diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 4a95e046c2..d191766a5b 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -7976,6 +7976,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "page_size",
  "parking_lot",
  "proptest",
+ "quanta",
  "reth-db-api",
  "reth-fs-util",
  "reth-libmdbx",
@@ -9601,6 +9602,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "op-alloy-consensus",
  "proptest",
  "proptest-arbitrary-interop",
+ "quanta",
  "rand 0.8.5",
  "rand 0.9.2",
  "rayon",
@@ -10355,6 +10357,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures-util",
  "metrics",
  "pin-project",
+ "quanta",
  "rayon",
  "reth-metrics",
  "thiserror 2.0.18",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 0b4060d563..1635818baf 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -528,6 +528,7 @@ notify = { version = "8.0.0", default-features = false, features = ["macos_fseve
 nybbles = { version = "0.4.8", default-features = false }
 once_cell = { version = "1.19", default-features = false, features = ["critical-section"] }
 parking_lot = "0.12"
+quanta = "0.12"
 paste = "1.0"
 rand = "0.9"
 rayon = "1.7"
diff --git a/crates/engine/tree/src/persistence.rs b/crates/engine/tree/src/persistence.rs
index 59e567dc0a..739fbb3d18 100644
--- a/crates/engine/tree/src/persistence.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/tree/src/persistence.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use crossbeam_channel::Sender as CrossbeamSender;
 use reth_chain_state::ExecutedBlock;
 use reth_errors::ProviderError;
 use reth_ethereum_primitives::EthPrimitives;
-use reth_primitives_traits::NodePrimitives;
+use reth_primitives_traits::{FastInstant as Instant, NodePrimitives};
 use reth_provider::{
     providers::ProviderNodeTypes, BlockExecutionWriter, BlockHashReader, ChainStateBlockWriter,
     DBProvider, DatabaseProviderFactory, ProviderFactory, SaveBlocksMode,
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ use std::{
         Arc,
     },
     thread::JoinHandle,
-    time::Instant,
 };
 use thiserror::Error;
 use tracing::{debug, error, instrument};
diff --git a/crates/engine/tree/src/tree/instrumented_state.rs b/crates/engine/tree/src/tree/instrumented_state.rs
index 99c61e533e..09f15f5627 100644
--- a/crates/engine/tree/src/tree/instrumented_state.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/tree/src/tree/instrumented_state.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use alloy_primitives::{Address, StorageKey, StorageValue, B256};
 use metrics::{Gauge, Histogram};
 use reth_errors::ProviderResult;
 use reth_metrics::Metrics;
-use reth_primitives_traits::{Account, Bytecode};
+use reth_primitives_traits::{Account, Bytecode, FastInstant as Instant};
 use reth_provider::{
     AccountReader, BlockHashReader, BytecodeReader, HashedPostStateProvider, StateProofProvider,
     StateProvider, StateRootProvider, StorageRootProvider,
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ use reth_trie::{
 };
 use std::{
     sync::atomic::{AtomicU64, Ordering},
-    time::{Duration, Instant},
+    time::Duration,
 };
 
 /// Nanoseconds per second
diff --git a/crates/engine/tree/src/tree/metrics.rs b/crates/engine/tree/src/tree/metrics.rs
index d08b42123c..0f5c26c932 100644
--- a/crates/engine/tree/src/tree/metrics.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/tree/src/tree/metrics.rs
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ use reth_metrics::{
     metrics::{Counter, Gauge, Histogram},
     Metrics,
 };
-use reth_primitives_traits::constants::gas_units::MEGAGAS;
+use reth_primitives_traits::{constants::gas_units::MEGAGAS, FastInstant as Instant};
 use reth_trie::updates::TrieUpdates;
-use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
+use std::time::Duration;
 
 /// Upper bounds for each gas bucket. The last bucket is a catch-all for
 /// everything above the final threshold: <5M, 5-10M, 10-20M, 20-30M, 30-40M, >40M.
diff --git a/crates/engine/tree/src/tree/mod.rs b/crates/engine/tree/src/tree/mod.rs
index bced266835..55aa1e525c 100644
--- a/crates/engine/tree/src/tree/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/tree/src/tree/mod.rs
@@ -27,7 +27,9 @@ use reth_payload_builder::PayloadBuilderHandle;
 use reth_payload_primitives::{
     BuiltPayload, EngineApiMessageVersion, NewPayloadError, PayloadBuilderAttributes, PayloadTypes,
 };
-use reth_primitives_traits::{NodePrimitives, RecoveredBlock, SealedBlock, SealedHeader};
+use reth_primitives_traits::{
+    FastInstant as Instant, NodePrimitives, RecoveredBlock, SealedBlock, SealedHeader,
+};
 use reth_provider::{
     BlockExecutionOutput, BlockExecutionResult, BlockReader, ChangeSetReader,
     DatabaseProviderFactory, HashedPostStateProvider, ProviderError, StageCheckpointReader,
@@ -40,7 +42,7 @@ use reth_tasks::spawn_os_thread;
 use reth_trie_db::ChangesetCache;
 use revm::interpreter::debug_unreachable;
 use state::TreeState;
-use std::{fmt::Debug, ops, sync::Arc, time::Instant};
+use std::{fmt::Debug, ops, sync::Arc};
 
