If we look at the graph, the outlook for the token $DUSK is bittersweet. Despite having launched its mainnet just weeks ago, the token is currently trading around $0.09 - $0.15, reflecting a significant drop from its peaks in January. The reality is that, in February 2026, the correlation with the "giants" remains the law of the jungle: when Ethereum falls by 5% in a day, smaller market cap infrastructures like Dusk tend to take a double hit.
However, the intrinsic analysis reveals an interesting resilience. With the start of Hyperstaking, a large part of the circulating supply (about 500 million tokens) is locked by validators who are staking long-term in the security of the network. We are not facing a liquidation due to a lack of faith in the project, but rather a global liquidity crisis. The token $DUSK is not just "gas"; it is the necessary collateral to operate in an ecosystem that is already moving real assets, such as Quantoz's digital euro EURQ. The big question for investors in 2026 is whether the institutional utility of Dusk will be enough to break the "glass ceiling" imposed by Bitcoin and Ethereum in every correction cycle.
Key Date: Despite the price drop, the transaction volume on the Dusk network has grown by 40% since the launch of the mainnet, suggesting that there is real usage hidden behind the market noise.
