diff --git a/app/ante.go b/app/ante.go
index 0a18887b4..0f8282d29 100644
--- a/app/ante.go
+++ b/app/ante.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	authante "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/auth/ante"
 
 	"github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/app/ante"
+	"github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/app/evmante"
 	"github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/eth"
 	devgasante "github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/x/devgas/v1/ante"
 	"github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/x/evm"
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ func AnteHandlerExtendedTx(
 ) (anteHandler sdk.AnteHandler) {
 	switch typeUrl {
 	case evm.TYPE_URL_ETHEREUM_TX:
-		anteHandler = NewAnteHandlerEVM(keepers, opts)
+		anteHandler = evmante.NewAnteHandlerEVM(opts)
 	case eth.TYPE_URL_DYNAMIC_FEE_TX:
 		anteHandler = NewAnteHandlerNonEVM(opts)
 	default:
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ func NewAnteHandlerNonEVM(
 	opts ante.AnteHandlerOptions,
 ) sdk.AnteHandler {
 	return sdk.ChainAnteDecorators(
-		AnteDecoratorPreventEtheruemTxMsgs{}, // reject MsgEthereumTxs
+		ante.AnteDecoratorPreventEtheruemTxMsgs{}, // reject MsgEthereumTxs
 		authante.NewSetUpContextDecorator(),
 		wasmkeeper.NewLimitSimulationGasDecorator(opts.WasmConfig.SimulationGasLimit),
 		wasmkeeper.NewCountTXDecorator(opts.TxCounterStoreKey),
@@ -103,7 +104,7 @@ func NewAnteHandlerNonEVM(
 		authante.NewSigVerificationDecorator(opts.AccountKeeper, opts.SignModeHandler),
 		authante.NewIncrementSequenceDecorator(opts.AccountKeeper),
 		ibcante.NewRedundantRelayDecorator(opts.IBCKeeper),
-		AnteDecoratorGasWanted{},
+		ante.AnteDecoratorGasWanted{},
 	)
 }
 
diff --git a/app/evmante_gas_wanted.go b/app/ante/gas_wanted.go
similarity index 98%
rename from app/evmante_gas_wanted.go
rename to app/ante/gas_wanted.go
index b7cebbfa3..1ef4e9752 100644
--- a/app/evmante_gas_wanted.go
+++ b/app/ante/gas_wanted.go
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // Copyright (c) 2023-2024 Nibi, Inc.
-package app
+package ante
 
 import (
 	"cosmossdk.io/errors"
diff --git a/app/evmante_gas_wanted_test.go b/app/ante/gas_wanted_test.go
similarity index 82%
rename from app/evmante_gas_wanted_test.go
rename to app/ante/gas_wanted_test.go
index f77531427..84a67e04e 100644
--- a/app/evmante_gas_wanted_test.go
+++ b/app/ante/gas_wanted_test.go
@@ -1,15 +1,16 @@
-package app_test
+package ante_test
 
 import (
 	tmproto "github.com/cometbft/cometbft/proto/tendermint/types"
 	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/auth/migrations/legacytx"
 
-	"github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/app"
+	"github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/app/ante"
+	evmtestutil "github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/x/common/testutil/evm"
 	"github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/x/evm/evmtest"
 )
 
-func (s *TestSuite) TestGasWantedDecorator() {
+func (s *AnteTestSuite) TestGasWantedDecorator() {
 	testCases := []struct {
 		name     string
 		ctxSetup func(deps *evmtest.TestDeps)
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ func (s *TestSuite) TestGasWantedDecorator() {
 		{
 			name: "happy: non fee tx type",
 			txSetup: func(deps *evmtest.TestDeps) sdk.Tx {
-				return happyCreateContractTx(deps)
+				return evmtestutil.HappyCreateContractTx(deps)
 			},
 			wantErr: "",
 		},
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ func (s *TestSuite) TestGasWantedDecorator() {
 			txSetup: func(deps *evmtest.TestDeps) sdk.Tx {
 				return legacytx.StdTx{
 					Msgs: []sdk.Msg{
-						happyCreateContractTx(deps),
+						evmtestutil.HappyCreateContractTx(deps),
 					},
 				}
 			},
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ func (s *TestSuite) TestGasWantedDecorator() {
 			txSetup: func(deps *evmtest.TestDeps) sdk.Tx {
 				return legacytx.StdTx{
 					Msgs: []sdk.Msg{
-						happyCreateContractTx(deps),
+						evmtestutil.HappyCreateContractTx(deps),
 					},
 					Fee: legacytx.StdFee{Gas: 500},
 				}
@@ -71,7 +72,7 @@ func (s *TestSuite) TestGasWantedDecorator() {
 			txSetup: func(deps *evmtest.TestDeps) sdk.Tx {
 				return legacytx.StdTx{
 					Msgs: []sdk.Msg{
-						happyCreateContractTx(deps),
+						evmtestutil.HappyCreateContractTx(deps),
 					},
 					Fee: legacytx.StdFee{Gas: 1000},
 				}
@@ -84,7 +85,7 @@ func (s *TestSuite) TestGasWantedDecorator() {
 		s.Run(tc.name, func() {
 			deps := evmtest.NewTestDeps()
 			stateDB := deps.StateDB()
-			anteDec := app.AnteDecoratorGasWanted{}
+			anteDec := ante.AnteDecoratorGasWanted{}
 
 			tx := tc.txSetup(&deps)
 			s.Require().NoError(stateDB.Commit())
@@ -94,7 +95,7 @@ func (s *TestSuite) TestGasWantedDecorator() {
 				tc.ctxSetup(&deps)
 			}
 			_, err := anteDec.AnteHandle(
-				deps.Ctx, tx, false, NextNoOpAnteHandler,
+				deps.Ctx, tx, false, evmtestutil.NextNoOpAnteHandler,
 			)
 			if tc.wantErr != "" {
 				s.Require().ErrorContains(err, tc.wantErr)
diff --git a/app/ante/handler_opts.go b/app/ante/handler_opts.go
index 79c099a00..2a9cd2408 100644
--- a/app/ante/handler_opts.go
+++ b/app/ante/handler_opts.go
@@ -7,10 +7,12 @@ import (
 	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types/errors"
 	sdkante "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/auth/ante"
+	authkeeper "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/auth/keeper"
 	ibckeeper "github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/v7/modules/core/keeper"
 
 	devgasante "github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/x/devgas/v1/ante"
 	devgaskeeper "github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/x/devgas/v1/keeper"
+	evmkeeper "github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/x/evm/keeper"
 )
 
 type AnteHandlerOptions struct {
@@ -18,6 +20,8 @@ type AnteHandlerOptions struct {
 	IBCKeeper        *ibckeeper.Keeper
 	DevGasKeeper     *devgaskeeper.Keeper
 	DevGasBankKeeper devgasante.BankKeeper
+	EvmKeeper        evmkeeper.Keeper
+	AccountKeeper    authkeeper.AccountKeeper
 