 use crossbeam_channel::{Receiver, Sender};
 use tokio::sync::{
diff --git a/crates/engine/tree/src/tree/payload_processor/mod.rs b/crates/engine/tree/src/tree/payload_processor/mod.rs
index 64ce3c4cf0..a509ede133 100644
--- a/crates/engine/tree/src/tree/payload_processor/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/tree/src/tree/payload_processor/mod.rs
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ use reth_evm::{
     SpecFor, TxEnvFor,
 };
 use reth_metrics::Metrics;
-use reth_primitives_traits::NodePrimitives;
+use reth_primitives_traits::{FastInstant as Instant, NodePrimitives};
 use reth_provider::{
     BlockExecutionOutput, BlockReader, DatabaseProviderROFactory, StateProvider,
     StateProviderFactory, StateReader,
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ use std::{
         mpsc::{self, channel},
         Arc,
     },
-    time::Instant,
 };
 use tracing::{debug, debug_span, instrument, warn, Span};
 
@@ -611,7 +610,7 @@ where
             let _enter =
                 debug_span!(target: "engine::tree::payload_processor", "preserve").entered();
             let deferred = if let Some(state_root) = computed_state_root {
-                let start = std::time::Instant::now();
+                let start = Instant::now();
                 let (trie, deferred) = task.into_trie_for_reuse(
                     prune_depth,
                     max_storage_tries,
diff --git a/crates/engine/tree/src/tree/payload_processor/multiproof.rs b/crates/engine/tree/src/tree/payload_processor/multiproof.rs
index 1e89a8c706..8dd5fc58e7 100644
--- a/crates/engine/tree/src/tree/payload_processor/multiproof.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/tree/src/tree/payload_processor/multiproof.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ use crossbeam_channel::{unbounded, Receiver as CrossbeamReceiver, Sender as Cros
 use derive_more::derive::Deref;
 use metrics::{Gauge, Histogram};
 use reth_metrics::Metrics;
+use reth_primitives_traits::FastInstant as Instant;
 use reth_provider::AccountReader;
 use reth_revm::state::EvmState;
 use reth_trie::{
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ use reth_trie_parallel::{
     targets_v2::MultiProofTargetsV2,
 };
 use revm_primitives::map::{hash_map, B256Map};
-use std::{collections::BTreeMap, sync::Arc, time::Instant};
+use std::{collections::BTreeMap, sync::Arc};
 use tracing::{debug, error, instrument, trace};
 
 /// Source of state changes, either from EVM execution or from a Block Access List.
diff --git a/crates/engine/tree/src/tree/payload_processor/prewarm.rs b/crates/engine/tree/src/tree/payload_processor/prewarm.rs
index 8881ef9742..c0a944a2e6 100644
--- a/crates/engine/tree/src/tree/payload_processor/prewarm.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/tree/src/tree/payload_processor/prewarm.rs
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ use metrics::{Counter, Gauge, Histogram};
 use rayon::prelude::*;
 use reth_evm::{execute::ExecutableTxFor, ConfigureEvm, Evm, EvmFor, RecoveredTx, SpecFor};
 use reth_metrics::Metrics;
-use reth_primitives_traits::NodePrimitives;
+use reth_primitives_traits::{FastInstant as Instant, NodePrimitives};
 use reth_provider::{
     AccountReader, BlockExecutionOutput, BlockReader, StateProvider, StateProviderFactory,
     StateReader,
@@ -39,13 +39,10 @@ use reth_provider::{
 use reth_revm::{database::StateProviderDatabase, state::EvmState};
 use reth_tasks::Runtime;
 use reth_trie::MultiProofTargets;
-use std::{
-    sync::{
-        atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering},
-        mpsc::{self, channel, Receiver, Sender, SyncSender},
-        Arc,
-    },
-    time::Instant,
+use std::sync::{
+    atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering},
+    mpsc::{self, channel, Receiver, Sender, SyncSender},
+    Arc,
 };
 use tracing::{debug, debug_span, instrument, trace, warn, Span};
 
