Conduit Monthly Recap: October 2025

October brought a new chain and a new RPC method, methodically tuned end-to-end by our engineering team to deliver sub-50 ms latency. We became a Zama Genesis Operator, shipped more infra upgrades, prepped for the long-awaited Fusaka upgrade, added Ethena’s Stablecoin-as-a-Service to our kit, and dropped a few guides. Let’s dive in.

New Conduit Chains and Partners

Ethereal, the high-performance perp DEX, goes live

Meet Ethereal. A high-performance DEX for spot and perpetuals trading, built on Arbitrum with Celestia DA and powered by the Conduit G2 sequencer. Ethereal is part of the Ethena Network and uses USDe so traders can earn yield on their collateral.

Launching with Zama as a Genesis Operator

We’re joining Zama as a Genesis Operator, helping secure its fully homomorphic encryption (FHE) network from day one. Alongside running core chain infrastructure for their Gateway, we’ll operate a genesis node to bring production-grade reliability to the next era of private compute.

Out-of-the-box Ethena Stablecoin for Conduit chains

Chains building on Conduit can now ship a native stablecoin on day one using Ethena’s Stablecoin-as-a-Service stack. Conduit already powers 55%+ of chains on Ethereum with $4B+ TVL across 60+ mainnet deployments, and this integration adds out-of-the-box stablecoin infra and deep liquidity so teams can move from concept to circulation fast.

Conduit Engineering

Fast chains need fast RPCs

We published an EIP-7966 deep dive on an RPC method that combines send and receipt into one call to halve confirmation times. It’s already powering better UX and higher throughput on Ethereal, where latency fell to ~50 ms.

Read the full explainer and see how to ship EIP-7966 on your stack.

More RPC Upgrades

New Network Access Control List configuration for RPC keys

Restricting an API key to specific networks is now significantly easier. Logic for restrictions has been consolidated into the Access Controls tab, and active networks are now configured through a slide-over sidebar.

New Endpoints pages on Nodes

Seeing a quick overview of usage and RPC URLs across all Conduit-supported chains is now easier. The Endpoints page lists all networks in a compact way, with their RPC URL and the selected API key appended for easy copying. Switch between WebSocket and HTTP endpoints at the top of the list.

Improved latency metrics for RPC performance

P95 and P99 measurements have been added on top of the average to the Response time graph. This provides an even better view of performance across RPC usage.

ACLs for Public RPC for your chain

Restrict access to a chain’s RPC. This update enables restricting the public RPC to only allowed API keys (e.g., giving early access to beta testers), as well as restricting which addresses are allowed to deploy smart contracts on the chain.

Visit our Conduit Nodes page or the docs page for more info.

Fusaka Ready

We upgraded all testnets on the Conduit platform as part of our preparation for Ethereum’s Fusaka upgrade!

Conduit Research and Insights

Your guide to onchain order books

Onchain order books are closing the gap between CEX speed and DeFi trust. In our new guide, we explain how they work, why teams are moving beyond AMMs, the key trade-offs, and the infra needed to hit low-latency, high-throughput performance. We also cover MEV mitigation strategies and real examples like Hyperliquid, Orderly, dYdX, and OpenBook. If you are weighing a dedicated L2 or appchain for pro-grade trading, this is your playbook.

Read the full explainer and learn how to architect your onchain order book.

Three ways to ship native yield

Native yield is becoming a real moat for new chains. In our explainer, we break down three practical models teams are shipping today: automatic yield on bridged assets, adopting a yield-bearing stablecoin as the “official” dollar, and even making a yield-bearing asset your gas token. We cover trade-offs, infra dependencies, and examples to help you pick a path that fits your roadmap.

Read the full guide and see how to implement native yield on your chain.

And that's a wrap, see you next month! If you want to learn more about Conduit, you can:

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