 	TxCounterStoreKey types.StoreKey
 	WasmConfig        *wasmtypes.WasmConfig
@@ -25,9 +29,6 @@ type AnteHandlerOptions struct {
 }
 
 func (opts *AnteHandlerOptions) ValidateAndClean() error {
-	if opts.AccountKeeper == nil {
-		return AnteHandlerError("account keeper")
-	}
 	if opts.BankKeeper == nil {
 		return AnteHandlerError("bank keeper")
 	}
diff --git a/app/evmante_reject_msgs.go b/app/ante/reject_ethereum_tx_msgs.go
similarity index 98%
rename from app/evmante_reject_msgs.go
rename to app/ante/reject_ethereum_tx_msgs.go
index b9b1bb2ee..fb8f4d39d 100644
--- a/app/evmante_reject_msgs.go
+++ b/app/ante/reject_ethereum_tx_msgs.go
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // Copyright (c) 2023-2024 Nibi, Inc.
-package app
+package ante
 
 import (
 	"cosmossdk.io/errors"
diff --git a/app/evmante_reject_msgs_test.go b/app/ante/reject_ethereum_tx_msgs_test.go
similarity index 63%
rename from app/evmante_reject_msgs_test.go
rename to app/ante/reject_ethereum_tx_msgs_test.go
index 76636340f..147e4a0c8 100644
--- a/app/evmante_reject_msgs_test.go
+++ b/app/ante/reject_ethereum_tx_msgs_test.go
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
-package app_test
+package ante_test
 
 import (
 	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
 
-	"github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/app"
+	"github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/app/ante"
+	evmtestutil "github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/x/common/testutil/evm"
 	"github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/x/evm/evmtest"
 )
 
-func (s *TestSuite) TestAnteDecoratorPreventEtheruemTxMsgs() {
+func (s *AnteTestSuite) TestAnteDecoratorPreventEtheruemTxMsgs() {
 	testCases := []struct {
 		name    string
 		txSetup func(deps *evmtest.TestDeps) sdk.Tx
@@ -16,13 +17,13 @@ func (s *TestSuite) TestAnteDecoratorPreventEtheruemTxMsgs() {
 		{
 			name: "sad: evm message",
 			txSetup: func(deps *evmtest.TestDeps) sdk.Tx {
-				return happyTransfertTx(deps, 0)
+				return evmtestutil.HappyTransferTx(deps, 0)
 			},
 			wantErr: "invalid type",
 		},
 		{
 			name:    "happy: non evm message",
-			txSetup: nonEvmMsgTx,
+			txSetup: evmtestutil.NonEvmMsgTx,
 			wantErr: "",
 		},
 	}
@@ -30,11 +31,11 @@ func (s *TestSuite) TestAnteDecoratorPreventEtheruemTxMsgs() {
 	for _, tc := range testCases {
 		s.Run(tc.name, func() {
 			deps := evmtest.NewTestDeps()
-			anteDec := app.AnteDecoratorPreventEtheruemTxMsgs{}
+			anteDec := ante.AnteDecoratorPreventEtheruemTxMsgs{}
 			tx := tc.txSetup(&deps)
 
 			_, err := anteDec.AnteHandle(
-				deps.Ctx, tx, false, NextNoOpAnteHandler,
+				deps.Ctx, tx, false, evmtestutil.NextNoOpAnteHandler,
 			)
 			if tc.wantErr != "" {
 				s.Require().ErrorContains(err, tc.wantErr)
diff --git a/app/app.go b/app/app.go
index 60ba12494..9e6604ae6 100644
--- a/app/app.go
+++ b/app/app.go
@@ -225,6 +225,7 @@ func NewNibiruApp(
 		DevGasBankKeeper:  app.BankKeeper,
 		// TODO: feat(evm): enable app/server/config flag for Evm MaxTxGasWanted.
 		MaxTxGasWanted: DefaultMaxTxGasWanted,
+		EvmKeeper:      app.EvmKeeper,
 	})
 
 	app.SetAnteHandler(anteHandler)
diff --git a/app/evmante_can_transfer.go b/app/evmante/evmante_can_transfer.go
similarity index 88%
rename from app/evmante_can_transfer.go
rename to app/evmante/evmante_can_transfer.go
index c2ec4b4a9..2826aa742 100644
--- a/app/evmante_can_transfer.go
+++ b/app/evmante/evmante_can_transfer.go
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // Copyright (c) 2023-2024 Nibi, Inc.
-package app
+package evmante
 
 import (
 	"math/big"
@@ -7,24 +7,23 @@ import (
 	"cosmossdk.io/errors"
 	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
 	errortypes "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types/errors"
+	gethcommon "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
+	gethcore "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/types"
 
 	"github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/x/evm"
 	"github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/x/evm/statedb"
-
-	gethcommon "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
-	gethcore "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/types"
 )
 
 // CanTransferDecorator checks if the sender is allowed to transfer funds according to the EVM block
 // context rules.
 type CanTransferDecorator struct {
-	AppKeepers
+	evmKeeper EVMKeeper
 }
 
 // NewCanTransferDecorator creates a new CanTransferDecorator instance.
-func NewCanTransferDecorator(k AppKeepers) CanTransferDecorator {
+func NewCanTransferDecorator(k EVMKeeper) CanTransferDecorator {
 	return CanTransferDecorator{
-		AppKeepers: k,
+		evmKeeper: k,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -33,8 +32,8 @@ func NewCanTransferDecorator(k AppKeepers) CanTransferDecorator {
 func (ctd CanTransferDecorator) AnteHandle(
 	ctx sdk.Context, tx sdk.Tx, simulate bool, next sdk.AnteHandler,
 ) (sdk.Context, error) {
-	params := ctd.EvmKeeper.GetParams(ctx)
-	ethCfg := evm.EthereumConfig(ctd.EvmKeeper.EthChainID(ctx))
+	params := ctd.evmKeeper.GetParams(ctx)
+	ethCfg := evm.EthereumConfig(ctd.evmKeeper.EthChainID(ctx))
 	signer := gethcore.MakeSigner(ethCfg, big.NewInt(ctx.BlockHeight()))
 
 	for _, msg := range tx.GetMsgs() {
@@ -45,7 +44,7 @@ func (ctd CanTransferDecorator) AnteHandle(
 				"invalid message type %T, expected %T", msg, (*evm.MsgEthereumTx)(nil),
 			)
 		}
-		baseFee := ctd.EvmKeeper.GetBaseFee(ctx)
+		baseFee := ctd.evmKeeper.GetBaseFee(ctx)
 
 		coreMsg, err := msgEthTx.AsMessage(signer, baseFee)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -79,10 +78,10 @@ func (ctd CanTransferDecorator) AnteHandle(
 
 		stateDB := statedb.New(
 			ctx,
-			&ctd.EvmKeeper,
+			ctd.evmKeeper,
 			statedb.NewEmptyTxConfig(gethcommon.BytesToHash(ctx.HeaderHash().Bytes())),
 		)
-		evmInstance := ctd.EvmKeeper.NewEVM(ctx, coreMsg, cfg, evm.NewNoOpTracer(), stateDB)
+		evmInstance := ctd.evmKeeper.NewEVM(ctx, coreMsg, cfg, evm.NewNoOpTracer(), stateDB)
 