diff --git a/crates/engine/tree/src/tree/payload_processor/sparse_trie.rs b/crates/engine/tree/src/tree/payload_processor/sparse_trie.rs
index f42fe9a39b..4296da1b2e 100644
--- a/crates/engine/tree/src/tree/payload_processor/sparse_trie.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/tree/src/tree/payload_processor/sparse_trie.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ use alloy_primitives::B256;
 use alloy_rlp::{Decodable, Encodable};
 use crossbeam_channel::{Receiver as CrossbeamReceiver, Sender as CrossbeamSender};
 use rayon::iter::ParallelIterator;
-use reth_primitives_traits::{Account, ParallelBridgeBuffered};
+use reth_primitives_traits::{Account, FastInstant as Instant, ParallelBridgeBuffered};
 use reth_tasks::Runtime;
 use reth_trie::{
     proof_v2::Target, updates::TrieUpdates, DecodedMultiProofV2, HashedPostState, Nibbles,
@@ -32,10 +32,7 @@ use reth_trie_sparse::{
 };
 use revm_primitives::{hash_map::Entry, B256Map};
 use smallvec::SmallVec;
-use std::{
-    sync::mpsc,
-    time::{Duration, Instant},
-};
+use std::{sync::mpsc, time::Duration};
 use tracing::{debug, debug_span, error, instrument, trace};
 
 #[expect(clippy::large_enum_variant)]
diff --git a/crates/engine/tree/src/tree/payload_validator.rs b/crates/engine/tree/src/tree/payload_validator.rs
index d82bbbf5c1..0958c25ec0 100644
--- a/crates/engine/tree/src/tree/payload_validator.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/tree/src/tree/payload_validator.rs
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ use reth_payload_primitives::{
     BuiltPayload, InvalidPayloadAttributesError, NewPayloadError, PayloadTypes,
 };
 use reth_primitives_traits::{
-    AlloyBlockHeader, BlockBody, BlockTy, GotExpected, NodePrimitives, RecoveredBlock, SealedBlock,
-    SealedHeader, SignerRecoverable,
+    AlloyBlockHeader, BlockBody, BlockTy, FastInstant as Instant, GotExpected, NodePrimitives,
+    RecoveredBlock, SealedBlock, SealedHeader, SignerRecoverable,
 };
 use reth_provider::{
     providers::OverlayStateProviderFactory, BlockExecutionOutput, BlockNumReader, BlockReader,
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ use std::{
     collections::HashMap,
     panic::{self, AssertUnwindSafe},
     sync::{mpsc::RecvTimeoutError, Arc},
-    time::Instant,
 };
 use tracing::{debug, debug_span, error, info, instrument, trace, warn};
 
diff --git a/crates/engine/tree/src/tree/persistence_state.rs b/crates/engine/tree/src/tree/persistence_state.rs
index 847904c0dd..68827203e0 100644
--- a/crates/engine/tree/src/tree/persistence_state.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/tree/src/tree/persistence_state.rs
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 use alloy_eips::BlockNumHash;
 use alloy_primitives::B256;
 use crossbeam_channel::Receiver as CrossbeamReceiver;
-use std::time::Instant;
+use reth_primitives_traits::FastInstant as Instant;
 use tracing::trace;
 
 /// The state of the persistence task.
diff --git a/crates/evm/evm/src/metrics.rs b/crates/evm/evm/src/metrics.rs
index ae180cad29..8bb67114a5 100644
--- a/crates/evm/evm/src/metrics.rs
+++ b/crates/evm/evm/src/metrics.rs
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@
 use alloy_consensus::BlockHeader;
 use metrics::{Counter, Gauge, Histogram};
 use reth_metrics::Metrics;
-use reth_primitives_traits::{Block, RecoveredBlock};
-use std::time::Instant;
+use reth_primitives_traits::{Block, FastInstant as Instant, RecoveredBlock};
 
 /// Executor metrics.
 #[derive(Metrics, Clone)]
diff --git a/crates/primitives-traits/Cargo.toml b/crates/primitives-traits/Cargo.toml
index 18ee210fc5..18f73d945d 100644
--- a/crates/primitives-traits/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/primitives-traits/Cargo.toml
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ bytes.workspace = true
 dashmap = { workspace = true, features = ["inline"], optional = true }
 derive_more.workspace = true
 once_cell.workspace = true
+quanta = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 serde_with = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 thiserror.workspace = true
 
@@ -85,6 +86,7 @@ std = [
     "bytes/std",
     "derive_more/std",
     "once_cell/std",
+    "quanta",
     "secp256k1?/std",
     "thiserror/std",
     "alloy-trie/std",
diff --git a/crates/primitives-traits/src/lib.rs b/crates/primitives-traits/src/lib.rs
index e9caa35517..67a0e913e9 100644
--- a/crates/primitives-traits/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/primitives-traits/src/lib.rs
@@ -117,6 +117,10 @@
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate alloc;
 
