[LayerZero and 21X Complete Institutional-Grade On-Chain Order Book Pilot on Zero Private Permissioned Blockchain, Achieving 10,000 Orders Per Second] According to a joint announcement by LayerZero and 21X, they completed a pilot test on the Zero blockchain's private permissioned instance for approximately one month. The test fully implemented the central limit order book of 21X, a licensed trading and settlement venue under the EU DLT pilot scheme, on-chain (without off-chain matching), recording 10,000 order matchings per second, approximately 45 times higher than the institutional-grade EVM baseline. The pilot focused on US stock tokens, with matching and settlement completed within the same transaction. Zero was previously announced by LayerZero in conjunction with Citadel Securities, DTCC, ARK Invest, and Intercontinental Exchange, among others.