 		// check that caller has enough balance to cover asset transfer for **topmost** call
 		// NOTE: here the gas consumed is from the context with the infinite gas meter
diff --git a/app/evmante_can_transfer_test.go b/app/evmante/evmante_can_transfer_test.go
similarity index 84%
rename from app/evmante_can_transfer_test.go
rename to app/evmante/evmante_can_transfer_test.go
index 4e70e06a1..139e9600a 100644
--- a/app/evmante_can_transfer_test.go
+++ b/app/evmante/evmante_can_transfer_test.go
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
-package app_test
+package evmante_test
 
 import (
 	"math/big"
 
 	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
 
-	"github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/app"
+	"github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/app/evmante"
 	"github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/eth"
+	evmtestutil "github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/x/common/testutil/evm"
 	"github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/x/evm/evmtest"
 	"github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/x/evm/statedb"
 )
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ func (s *TestSuite) TestCanTransferDecorator() {
 				sdb.AddBalance(deps.Sender.EthAddr, big.NewInt(100))
 			},
 			txSetup: func(deps *evmtest.TestDeps) sdk.FeeTx {
-				txMsg := happyTransfertTx(deps, 0)
+				txMsg := evmtestutil.HappyTransferTx(deps, 0)
 				txBuilder := deps.EncCfg.TxConfig.NewTxBuilder()
 
 				gethSigner := deps.Sender.GethSigner(deps.Chain.EvmKeeper.EthChainID(deps.Ctx))
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ func (s *TestSuite) TestCanTransferDecorator() {
 		{
 			name: "sad: signed tx, insufficient funds",
 			txSetup: func(deps *evmtest.TestDeps) sdk.FeeTx {
-				txMsg := happyTransfertTx(deps, 0)
+				txMsg := evmtestutil.HappyTransferTx(deps, 0)
 				txBuilder := deps.EncCfg.TxConfig.NewTxBuilder()
 
 				gethSigner := deps.Sender.GethSigner(deps.Chain.EvmKeeper.EthChainID(deps.Ctx))
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ func (s *TestSuite) TestCanTransferDecorator() {
 		{
 			name: "sad: unsigned tx",
 			txSetup: func(deps *evmtest.TestDeps) sdk.FeeTx {
-				txMsg := happyTransfertTx(deps, 0)
+				txMsg := evmtestutil.HappyTransferTx(deps, 0)
 				txBuilder := deps.EncCfg.TxConfig.NewTxBuilder()
 
 				tx, err := txMsg.BuildTx(txBuilder, eth.EthBaseDenom)
@@ -74,7 +75,7 @@ func (s *TestSuite) TestCanTransferDecorator() {
 		{
 			name: "sad: tx with non evm message",
 			txSetup: func(deps *evmtest.TestDeps) sdk.FeeTx {
-				return nonEvmMsgTx(deps).(sdk.FeeTx)
+				return evmtestutil.NonEvmMsgTx(deps).(sdk.FeeTx)
 			},
 			wantErr: "invalid message",
 		},
@@ -84,7 +85,7 @@ func (s *TestSuite) TestCanTransferDecorator() {
 		s.Run(tc.name, func() {
 			deps := evmtest.NewTestDeps()
 			stateDB := deps.StateDB()
-			anteDec := app.NewCanTransferDecorator(deps.Chain.AppKeepers)
+			anteDec := evmante.NewCanTransferDecorator(&deps.Chain.AppKeepers.EvmKeeper)
 			tx := tc.txSetup(&deps)
 
 			if tc.ctxSetup != nil {
@@ -97,7 +98,7 @@ func (s *TestSuite) TestCanTransferDecorator() {
 			}
 
 			_, err := anteDec.AnteHandle(
-				deps.Ctx, tx, false, NextNoOpAnteHandler,
+				deps.Ctx, tx, false, evmtestutil.NextNoOpAnteHandler,
 			)
 			if tc.wantErr != "" {
 				s.Require().ErrorContains(err, tc.wantErr)
diff --git a/app/evmante_emit_event.go b/app/evmante/evmante_emit_event.go
similarity index 88%
rename from app/evmante_emit_event.go
rename to app/evmante/evmante_emit_event.go
index b621a8dbe..0470965bb 100644
--- a/app/evmante_emit_event.go
+++ b/app/evmante/evmante_emit_event.go
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // Copyright (c) 2023-2024 Nibi, Inc.
-package app
+package evmante
 
 import (
 	"strconv"
@@ -13,12 +13,14 @@ import (
 
 // EthEmitEventDecorator emit events in ante handler in case of tx execution failed (out of block gas limit).
 type EthEmitEventDecorator struct {
-	AppKeepers
+	evmKeeper EVMKeeper
 }
 
 // NewEthEmitEventDecorator creates a new EthEmitEventDecorator
-func NewEthEmitEventDecorator(k AppKeepers) EthEmitEventDecorator {
-	return EthEmitEventDecorator{AppKeepers: k}
+func NewEthEmitEventDecorator(k EVMKeeper) EthEmitEventDecorator {
+	return EthEmitEventDecorator{
+		evmKeeper: k,
+	}
 }
 
 // AnteHandle emits some basic events for the eth messages
@@ -28,7 +30,7 @@ func (eeed EthEmitEventDecorator) AnteHandle(
 	// After eth tx passed ante handler, the fee is deducted and nonce increased,
 	// it shouldn't be ignored by json-rpc. We need to emit some events at the
 	// very end of ante handler to be indexed by the consensus engine.
-	txIndex := eeed.EvmKeeper.EVMState().BlockTxIndex.GetOr(ctx, 0)
+	txIndex := eeed.evmKeeper.EVMState().BlockTxIndex.GetOr(ctx, 0)
 
 	for i, msg := range tx.GetMsgs() {
 		msgEthTx, ok := msg.(*evm.MsgEthereumTx)
diff --git a/app/evmante_emit_event_test.go b/app/evmante/evmante_emit_event_test.go
similarity index 84%
rename from app/evmante_emit_event_test.go
rename to app/evmante/evmante_emit_event_test.go
index 39aa1351f..0b90881cc 100644
--- a/app/evmante_emit_event_test.go
+++ b/app/evmante/evmante_emit_event_test.go
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
-package app_test
+package evmante_test
 
 import (
 	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/auth/migrations/legacytx"
 
+	"github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/app/evmante"
+	evmtestutil "github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/x/common/testutil/evm"
 	"github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/x/evm"
 
