According to @jih2nn, an Ethereum prototype successfully reduces slot time from 12 seconds to 6 seconds and remained stable across several epochs in testing, signaling fast finality progress beyond the research phase, source: https://twitter.com/jih2nn/status/1964624878126190919; https://notes.ethereum.org/@miloss/Prototyping_EIP-7782. The code and configuration for the EIP-7782 prototyping effort were published for review, providing implementation details that developers and traders can track for readiness signals, source: https://notes.ethereum.org/@miloss/Prototyping_EIP-7782; https://twitter.com/jih2nn/status/1964624878126190919. If Ethereum retains 32 slots per epoch as defined in the consensus specs, cutting slot time to 6 seconds would reduce epoch duration from about 6.4 minutes to about 3.2 minutes, accelerating finality and on-chain settlement speed relevant for trade confirmation, source: https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/consensus-mechanisms/pos/; https://twitter.com/jih2nn/status/1964624878126190919. Faster L1 finality can compress DEX arbitrage and MEV windows and shorten Layer 2 rollup bridge confirmation times that depend on L1 finality, a dynamic traders should monitor across ETH pairs and major ERC-20s, source: https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/scaling/rollups/; https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/consensus-mechanisms/pos/. No mainnet activation timeline or gas-per-slot policy changes are stated in the shared materials, so price and volatility impact should be tied to upcoming devnet/testnet milestones and client release notes rather than immediate assumptions, source: https://twitter.com/jih2nn/status/1964624878126190919; https://notes.ethereum.org/@miloss/Prototyping_EIP-7782.