+/// Re-export of [`quanta::Instant`] for high-resolution timing with minimal overhead.
+#[cfg(feature = "std")]
+pub use quanta::Instant as FastInstant;
+
 /// Common constants.
 pub mod constants;
 pub use constants::gas_units::{format_gas, format_gas_throughput};
diff --git a/crates/prune/prune/src/pruner.rs b/crates/prune/prune/src/pruner.rs
index c445e52f12..5296959ab1 100644
--- a/crates/prune/prune/src/pruner.rs
+++ b/crates/prune/prune/src/pruner.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ use crate::{
 };
 use alloy_primitives::BlockNumber;
 use reth_exex_types::FinishedExExHeight;
+use reth_primitives_traits::FastInstant as Instant;
 use reth_provider::{
     DBProvider, DatabaseProviderFactory, PruneCheckpointReader, PruneCheckpointWriter,
     StageCheckpointReader,
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ use reth_provider::{
 use reth_prune_types::{PruneProgress, PrunedSegmentInfo, PrunerOutput};
 use reth_stages_types::StageId;
 use reth_tokio_util::{EventSender, EventStream};
-use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
+use std::time::Duration;
 use tokio::sync::watch;
 use tracing::{debug, instrument};
 
diff --git a/crates/stages/stages/src/stages/sender_recovery.rs b/crates/stages/stages/src/stages/sender_recovery.rs
index 475917f673..1d44de7727 100644
--- a/crates/stages/stages/src/stages/sender_recovery.rs
+++ b/crates/stages/stages/src/stages/sender_recovery.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ use reth_db_api::{
     transaction::{DbTx, DbTxMut},
     RawValue,
 };
-use reth_primitives_traits::{GotExpected, NodePrimitives, SignedTransaction};
+use reth_primitives_traits::{
+    FastInstant as Instant, GotExpected, NodePrimitives, SignedTransaction,
+};
 use reth_provider::{
     BlockReader, DBProvider, EitherWriter, HeaderProvider, ProviderError, PruneCheckpointReader,
     PruneCheckpointWriter, StaticFileProviderFactory, StatsReader, StorageSettingsCache,
@@ -21,7 +23,7 @@ use reth_stages_api::{
     StageId, UnwindInput, UnwindOutput,
 };
 use reth_static_file_types::StaticFileSegment;
-use std::{fmt::Debug, ops::Range, sync::mpsc, time::Instant};
+use std::{fmt::Debug, ops::Range, sync::mpsc};
 use thiserror::Error;
 use tracing::*;
 
diff --git a/crates/static-file/static-file/src/static_file_producer.rs b/crates/static-file/static-file/src/static_file_producer.rs
index ea80189119..5edd5a995d 100644
--- a/crates/static-file/static-file/src/static_file_producer.rs
+++ b/crates/static-file/static-file/src/static_file_producer.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use parking_lot::Mutex;
 use rayon::prelude::*;
 use reth_codecs::Compact;
 use reth_db_api::table::Value;
-use reth_primitives_traits::NodePrimitives;
+use reth_primitives_traits::{FastInstant as Instant, NodePrimitives};
 use reth_provider::{
     providers::StaticFileWriter, BlockReader, ChainStateBlockReader, DBProvider,
     DatabaseProviderFactory, StageCheckpointReader, StaticFileProviderFactory,
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ use reth_tokio_util::{EventSender, EventStream};
 use std::{
     ops::{Deref, RangeInclusive},
     sync::Arc,
-    time::Instant,
 };
 use tracing::{debug, trace};
 
diff --git a/crates/storage/db/Cargo.toml b/crates/storage/db/Cargo.toml
index ccb3f5b0b1..4979eb7233 100644
--- a/crates/storage/db/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/storage/db/Cargo.toml
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ eyre = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 # metrics
 reth-metrics = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 metrics = { workspace = true, optional = true }
+quanta = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 
 # misc
 page_size = { workspace = true, optional = true }
@@ -70,6 +71,7 @@ mdbx = [
     "dep:reth-libmdbx",
     "dep:eyre",
     "dep:page_size",
+    "dep:quanta",
     "reth-metrics",
     "dep:metrics",
     "dep:strum",
diff --git a/crates/storage/db/src/metrics.rs b/crates/storage/db/src/metrics.rs
index 444c9ce570..1b41ce52e7 100644
--- a/crates/storage/db/src/metrics.rs
+++ b/crates/storage/db/src/metrics.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 use crate::Tables;
 use metrics::Histogram;
+use quanta::Instant;
 use reth_metrics::{metrics::Counter, Metrics};
 use rustc_hash::FxHashMap;
-use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
+use std::time::Duration;
 use strum::{EnumCount, EnumIter, IntoEnumIterator};
 
