ICYMI: Elysium Joins the Programmable Economy

Elysium is live on mainnet. Developed by Kinetiq, it is the first dedicated blockchain built with the Arbitrum Platform to settle on HyperEVM, Hyperliquid’s smart contract environment, and uses HYPE as its native gas token.
More capacity for established markets
Kinetiq will combine Hyperliquid’s established trading markets with execution capacity tailored to high-frequency trading systems and market-making AMMs. Those markets already serve significant demand: as of November 9, 2026, Hyperliquid’s perpetual markets had processed more than $239 billion in notional trading volume over the preceding 30 days, with approximately $7 billion in open interest, according to DefiLlama.
Using the Arbitrum Platform enabled Kinetiq to configure Elysium for applications that need to update prices, manage inventory, and respond quickly as markets move. Planned post-launch HyperCore integrations would let those applications use market data and send trading instructions through authorized, trade-only agents. Application logic would run on Elysium, with trades executing separately on HyperCore’s orderbooks.

For application developers, the opportunity is to build financial products around established markets with the sufficient capacity to run their logic. Kinetiq can also shape the economics supporting those developers: it has committed 25% of Elysium’s sequencer revenue to builders whose applications drive network activity. Companies can use their allocation for user incentives, liquidity programs, or fee rebates.
That puts the programmable economy into practice: a business configuring infrastructure for the market it serves and deciding how the resulting revenue supports growth.
Execution configured for trading
The Kinetiq team cited easier custom precompile development as a key reason for choosing the Arbitrum Platform. These custom functions will support Elysium’s planned HyperCore integrations, allowing Kinetiq to extend the chain’s capabilities without developing a blockchain stack from scratch.
That flexibility extends across Elysium’s design, from block timing and execution capacity to settlement, gas token, and data availability.

Block time describes how frequently the chain produces blocks; the execution-capacity target describes how much computation it aims to support. Neither measures final settlement or end-to-end trading performance.
Extending Arbitrum’s reach
Elysium brings the Arbitrum Platform's configurable execution to Hyperliquid’s builders and markets. With dedicated capacity at launch and HyperCore integrations planned, Kinetiq is laying the foundation for more ambitious trading applications and extending the programmable economy into new markets.
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