-	"github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/app"
 	"github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/x/evm/evmtest"
 	tf "github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/x/tokenfactory/types"
 )
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ func (s *TestSuite) TestEthEmitEventDecorator() {
 		{
 			name: "happy: eth tx emitted event",
 			txSetup: func(deps *evmtest.TestDeps) sdk.Tx {
-				tx := happyCreateContractTx(deps)
+				tx := evmtestutil.HappyCreateContractTx(deps)
 				return tx
 			},
 			wantErr: "",
@@ -42,13 +43,13 @@ func (s *TestSuite) TestEthEmitEventDecorator() {
 		s.Run(tc.name, func() {
 			deps := evmtest.NewTestDeps()
 			stateDB := deps.StateDB()
-			anteDec := app.NewEthEmitEventDecorator(deps.Chain.AppKeepers)
+			anteDec := evmante.NewEthEmitEventDecorator(&deps.Chain.AppKeepers.EvmKeeper)
 
 			tx := tc.txSetup(&deps)
 			s.Require().NoError(stateDB.Commit())
 
 			_, err := anteDec.AnteHandle(
-				deps.Ctx, tx, false, NextNoOpAnteHandler,
+				deps.Ctx, tx, false, evmtestutil.NextNoOpAnteHandler,
 			)
 			if tc.wantErr != "" {
 				s.Require().ErrorContains(err, tc.wantErr)
diff --git a/app/evmante_fees.go b/app/evmante/evmante_fees.go
similarity index 92%
rename from app/evmante_fees.go
rename to app/evmante/evmante_fees.go
index 0e180d7e5..d6a5ef6ae 100644
--- a/app/evmante_fees.go
+++ b/app/evmante/evmante_fees.go
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // Copyright (c) 2023-2024 Nibi, Inc.
-package app
+package evmante
 
 import (
 	"math/big"
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import (
 	"cosmossdk.io/errors"
 	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
 	errortypes "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types/errors"
-
 	gethcore "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/types"
 
 	"github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/x/evm"
@@ -21,13 +20,15 @@ var _ sdk.AnteDecorator = EthMinGasPriceDecorator{}
 // fee market params (EIP-1559) are enabled.
 // If fee is high enough, then call next AnteHandler
 type EthMinGasPriceDecorator struct {
-	AppKeepers
+	evmKeeper EVMKeeper
 }
 
 // NewEthMinGasPriceDecorator creates a new MinGasPriceDecorator instance used only for
 // Ethereum transactions.
-func NewEthMinGasPriceDecorator(k AppKeepers) EthMinGasPriceDecorator {
-	return EthMinGasPriceDecorator{AppKeepers: k}
+func NewEthMinGasPriceDecorator(k EVMKeeper) EthMinGasPriceDecorator {
+	return EthMinGasPriceDecorator{
+		evmKeeper: k,
+	}
 }
 
 // AnteHandle ensures that the effective fee from the transaction is greater than the
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ func (empd EthMinGasPriceDecorator) AnteHandle(
 	ctx sdk.Context, tx sdk.Tx, simulate bool, next sdk.AnteHandler,
 ) (newCtx sdk.Context, err error) {
 	minGasPrices := ctx.MinGasPrices()
-	evmParams := empd.EvmKeeper.GetParams(ctx)
+	evmParams := empd.evmKeeper.GetParams(ctx)
 	evmDenom := evmParams.GetEvmDenom()
 	minGasPrice := minGasPrices.AmountOf(evmDenom)
 
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ func (empd EthMinGasPriceDecorator) AnteHandle(
 		return next(ctx, tx, simulate)
 	}
 
-	baseFee := empd.EvmKeeper.GetBaseFee(ctx)
+	baseFee := empd.evmKeeper.GetBaseFee(ctx)
 
 	for _, msg := range tx.GetMsgs() {
 		ethMsg, ok := msg.(*evm.MsgEthereumTx)
diff --git a/app/evmante_fees_test.go b/app/evmante/evmante_fees_test.go
similarity index 84%
rename from app/evmante_fees_test.go
rename to app/evmante/evmante_fees_test.go
index f2ac7238b..875949738 100644
--- a/app/evmante_fees_test.go
+++ b/app/evmante/evmante_fees_test.go
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
-package app_test
+package evmante_test
 
 import (
 	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
 	banktypes "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/bank/types"
 
-	"github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/app"
+	"github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/app/evmante"
+	evmtestutil "github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/x/common/testutil/evm"
 	"github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/x/evm/evmtest"
 )
 
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@ func (s *TestSuite) TestEthMinGasPriceDecorator() {
 		{
 			name: "happy: min gas price is 0",
 			txSetup: func(deps *evmtest.TestDeps) sdk.Tx {
-				tx := happyCreateContractTx(deps)
+				tx := evmtestutil.HappyCreateContractTx(deps)
 				return tx
 			},
 			wantErr: "",
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ func (s *TestSuite) TestEthMinGasPriceDecorator() {
 					WithIsCheckTx(true)
 			},
 			txSetup: func(deps *evmtest.TestDeps) sdk.Tx {
-				tx := happyCreateContractTx(deps)
+				tx := evmtestutil.HappyCreateContractTx(deps)
 				return tx
 			},
 			wantErr: "",
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@ func (s *TestSuite) TestEthMinGasPriceDecorator() {
 					WithIsCheckTx(true)
 			},
 			txSetup: func(deps *evmtest.TestDeps) sdk.Tx {
-				tx := happyCreateContractTx(deps)
+				tx := evmtestutil.HappyCreateContractTx(deps)
 				return tx
 			},
 			wantErr: "insufficient fee",
@@ -82,7 +83,7 @@ func (s *TestSuite) TestEthMinGasPriceDecorator() {
 	for _, tc := range testCases {
 		s.Run(tc.name, func() {
 			deps := evmtest.NewTestDeps()
-			anteDec := app.NewEthMinGasPriceDecorator(deps.Chain.AppKeepers)
+			anteDec := evmante.NewEthMinGasPriceDecorator(&deps.Chain.AppKeepers.EvmKeeper)
 
 			tx := tc.txSetup(&deps)
 
@@ -91,7 +92,7 @@ func (s *TestSuite) TestEthMinGasPriceDecorator() {
 			}
 
 			_, err := anteDec.AnteHandle(
-				deps.Ctx, tx, false, NextNoOpAnteHandler,
+				deps.Ctx, tx, false, evmtestutil.NextNoOpAnteHandler,
 			)
 			if tc.wantErr != "" {
 				s.Require().ErrorContains(err, tc.wantErr)
diff --git a/app/evmante_gas_consume.go b/app/evmante/evmante_gas_consume.go
similarity index 93%
rename from app/evmante_gas_consume.go
rename to app/evmante/evmante_gas_consume.go
index b50613e99..af0ac423c 100644
--- a/app/evmante_gas_consume.go
+++ b/app/evmante/evmante_gas_consume.go
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // Copyright (c) 2023-2024 Nibi, Inc.
-package app
+package evmante
 
 import (
 	"math"
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import (
 	"cosmossdk.io/errors"
 	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
 	errortypes "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types/errors"
-
 	gethcommon "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
 
 	"github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/eth"
@@ -18,21 +17,17 @@ import (
 // AnteDecEthGasConsume validates enough intrinsic gas for the transaction and
 // gas consumption.
 type AnteDecEthGasConsume struct {
-	AppKeepers
-	// bankKeeper         anteutils.BankKeeper
-	// distributionKeeper anteutils.DistributionKeeper
-	// evmKeeper          EVMKeeper
-	// stakingKeeper      anteutils.StakingKeeper
+	evmKeeper    EVMKeeper
 	maxGasWanted uint64
 }
 
