, compliant DeFi, and real-world asset tokenization, while embedding privacy protection and auditability into the protocol design. This focused positioning makes it stand out among many projects and has attracted the attention of traditional financial institutions.

Recently, this project's ecosystem has been very active. In the second week of January, its EVM-compatible application layer will go live on the mainnet—an important development to watch. This layer allows developers to directly deploy standard Solidity contracts while relying on the main chain for final settlement. It sounds simple but is highly significant: the technical barriers to cross-ecosystem integration are gone, and the development costs for compliant DeFi and RWA applications are greatly reduced. For ecosystem expansion, this is key to attracting additional developers and projects.

Regarding the balance between privacy and auditability, the project is also advancing the refinement and application of solutions like Hedger. These details may seem insignificant, but they precisely reflect the project's ongoing consideration of the difficult problem of "privacy and compliance at the same time."