 const LARGE_VALUE_THRESHOLD_BYTES: usize = 4096;
diff --git a/crates/storage/provider/src/providers/database/metrics.rs b/crates/storage/provider/src/providers/database/metrics.rs
index d3ab33deb5..5552104cda 100644
--- a/crates/storage/provider/src/providers/database/metrics.rs
+++ b/crates/storage/provider/src/providers/database/metrics.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 use metrics::{Gauge, Histogram};
 use reth_metrics::Metrics;
-use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
+use reth_primitives_traits::FastInstant as Instant;
+use std::time::Duration;
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub(crate) struct DurationsRecorder<'a> {
diff --git a/crates/storage/provider/src/providers/database/provider.rs b/crates/storage/provider/src/providers/database/provider.rs
index 81e47699e2..5d1750b446 100644
--- a/crates/storage/provider/src/providers/database/provider.rs
+++ b/crates/storage/provider/src/providers/database/provider.rs
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ use reth_db_api::{
 use reth_execution_types::{BlockExecutionOutput, BlockExecutionResult, Chain, ExecutionOutcome};
 use reth_node_types::{BlockTy, BodyTy, HeaderTy, NodeTypes, ReceiptTy, TxTy};
 use reth_primitives_traits::{
-    Account, Block as _, BlockBody as _, Bytecode, RecoveredBlock, SealedHeader, StorageEntry,
-    StorageSlotKey,
+    Account, Block as _, BlockBody as _, Bytecode, FastInstant as Instant, RecoveredBlock,
+    SealedHeader, StorageEntry, StorageSlotKey,
 };
 use reth_prune_types::{
     PruneCheckpoint, PruneMode, PruneModes, PruneSegment, MINIMUM_UNWIND_SAFE_DISTANCE,
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ use std::{
     fmt::Debug,
     ops::{Deref, DerefMut, Range, RangeBounds, RangeInclusive},
     sync::Arc,
-    time::Instant,
 };
 use tracing::{debug, instrument, trace};
 
diff --git a/crates/storage/provider/src/providers/rocksdb/provider.rs b/crates/storage/provider/src/providers/rocksdb/provider.rs
index 4f755ee408..7fa5cf7191 100644
--- a/crates/storage/provider/src/providers/rocksdb/provider.rs
+++ b/crates/storage/provider/src/providers/rocksdb/provider.rs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ use reth_db_api::{
     table::{Compress, Decode, Decompress, Encode, Table},
     tables, BlockNumberList, DatabaseError,
 };
-use reth_primitives_traits::BlockBody as _;
+use reth_primitives_traits::{BlockBody as _, FastInstant as Instant};
 use reth_prune_types::PruneMode;
 use reth_storage_errors::{
     db::{DatabaseErrorInfo, DatabaseWriteError, DatabaseWriteOperation, LogLevel},
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ use std::{
     fmt,
     path::{Path, PathBuf},
     sync::Arc,
-    time::Instant,
 };
 use tracing::instrument;
 
diff --git a/crates/storage/provider/src/providers/static_file/writer.rs b/crates/storage/provider/src/providers/static_file/writer.rs
index 1d0c3fbf2b..5a022bef1f 100644
--- a/crates/storage/provider/src/providers/static_file/writer.rs
+++ b/crates/storage/provider/src/providers/static_file/writer.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ use reth_db::models::{AccountBeforeTx, StorageBeforeTx};
 use reth_db_api::models::CompactU256;
 use reth_nippy_jar::{NippyJar, NippyJarError, NippyJarWriter};
 use reth_node_types::NodePrimitives;
+use reth_primitives_traits::FastInstant as Instant;
 use reth_static_file_types::{
     ChangesetOffset, ChangesetOffsetReader, ChangesetOffsetWriter, SegmentHeader,
     SegmentRangeInclusive, StaticFileSegment,
@@ -21,7 +22,6 @@ use std::{
     fmt::Debug,
     path::{Path, PathBuf},
     sync::{Arc, Weak},
-    time::Instant,
 };
 use tracing::{debug, instrument};
 
diff --git a/crates/tasks/Cargo.toml b/crates/tasks/Cargo.toml
index 78d1e4d7ad..f2423e3697 100644
--- a/crates/tasks/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/tasks/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ metrics.workspace = true
 