 // NewAnteDecEthGasConsume creates a new EthGasConsumeDecorator
 func NewAnteDecEthGasConsume(
-	keepers AppKeepers,
+	k EVMKeeper,
 	maxGasWanted uint64,
 ) AnteDecEthGasConsume {
 	return AnteDecEthGasConsume{
-		AppKeepers:   keepers,
+		evmKeeper:    k,
 		maxGasWanted: maxGasWanted,
 	}
 }
@@ -70,14 +65,14 @@ func (anteDec AnteDecEthGasConsume) AnteHandle(
 		return next(newCtx, tx, simulate)
 	}
 
-	evmParams := anteDec.EvmKeeper.GetParams(ctx)
+	evmParams := anteDec.evmKeeper.GetParams(ctx)
 	evmDenom := evmParams.GetEvmDenom()
 
 	var events sdk.Events
 
 	// Use the lowest priority of all the messages as the final one.
 	minPriority := int64(math.MaxInt64)
-	baseFee := anteDec.EvmKeeper.GetBaseFee(ctx)
+	baseFee := anteDec.evmKeeper.GetBaseFee(ctx)
 
 	for _, msg := range tx.GetMsgs() {
 		msgEthTx, ok := msg.(*evm.MsgEthereumTx)
@@ -170,7 +165,7 @@ func (anteDec AnteDecEthGasConsume) deductFee(ctx sdk.Context, fees sdk.Coins, f
 
 	// If the account balance is not sufficient, try to withdraw enough staking rewards
 
-	if err := anteDec.EvmKeeper.DeductTxCostsFromUserBalance(ctx, fees, gethcommon.BytesToAddress(feePayer)); err != nil {
+	if err := anteDec.evmKeeper.DeductTxCostsFromUserBalance(ctx, fees, gethcommon.BytesToAddress(feePayer)); err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to deduct transaction costs from user balance")
 	}
 	return nil
diff --git a/app/evmante_gas_consume_test.go b/app/evmante/evmante_gas_consume_test.go
similarity index 82%
rename from app/evmante_gas_consume_test.go
rename to app/evmante/evmante_gas_consume_test.go
index 8918a20a9..1616c32ff 100644
--- a/app/evmante_gas_consume_test.go
+++ b/app/evmante/evmante_gas_consume_test.go
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
-package app_test
+package evmante_test
 
 import (
 	"math/big"
 
 	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
 
-	"github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/app"
+	"github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/app/evmante"
 	"github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/eth"
+	evmtestutil "github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/x/common/testutil/evm"
 	"github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/x/evm"
 	"github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/x/evm/evmtest"
 	"github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/x/evm/statedb"
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ func (s *TestSuite) TestAnteDecEthGasConsume() {
 				balance := new(big.Int).Add(gasLimit, big.NewInt(100))
 				sdb.AddBalance(deps.Sender.EthAddr, balance)
 			},
-			txSetup:      happyCreateContractTx,
+			txSetup:      evmtestutil.HappyCreateContractTx,
 			wantErr:      "",
 			gasMeter:     eth.NewInfiniteGasMeterWithLimit(happyGasLimit().Uint64()),
 			maxGasWanted: 0,
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ func (s *TestSuite) TestAnteDecEthGasConsume() {
 			beforeTxSetup: func(deps *evmtest.TestDeps, sdb *statedb.StateDB) {
 				deps.Ctx = deps.Ctx.WithIsReCheckTx(true)
 			},
-			txSetup:  happyCreateContractTx,
+			txSetup:  evmtestutil.HappyCreateContractTx,
 			gasMeter: eth.NewInfiniteGasMeterWithLimit(0),
 			wantErr:  "",
 		},
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ func (s *TestSuite) TestAnteDecEthGasConsume() {
 				balance := new(big.Int).Add(gasLimit, big.NewInt(100))
 				sdb.AddBalance(deps.Sender.EthAddr, balance)
 			},
-			txSetup:      happyCreateContractTx,
+			txSetup:      evmtestutil.HappyCreateContractTx,
 			wantErr:      "exceeds block gas limit (0)",
 			gasMeter:     eth.NewInfiniteGasMeterWithLimit(0),
 			maxGasWanted: 0,
@@ -60,8 +61,8 @@ func (s *TestSuite) TestAnteDecEthGasConsume() {
 		s.Run(tc.name, func() {
 			deps := evmtest.NewTestDeps()
 			stateDB := deps.StateDB()
-			anteDec := app.NewAnteDecEthGasConsume(
-				deps.Chain.AppKeepers, tc.maxGasWanted,
+			anteDec := evmante.NewAnteDecEthGasConsume(
+				&deps.Chain.AppKeepers.EvmKeeper, tc.maxGasWanted,
 			)
 
 			tc.beforeTxSetup(&deps, stateDB)
@@ -71,7 +72,7 @@ func (s *TestSuite) TestAnteDecEthGasConsume() {
 			deps.Ctx = deps.Ctx.WithIsCheckTx(true)
 			deps.Ctx = deps.Ctx.WithBlockGasMeter(tc.gasMeter)
 			_, err := anteDec.AnteHandle(
-				deps.Ctx, tx, false, NextNoOpAnteHandler,
+				deps.Ctx, tx, false, evmtestutil.NextNoOpAnteHandler,
 			)
 			if tc.wantErr != "" {
 				s.Require().ErrorContains(err, tc.wantErr)
diff --git a/app/evmante/evmante_handler.go b/app/evmante/evmante_handler.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..84faefc89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/evmante/evmante_handler.go
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2023-2024 Nibi, Inc.
+package evmante
+
+import (
+	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
+
+	"github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/app/ante"
+)
+
+// NewAnteHandlerEVM creates the default ante handler for Ethereum transactions
+func NewAnteHandlerEVM(
+	options ante.AnteHandlerOptions,
+) sdk.AnteHandler {
+	return sdk.ChainAnteDecorators(
+		// outermost AnteDecorator. SetUpContext must be called first
+		NewEthSetUpContextDecorator(&options.EvmKeeper),
+		// Check eth effective gas price against the global MinGasPrice
+		NewEthMinGasPriceDecorator(&options.EvmKeeper),
+		NewEthValidateBasicDecorator(&options.EvmKeeper),
+		NewEthSigVerificationDecorator(&options.EvmKeeper),
+		NewAnteDecVerifyEthAcc(&options.EvmKeeper, options.AccountKeeper),
+		NewCanTransferDecorator(&options.EvmKeeper),
+		NewAnteDecEthGasConsume(&options.EvmKeeper, options.MaxTxGasWanted),
+		NewAnteDecEthIncrementSenderSequence(&options.EvmKeeper, options.AccountKeeper),
+		ante.AnteDecoratorGasWanted{},
+		// emit eth tx hash and index at the very last ante handler.
+		NewEthEmitEventDecorator(&options.EvmKeeper),
+	)
+}
diff --git a/app/evmante_handler_test.go b/app/evmante/evmante_handler_test.go
similarity index 84%
rename from app/evmante_handler_test.go
rename to app/evmante/evmante_handler_test.go
index e60b075b1..8fbc58c4c 100644
--- a/app/evmante_handler_test.go
+++ b/app/evmante/evmante_handler_test.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package app_test
+package evmante_test
 
 import (
 	"math/big"
@@ -8,9 +8,10 @@ import (
 	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
 	authante "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/auth/ante"
 
