Elysium, built by Kinetiq, is now live on mainnet. Elysium is a high-performance L2 for the Hyperliquid ecosystem, settles to HyperEVM, runs alongside HyperCore, and uses HYPE as its native gas token. Designed for trading, market making, and general-purpose DeFi applications that need low latency and high throughput.

Elysium is a standard EVM built atop the Arbitrum Platform. Solidity and Vyper contracts compile unchanged, and developers can deploy with the tools they already use, including Foundry, Hardhat, viem, and ethers.

Conduit deploys and operates the underlying infrastructure, from transaction sequencing and settlement to RPC services and developer access. Here’s a closer look at the infrastructure powering Elysium and what it means for developers.

High-performance for onchain finance

In DeFi, infrastructure performance directly affects the trading experience. Fast transaction confirmation, consistent execution and reliable uptime are key for applications operating in competitive markets.

Elysium runs on Conduit’s production-grade sequencing infrastructure, built to support high-throughput blockchain environments.

Direct Connect gives builders a dedicated, private connection from their servers to Conduit's RPC servers, co-located with the chain's sequencer.

The sequencer runs alongside HyperCore, with nodes reducing network latency between Elysium’s execution environment and Hyperliquid’s trading infrastructure. All designed to deliver:

• Low-latency execution: industry-leading performance to support trading experiences, with RPC Direct Connect median connection times of 5ms.
• Continuous performance: Infrastructure designed to handle sustained transaction activity with 99.99% uptime.
• Closer integration with Hyperliquid liquidity: Reduces network distance between application execution and HyperCore.
• Builder-aligned economics: Elysium allocates 25% of sequencer fees to builders.

Purpose-built settlement on HyperEVM

To support Elysium settling on HyperEVM, Conduit adapted its batching, settlement posting and monitoring infrastructure to operate with HyperEVM. Conduit validated these components on the HyperEVM testnet before deploying to mainnet.

Elysium’s data availability architecture stores transaction data through the operator, with attested commitments posted to HyperEVM and an always-available calldata fallback.

This deployment demonstrates Conduit’s competence to adapt production blockchain infrastructure to emerging execution and settlement environments.

As blockchain ecosystems evolve, developers need infrastructure which supports different architectures without requiring teams to build and maintain every component themselves.

Reliable RPC and developer infrastructure

Conduit provides Elysium with dedicated RPC infrastructure, supported by the operational tooling and engineering expertise used across our production deployments.

Developers building on Elysium benefit from:

• Dedicated RPC endpoints for application connectivity and transaction submission.
• Scalable infrastructure to support growing application demand.
• Developer support for archive access, indexing, and higher-throughput requirements.
• Production monitoring to preserve network dependability.

For trading venues, market makers and DeFi protocols, reliable infrastructure is critical to supplying a consistent user experience.

Conduit manages the underlying infrastructure so developers can focus on building applications rather than operating the chain. Conduit also maintains SOC 2 Type II attestation and undergoes recurring independent penetration testing.

Built for the demands of DeFi

Elysium represents another milestone in Conduit’s mission to power high-performance blockchain infrastructure for financial applications.

“High-performance chains demand fast execution, reliable settlement and the flexibility to scale,” said Thomas Jackson, CTO of Conduit. “We adapted our sequencing and settlement infrastructure for HyperEVM, enabling Elysium to operate alongside HyperCore and bring application execution closer to Hyperliquid’s liquidity. This gives the Elysium team a strong technical foundation to build and scale the next generation of applications.”

From Plume, Reya, to Katana and Zama, Conduit supports production blockchain environments with distinct technical requirements and application demands.

Elysium builds on that experience while introducing infrastructure components designed for Hyperliquid’s architecture.

Each deployment strengthens Conduit’s platform, expanding the execution environments, settlement configurations and application requirements we can support.

What’s next for Elysium

Elysium’s mainnet launch establishes a new foundation for onchain high-frequency spot trading and DeFi applications within the Hyperliquid ecosystem.

As the network grows, Conduit will continue operating and supporting its infrastructure, scaling alongside increasing demand. For Conduit, Elysium demonstrates what’s possible when high-performance sequencing, flexible settlement and production-grade operations come together.

Explore Elysium documentation to start building today and check out their growing ecosystem.

If you’re considering your onchain roadmap, let’s start with a conversation about your needs. Book a slot with our team today.