 # misc
 auto_impl.workspace = true
+quanta.workspace = true
 tracing.workspace = true
 thiserror.workspace = true
 dyn-clone.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/tasks/src/runtime.rs b/crates/tasks/src/runtime.rs
index ffe02957e3..e6c1653510 100644
--- a/crates/tasks/src/runtime.rs
+++ b/crates/tasks/src/runtime.rs
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ use std::{
         atomic::{AtomicUsize, Ordering},
         Arc, Mutex,
     },
-    time::Duration,
+    time::{Duration, Instant},
 };
 use tokio::{runtime::Handle, sync::mpsc::UnboundedSender, task::JoinHandle};
 use tracing::{debug, error};
@@ -277,6 +277,10 @@ struct RuntimeInner {
     /// The task monitors critical tasks for panics and fires the shutdown signal.
     /// Can be taken via [`Runtime::take_task_manager_handle`] to poll for panic errors.
     task_manager_handle: Mutex<Option<JoinHandle<Result<(), PanickedTaskError>>>>,
+    /// Handle to the quanta upkeep thread that periodically refreshes the cached
+    /// high-resolution timestamp used by [`quanta::Instant::recent()`].
+    /// Dropped when the runtime is dropped, stopping the upkeep thread.
+    _quanta_upkeep: Option<quanta::Handle>,
 }
 
 // ── Runtime ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
@@ -720,9 +724,9 @@ impl Runtime {
 
     fn do_graceful_shutdown(&self, timeout: Option<Duration>) -> bool {
         let _ = self.0.task_events_tx.send(TaskEvent::GracefulShutdown);
-        let deadline = timeout.map(|t| std::time::Instant::now() + t);
+        let deadline = timeout.map(|t| Instant::now() + t);
         while self.0.graceful_tasks.load(Ordering::SeqCst) > 0 {
-            if deadline.is_some_and(|d| std::time::Instant::now() > d) {
+            if deadline.is_some_and(|d| Instant::now() > d) {
                 debug!("graceful shutdown timed out");
                 return false;
             }
@@ -919,6 +923,8 @@ impl RuntimeBuilder {
             result
         });
 
+        let quanta_upkeep = quanta::Upkeep::new(Duration::from_millis(1)).start().ok();
+
         let inner = RuntimeInner {
             _tokio_runtime: owned_runtime,
             handle,
@@ -941,6 +947,7 @@ impl RuntimeBuilder {
             #[cfg(feature = "rayon")]
             prewarming_pool,
             task_manager_handle: Mutex::new(Some(task_manager_handle)),
+            _quanta_upkeep: quanta_upkeep,
         };
 
         Ok(Runtime(Arc::new(inner)))
diff --git a/crates/trie/db/Cargo.toml b/crates/trie/db/Cargo.toml
index a6c4d74303..fb2808ae85 100644
--- a/crates/trie/db/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/trie/db/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ workspace = true
 
 [dependencies]
 # reth
-reth-primitives-traits.workspace = true
+reth-primitives-traits = { workspace = true, features = ["std"] }
 reth-execution-errors.workspace = true
 reth-db-api.workspace = true
 reth-trie.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/trie/db/src/changesets.rs b/crates/trie/db/src/changesets.rs
index 15bdb58d27..dbcd3e9a4b 100644
--- a/crates/trie/db/src/changesets.rs
+++ b/crates/trie/db/src/changesets.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 use crate::{DatabaseStateRoot, DatabaseTrieCursorFactory};
 use alloy_primitives::{map::B256Map, BlockNumber, B256};
 use parking_lot::RwLock;
+use reth_primitives_traits::FastInstant as Instant;
 use reth_storage_api::{
     BlockNumReader, ChangeSetReader, DBProvider, StageCheckpointReader, StorageChangeSetReader,
     StorageSettingsCache,
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ use reth_trie::{
     StateRoot, TrieInputSorted,
 };
 use reth_trie_common::updates::{StorageTrieUpdatesSorted, TrieUpdatesSorted};
-use std::{collections::BTreeMap, ops::RangeInclusive, sync::Arc, time::Instant};
+use std::{collections::BTreeMap, ops::RangeInclusive, sync::Arc};
 use tracing::debug;
 
 #[cfg(feature = "metrics")]
diff --git a/crates/trie/parallel/Cargo.toml b/crates/trie/parallel/Cargo.toml
index 236999ab9d..678f29eb3c 100644
--- a/crates/trie/parallel/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/trie/parallel/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ workspace = true
 