-	"github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/app"
 	"github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/app/ante"
+	"github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/app/evmante"
 	"github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/eth"
+	evmtestutil "github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/x/common/testutil/evm"
 	"github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/x/evm/evmtest"
 	"github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/x/evm/statedb"
 )
@@ -28,14 +29,14 @@ func (s *TestSuite) TestAnteHandlerEVM() {
 			beforeTxSetup: func(deps *evmtest.TestDeps, sdb *statedb.StateDB) {
 				sdb.AddBalance(
 					deps.Sender.EthAddr,
-					new(big.Int).Add(gasLimitCreateContract(), big.NewInt(100)),
+					new(big.Int).Add(evmtestutil.GasLimitCreateContract(), big.NewInt(100)),
 				)
 			},
 			ctxSetup: func(deps *evmtest.TestDeps) {
 				gasPrice := sdk.NewInt64Coin("unibi", 1)
 				cp := &tmproto.ConsensusParams{
 					Block: &tmproto.BlockParams{
-						MaxGas: new(big.Int).Add(gasLimitCreateContract(), big.NewInt(100)).Int64(),
+						MaxGas: new(big.Int).Add(evmtestutil.GasLimitCreateContract(), big.NewInt(100)).Int64(),
 					},
 				}
 				deps.Ctx = deps.Ctx.
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ func (s *TestSuite) TestAnteHandlerEVM() {
 					WithConsensusParams(cp)
 			},
 			txSetup: func(deps *evmtest.TestDeps) sdk.FeeTx {
-				txMsg := happyTransfertTx(deps, 0)
+				txMsg := evmtestutil.HappyTransferTx(deps, 0)
 				txBuilder := deps.EncCfg.TxConfig.NewTxBuilder()
 
 				gethSigner := deps.Sender.GethSigner(deps.Chain.EvmKeeper.EthChainID(deps.Ctx))
@@ -68,8 +69,8 @@ func (s *TestSuite) TestAnteHandlerEVM() {
 			deps := evmtest.NewTestDeps()
 			stateDB := deps.StateDB()
 
-			anteHandlerEVM := app.NewAnteHandlerEVM(
-				deps.Chain.AppKeepers, ante.AnteHandlerOptions{
+			anteHandlerEVM := evmante.NewAnteHandlerEVM(
+				ante.AnteHandlerOptions{
 					HandlerOptions: authante.HandlerOptions{
 						AccountKeeper:          deps.Chain.AccountKeeper,
 						BankKeeper:             deps.Chain.BankKeeper,
@@ -78,6 +79,7 @@ func (s *TestSuite) TestAnteHandlerEVM() {
 						SigGasConsumer:         authante.DefaultSigVerificationGasConsumer,
 						ExtensionOptionChecker: func(*codectypes.Any) bool { return true },
 					},
+					EvmKeeper: deps.Chain.EvmKeeper,
 				})
 
 			tx := tc.txSetup(&deps)
diff --git a/app/evmante_increment_sender_seq.go b/app/evmante/evmante_increment_sender_seq.go
similarity index 84%
rename from app/evmante_increment_sender_seq.go
rename to app/evmante/evmante_increment_sender_seq.go
index ef4ac75a5..d033b66a8 100644
--- a/app/evmante_increment_sender_seq.go
+++ b/app/evmante/evmante_increment_sender_seq.go
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 // Copyright (c) 2023-2024 Nibi, Inc.
-package app
+package evmante
 
 import (
 	"cosmossdk.io/errors"
 	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
 	errortypes "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types/errors"
-
+	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/auth/ante"
 	gethcommon "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
 
 	"github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/x/evm"
@@ -13,13 +13,15 @@ import (
 
 // AnteDecEthIncrementSenderSequence increments the sequence of the signers.
 type AnteDecEthIncrementSenderSequence struct {
-	AppKeepers
+	evmKeeper     EVMKeeper
+	accountKeeper ante.AccountKeeper
 }
 
 // NewAnteDecEthIncrementSenderSequence creates a new EthIncrementSenderSequenceDecorator.
-func NewAnteDecEthIncrementSenderSequence(k AppKeepers) AnteDecEthIncrementSenderSequence {
+func NewAnteDecEthIncrementSenderSequence(k EVMKeeper, ak ante.AccountKeeper) AnteDecEthIncrementSenderSequence {
 	return AnteDecEthIncrementSenderSequence{
-		AppKeepers: k,
+		evmKeeper:     k,
+		accountKeeper: ak,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -47,7 +49,7 @@ func (issd AnteDecEthIncrementSenderSequence) AnteHandle(
 		}
 
 		// increase sequence of sender
-		acc := issd.AccountKeeper.GetAccount(ctx, msgEthTx.GetFrom())
+		acc := issd.accountKeeper.GetAccount(ctx, msgEthTx.GetFrom())
 		if acc == nil {
 			return ctx, errors.Wrapf(
 				errortypes.ErrUnknownAddress,
@@ -69,7 +71,7 @@ func (issd AnteDecEthIncrementSenderSequence) AnteHandle(
 			return ctx, errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to set sequence to %d", acc.GetSequence()+1)
 		}
 
-		issd.AccountKeeper.SetAccount(ctx, acc)
+		issd.accountKeeper.SetAccount(ctx, acc)
 	}
 
 	return next(ctx, tx, simulate)
diff --git a/app/evmante_increment_sender_seq_test.go b/app/evmante/evmante_increment_sender_seq_test.go
similarity index 78%
rename from app/evmante_increment_sender_seq_test.go
rename to app/evmante/evmante_increment_sender_seq_test.go
index 7778522e0..38831408c 100644
--- a/app/evmante_increment_sender_seq_test.go
+++ b/app/evmante/evmante_increment_sender_seq_test.go
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
-package app_test
+package evmante_test
 
 import (
 	"math/big"
 