 [dependencies]
 # reth
-reth-primitives-traits = { workspace = true, features = ["dashmap"] }
+reth-primitives-traits = { workspace = true, features = ["dashmap", "std"] }
 reth-execution-errors.workspace = true
 reth-provider.workspace = true
 reth-storage-errors.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/trie/parallel/src/proof.rs b/crates/trie/parallel/src/proof.rs
index 71e1b60edd..c5b972303f 100644
--- a/crates/trie/parallel/src/proof.rs
+++ b/crates/trie/parallel/src/proof.rs
@@ -10,13 +10,14 @@ use crate::{
 use alloy_primitives::{map::B256Set, B256};
 use crossbeam_channel::{unbounded as crossbeam_unbounded, Receiver as CrossbeamReceiver};
 use reth_execution_errors::StorageRootError;
+use reth_primitives_traits::FastInstant as Instant;
 use reth_storage_errors::db::DatabaseError;
 use reth_trie::{
     prefix_set::{PrefixSet, PrefixSetMut, TriePrefixSets, TriePrefixSetsMut},
     DecodedMultiProof, DecodedStorageMultiProof, HashedPostState, MultiProofTargets, Nibbles,
 };
 use reth_trie_common::added_removed_keys::MultiAddedRemovedKeys;
-use std::{sync::Arc, time::Instant};
+use std::sync::Arc;
 use tracing::trace;
 
 /// Parallel proof calculator.
diff --git a/crates/trie/parallel/src/proof_task.rs b/crates/trie/parallel/src/proof_task.rs
index 92da6605b5..879297c918 100644
--- a/crates/trie/parallel/src/proof_task.rs
+++ b/crates/trie/parallel/src/proof_task.rs
@@ -43,7 +43,10 @@ use alloy_primitives::{
 use alloy_rlp::{BufMut, Encodable};
 use crossbeam_channel::{unbounded, Receiver as CrossbeamReceiver, Sender as CrossbeamSender};
 use reth_execution_errors::{SparseTrieError, SparseTrieErrorKind, StateProofError};
-use reth_primitives_traits::dashmap::{self, DashMap};
+use reth_primitives_traits::{
+    dashmap::{self, DashMap},
+    FastInstant as Instant,
+};
 use reth_provider::{DatabaseProviderROFactory, ProviderError, ProviderResult};
 use reth_storage_errors::db::DatabaseError;
 use reth_tasks::Runtime;
@@ -73,7 +76,7 @@ use std::{
         mpsc::{channel, Receiver, Sender},
         Arc,
     },
-    time::{Duration, Instant},
+    time::Duration,
 };
 use tracing::{debug, debug_span, error, instrument, trace};
 
diff --git a/crates/trie/sparse/src/parallel.rs b/crates/trie/sparse/src/parallel.rs
index 51f04cfd72..7f231be323 100644
--- a/crates/trie/sparse/src/parallel.rs
+++ b/crates/trie/sparse/src/parallel.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ use alloy_rlp::Decodable;
 use alloy_trie::{BranchNodeCompact, TrieMask, EMPTY_ROOT_HASH};
 use core::cmp::{Ord, Ordering, PartialOrd};
 use reth_execution_errors::{SparseTrieError, SparseTrieErrorKind, SparseTrieResult};
+#[cfg(feature = "metrics")]
+use reth_primitives_traits::FastInstant as Instant;
 use reth_trie_common::{
     prefix_set::{PrefixSet, PrefixSetMut},
     BranchNodeMasks, BranchNodeMasksMap, BranchNodeRef, ExtensionNodeRef, LeafNodeRef, Nibbles,
@@ -966,7 +968,7 @@ impl SparseTrie for ParallelSparseTrie {
 
             changed_subtries.par_iter_mut().for_each(|changed_subtrie| {
                 #[cfg(feature = "metrics")]
-                let start = std::time::Instant::now();
+                let start = Instant::now();
                 changed_subtrie.subtrie.update_hashes(
                     &mut changed_subtrie.prefix_set,
                     &mut changed_subtrie.update_actions_buf,
@@ -1976,7 +1978,7 @@ impl ParallelSparseTrie {
         });
 
         #[cfg(feature = "metrics")]
-        let start = std::time::Instant::now();
+        let start = Instant::now();
 
         let mut update_actions_buf =
             self.updates_enabled().then(|| self.update_actions_buffers.pop().unwrap_or_default());
diff --git a/crates/trie/sparse/src/state.rs b/crates/trie/sparse/src/state.rs
index 90085095ce..a43bc971f3 100644
--- a/crates/trie/sparse/src/state.rs
+++ b/crates/trie/sparse/src/state.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ use alloy_rlp::{Decodable, Encodable};
 use alloy_trie::proof::DecodedProofNodes;
 use reth_execution_errors::{SparseStateTrieErrorKind, SparseStateTrieResult, SparseTrieErrorKind};
 use reth_primitives_traits::Account;
+#[cfg(feature = "std")]
+use reth_primitives_traits::FastInstant as Instant;
 use reth_trie_common::{
     proof::ProofNodes,
     updates::{StorageTrieUpdates, TrieUpdates},
@@ -1191,7 +1193,7 @@ impl<S: SparseTrieTrait> StorageTries<S> {
     /// Keeps the top `max_storage_tries` by a score combining size and heat.
     /// Evicts lower-scored tries entirely, prunes kept tries to `max_depth`.
     fn prune(&mut self, max_depth: usize, max_storage_tries: usize) {
-        let fn_start = std::time::Instant::now();
+        let fn_start = Instant::now();
         let mut stats =
             StorageTriesPruneStats { total_tries_before: self.tries.len(), ..Default::default() };
 
@@ -1248,7 +1250,7 @@ impl<S: SparseTrieTrait> StorageTries<S> {
         // - They haven't been pruned since last access
         // - They're large enough to be worth pruning
         const MIN_SIZE_TO_PRUNE: usize = 1000;
-        let prune_start = std::time::Instant::now();
+        let prune_start = Instant::now();
         for (address, size) in &tries_to_keep {
             if *size < MIN_SIZE_TO_PRUNE {
                 stats.skipped_small += 1;
diff --git a/crates/trie/trie/Cargo.toml b/crates/trie/trie/Cargo.toml
index b08d7d89b4..b766c143a9 100644
--- a/crates/trie/trie/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/trie/trie/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ workspace = true
 [dependencies]
 # reth
 reth-execution-errors.workspace = true
-reth-primitives-traits.workspace = true
+reth-primitives-traits = { workspace = true, features = ["std"] }
 reth-stages-types.workspace = true
 reth-storage-errors.workspace = true
 reth-trie-sparse.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/trie/trie/src/hashed_cursor/metrics.rs b/crates/trie/trie/src/hashed_cursor/metrics.rs
index c8089e8943..8cca1a1c1b 100644
--- a/crates/trie/trie/src/hashed_cursor/metrics.rs
+++ b/crates/trie/trie/src/hashed_cursor/metrics.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 use super::{HashedCursor, HashedStorageCursor};
 use alloy_primitives::B256;
+use reth_primitives_traits::FastInstant as Instant;
 use reth_storage_errors::db::DatabaseError;
-use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
+use std::time::Duration;
 use tracing::trace_span;
 
 #[cfg(feature = "metrics")]
diff --git a/crates/trie/trie/src/proof/trie_node.rs b/crates/trie/trie/src/proof/trie_node.rs
index 2c7dad6fd2..1a7a77f792 100644
--- a/crates/trie/trie/src/proof/trie_node.rs
+++ b/crates/trie/trie/src/proof/trie_node.rs
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@ use super::{Proof, StorageProof};
 use crate::{hashed_cursor::HashedCursorFactory, trie_cursor::TrieCursorFactory};
 use alloy_primitives::{map::HashSet, B256};
 use reth_execution_errors::{SparseTrieError, SparseTrieErrorKind};
+use reth_primitives_traits::FastInstant as Instant;
 use reth_trie_common::{MultiProofTargets, Nibbles};
 use reth_trie_sparse::provider::{
     pad_path_to_key, RevealedNode, TrieNodeProvider, TrieNodeProviderFactory,
 };
-use std::time::Instant;
 use tracing::{enabled, trace, Level};
 
 /// Factory for instantiating providers capable of retrieving blinded trie nodes via proofs.
diff --git a/crates/trie/trie/src/stats.rs b/crates/trie/trie/src/stats.rs
index 400c693445..e54bc3bf0b 100644
--- a/crates/trie/trie/src/stats.rs
+++ b/crates/trie/trie/src/stats.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
+use reth_primitives_traits::FastInstant as Instant;
+use std::time::Duration;
 
 /// Trie stats.
 #[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug)]
diff --git a/crates/trie/trie/src/trie_cursor/metrics.rs b/crates/trie/trie/src/trie_cursor/metrics.rs
index f1ec81f88f..1c256f6124 100644
--- a/crates/trie/trie/src/trie_cursor/metrics.rs
+++ b/crates/trie/trie/src/trie_cursor/metrics.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 use super::{TrieCursor, TrieStorageCursor};
 use crate::{BranchNodeCompact, Nibbles};
 use alloy_primitives::B256;
+use reth_primitives_traits::FastInstant as Instant;
 use reth_storage_errors::db::DatabaseError;
-use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
+use std::time::Duration;
 use tracing::trace_span;
 
 #[cfg(feature = "metrics")]