 	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
 
-	"github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/app"
+	"github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/app/evmante"
+	evmtestutil "github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/x/common/testutil/evm"
 	"github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/x/evm/evmtest"
 	"github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/x/evm/statedb"
 )
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ func (s *TestSuite) TestAnteDecEthIncrementSenderSequence() {
 				sdb.AddBalance(deps.Sender.EthAddr, balance)
 			},
 			txSetup: func(deps *evmtest.TestDeps) sdk.Tx {
-				return happyTransfertTx(deps, 0)
+				return evmtestutil.HappyTransferTx(deps, 0)
 			},
 			wantErr: "",
 			wantSeq: 1,
@@ -37,8 +38,8 @@ func (s *TestSuite) TestAnteDecEthIncrementSenderSequence() {
 				sdb.AddBalance(deps.Sender.EthAddr, balance)
 			},
 			txSetup: func(deps *evmtest.TestDeps) sdk.Tx {
-				txMsgOne := happyTransfertTx(deps, 0)
-				txMsgTwo := happyTransfertTx(deps, 1)
+				txMsgOne := evmtestutil.HappyTransferTx(deps, 0)
+				txMsgTwo := evmtestutil.HappyTransferTx(deps, 1)
 
 				txBuilder := deps.EncCfg.TxConfig.NewTxBuilder()
 				s.Require().NoError(txBuilder.SetMsgs(txMsgOne, txMsgTwo))
@@ -52,13 +53,13 @@ func (s *TestSuite) TestAnteDecEthIncrementSenderSequence() {
 		{
 			name: "sad: account does not exists",
 			txSetup: func(deps *evmtest.TestDeps) sdk.Tx {
-				return happyTransfertTx(deps, 0)
+				return evmtestutil.HappyTransferTx(deps, 0)
 			},
 			wantErr: "unknown address",
 		},
 		{
 			name:    "sad: tx with non evm message",
-			txSetup: nonEvmMsgTx,
+			txSetup: evmtestutil.NonEvmMsgTx,
 			wantErr: "invalid message",
 		},
 	}
@@ -67,7 +68,7 @@ func (s *TestSuite) TestAnteDecEthIncrementSenderSequence() {
 		s.Run(tc.name, func() {
 			deps := evmtest.NewTestDeps()
 			stateDB := deps.StateDB()
-			anteDec := app.NewAnteDecEthIncrementSenderSequence(deps.Chain.AppKeepers)
+			anteDec := evmante.NewAnteDecEthIncrementSenderSequence(&deps.Chain.EvmKeeper, deps.Chain.AccountKeeper)
 
 			if tc.beforeTxSetup != nil {
 				tc.beforeTxSetup(&deps, stateDB)
@@ -76,7 +77,7 @@ func (s *TestSuite) TestAnteDecEthIncrementSenderSequence() {
 			tx := tc.txSetup(&deps)
 
 			_, err := anteDec.AnteHandle(
-				deps.Ctx, tx, false, NextNoOpAnteHandler,
+				deps.Ctx, tx, false, evmtestutil.NextNoOpAnteHandler,
 			)
 			if tc.wantErr != "" {
 				s.Require().ErrorContains(err, tc.wantErr)
diff --git a/app/evmante_setup_ctx.go b/app/evmante/evmante_setup_ctx.go
similarity index 88%
rename from app/evmante_setup_ctx.go
rename to app/evmante/evmante_setup_ctx.go
index be4d5f897..6cad962a7 100644
--- a/app/evmante_setup_ctx.go
+++ b/app/evmante/evmante_setup_ctx.go
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // Copyright (c) 2023-2024 Nibi, Inc.
-package app
+package evmante
 
 import (
 	errorsmod "cosmossdk.io/errors"
@@ -12,12 +12,12 @@ import (
 // EthSetupContextDecorator is adapted from SetUpContextDecorator from cosmos-sdk, it ignores gas consumption
 // by setting the gas meter to infinite
 type EthSetupContextDecorator struct {
-	AppKeepers
+	evmKeeper EVMKeeper
 }
 
-func NewEthSetUpContextDecorator(k AppKeepers) EthSetupContextDecorator {
+func NewEthSetUpContextDecorator(k EVMKeeper) EthSetupContextDecorator {
 	return EthSetupContextDecorator{
-		AppKeepers: k,
+		evmKeeper: k,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -43,6 +43,6 @@ func (esc EthSetupContextDecorator) AnteHandle(
 
 	// Reset transient gas used to prepare the execution of current cosmos tx.
 	// Transient gas-used is necessary to sum the gas-used of cosmos tx, when it contains multiple eth msgs.
-	esc.EvmKeeper.ResetTransientGasUsed(ctx)
+	esc.evmKeeper.ResetTransientGasUsed(ctx)
 	return next(newCtx, tx, simulate)
 }
diff --git a/app/evmante_setup_ctx_test.go b/app/evmante/evmante_setup_ctx_test.go
similarity index 68%
rename from app/evmante_setup_ctx_test.go
rename to app/evmante/evmante_setup_ctx_test.go
index 132ed8f1a..7bdd25f08 100644
--- a/app/evmante_setup_ctx_test.go
+++ b/app/evmante/evmante_setup_ctx_test.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package app_test
+package evmante_test
 
 import (
 	"math"
@@ -6,24 +6,25 @@ import (
 	storetypes "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/store/types"
 	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
 
-	"github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/app"
+	"github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/app/evmante"
+	evmtestutil "github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/x/common/testutil/evm"
 	"github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/x/evm/evmtest"
 )
 
 func (s *TestSuite) TestEthSetupContextDecorator() {
 	deps := evmtest.NewTestDeps()
 	stateDB := deps.StateDB()
-	anteDec := app.NewEthSetUpContextDecorator(deps.Chain.AppKeepers)
+	anteDec := evmante.NewEthSetUpContextDecorator(&deps.Chain.EvmKeeper)
 
 	s.Require().NoError(stateDB.Commit())
-	tx := happyCreateContractTx(&deps)
+	tx := evmtestutil.HappyCreateContractTx(&deps)
 
 	// Set block gas used to non 0 to check that handler resets it
-	anteDec.EvmKeeper.EvmState.BlockGasUsed.Set(deps.Ctx, 1000)
+	deps.Chain.EvmKeeper.EvmState.BlockGasUsed.Set(deps.Ctx, 1000)
 
 	// Ante handler returns new context
 	newCtx, err := anteDec.AnteHandle(
-		deps.Ctx, tx, false, NextNoOpAnteHandler,
+		deps.Ctx, tx, false, evmtestutil.NextNoOpAnteHandler,
 	)
 	s.Require().NoError(err)
 
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ func (s *TestSuite) TestEthSetupContextDecorator() {
 	s.Require().Equal(defaultGasConfig, newCtx.TransientKVGasConfig())
 
 	// Check that block gas used is reset to 0
-	gas, err := anteDec.EvmKeeper.EvmState.BlockGasUsed.Get(newCtx)
+	gas, err := deps.Chain.EvmKeeper.EvmState.BlockGasUsed.Get(newCtx)
 	s.Require().NoError(err)
 	s.Require().Equal(gas, uint64(0))
 }
diff --git a/app/evmante_sigverify.go b/app/evmante/evmante_sigverify.go
similarity index 90%
rename from app/evmante_sigverify.go
rename to app/evmante/evmante_sigverify.go
index 314681cd8..2c41da448 100644
--- a/app/evmante_sigverify.go
+++ b/app/evmante/evmante_sigverify.go
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // Copyright (c) 2023-2024 Nibi, Inc.
-package app
+package evmante
 
 import (
 	"math/big"
@@ -14,13 +14,13 @@ import (
 
 // EthSigVerificationDecorator validates an ethereum signatures
 type EthSigVerificationDecorator struct {
-	AppKeepers
+	evmKeeper EVMKeeper
 }
 
 // NewEthSigVerificationDecorator creates a new EthSigVerificationDecorator
-func NewEthSigVerificationDecorator(k AppKeepers) EthSigVerificationDecorator {
+func NewEthSigVerificationDecorator(k EVMKeeper) EthSigVerificationDecorator {
 	return EthSigVerificationDecorator{
-		AppKeepers: k,
+		evmKeeper: k,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ func NewEthSigVerificationDecorator(k AppKeepers) EthSigVerificationDecorator {
 func (esvd EthSigVerificationDecorator) AnteHandle(
 	ctx sdk.Context, tx sdk.Tx, simulate bool, next sdk.AnteHandler,
 ) (newCtx sdk.Context, err error) {
-	chainID := esvd.EvmKeeper.EthChainID(ctx)
-	evmParams := esvd.EvmKeeper.GetParams(ctx)
+	chainID := esvd.evmKeeper.EthChainID(ctx)
+	evmParams := esvd.evmKeeper.GetParams(ctx)
 	ethCfg := evm.EthereumConfig(chainID)
 	blockNum := big.NewInt(ctx.BlockHeight())
 	signer := gethcore.MakeSigner(ethCfg, blockNum)
diff --git a/app/evmante_sigverify_test.go b/app/evmante/evmante_sigverify_test.go
similarity index 79%
rename from app/evmante_sigverify_test.go
rename to app/evmante/evmante_sigverify_test.go
index 145174e09..de64c9dc6 100644
--- a/app/evmante_sigverify_test.go
+++ b/app/evmante/evmante_sigverify_test.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package app_test
+package evmante_test
 
 import (
 	"math/big"
@@ -6,14 +6,13 @@ import (
 	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/auth/migrations/legacytx"
 
-	"github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/app"
+	"github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/app/evmante"
+	evmtestutil "github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/x/common/testutil/evm"
 	"github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/x/evm/evmtest"
 	tf "github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/x/tokenfactory/types"
 )
 
-var (
-	InvalidChainID = big.NewInt(987654321)
-)
+var InvalidChainID = big.NewInt(987654321)
 
 func (s *TestSuite) TestEthSigVerificationDecorator() {
 	testCases := []struct {
@@ -24,7 +23,7 @@ func (s *TestSuite) TestEthSigVerificationDecorator() {
 		{
 			name: "sad: unsigned tx",
 			txSetup: func(deps *evmtest.TestDeps) sdk.Tx {
-				tx := happyCreateContractTx(deps)
+				tx := evmtestutil.HappyCreateContractTx(deps)
 				return tx
 			},
 			wantErr: "rejected unprotected Ethereum transaction",
@@ -43,7 +42,7 @@ func (s *TestSuite) TestEthSigVerificationDecorator() {
 		{
 			name: "sad: ethereum tx invalid chain id",
 			txSetup: func(deps *evmtest.TestDeps) sdk.Tx {
-				tx := happyCreateContractTx(deps)
+				tx := evmtestutil.HappyCreateContractTx(deps)
 				gethSigner := deps.Sender.GethSigner(InvalidChainID)
 				keyringSigner := deps.Sender.KeyringSigner
 				err := tx.Sign(gethSigner, keyringSigner)
@@ -55,7 +54,7 @@ func (s *TestSuite) TestEthSigVerificationDecorator() {
 		{
 			name: "happy: signed ethereum tx",
 			txSetup: func(deps *evmtest.TestDeps) sdk.Tx {
-				tx := happyCreateContractTx(deps)
+				tx := evmtestutil.HappyCreateContractTx(deps)
 				gethSigner := deps.Sender.GethSigner(deps.Chain.EvmKeeper.EthChainID(deps.Ctx))
 				keyringSigner := deps.Sender.KeyringSigner
 				err := tx.Sign(gethSigner, keyringSigner)
@@ -70,14 +69,14 @@ func (s *TestSuite) TestEthSigVerificationDecorator() {
 		s.Run(tc.name, func() {
 			deps := evmtest.NewTestDeps()
 			stateDB := deps.StateDB()
-			anteDec := app.NewEthSigVerificationDecorator(deps.Chain.AppKeepers)
+			anteDec := evmante.NewEthSigVerificationDecorator(&deps.Chain.AppKeepers.EvmKeeper)
 
 			tx := tc.txSetup(&deps)
 			s.Require().NoError(stateDB.Commit())
 
 			deps.Ctx = deps.Ctx.WithIsCheckTx(true)
 			_, err := anteDec.AnteHandle(
-				deps.Ctx, tx, false, NextNoOpAnteHandler,
+				deps.Ctx, tx, false, evmtestutil.NextNoOpAnteHandler,
 			)
 			if tc.wantErr != "" {
 				s.Require().ErrorContains(err, tc.wantErr)
diff --git a/app/evmante_validate_basic.go b/app/evmante/evmante_validate_basic.go
similarity index 95%
rename from app/evmante_validate_basic.go
rename to app/evmante/evmante_validate_basic.go
index 2c006485a..22f599f8b 100644
--- a/app/evmante_validate_basic.go
+++ b/app/evmante/evmante_validate_basic.go
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // Copyright (c) 2023-2024 Nibi, Inc.
-package app
+package evmante
 
 import (
 	"errors"
@@ -15,13 +15,13 @@ import (
 
 // EthValidateBasicDecorator is adapted from ValidateBasicDecorator from cosmos-sdk, it ignores ErrNoSignatures
 type EthValidateBasicDecorator struct {
-	AppKeepers
+	evmKeeper EVMKeeper
 }
 
 // NewEthValidateBasicDecorator creates a new EthValidateBasicDecorator
-func NewEthValidateBasicDecorator(k AppKeepers) EthValidateBasicDecorator {
+func NewEthValidateBasicDecorator(k EVMKeeper) EthValidateBasicDecorator {
 	return EthValidateBasicDecorator{
-		AppKeepers: k,
+		evmKeeper: k,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -89,8 +89,8 @@ func (vbd EthValidateBasicDecorator) AnteHandle(ctx sdk.Context, tx sdk.Tx, simu
 	txFee := sdk.Coins{}
 	txGasLimit := uint64(0)
 
-	evmParams := vbd.EvmKeeper.GetParams(ctx)
-	baseFee := vbd.EvmKeeper.GetBaseFee(ctx)
+	evmParams := vbd.evmKeeper.GetParams(ctx)
+	baseFee := vbd.evmKeeper.GetBaseFee(ctx)
 	enableCreate := evmParams.GetEnableCreate()
 	enableCall := evmParams.GetEnableCall()
 	evmDenom := evmParams.GetEvmDenom()
diff --git a/app/evmante_validate_basic_test.go b/app/evmante/evmante_validate_basic_test.go
similarity index 89%
rename from app/evmante_validate_basic_test.go
rename to app/evmante/evmante_validate_basic_test.go
index f3b74d4fc..77b59c44b 100644
--- a/app/evmante_validate_basic_test.go
+++ b/app/evmante/evmante_validate_basic_test.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package app_test
+package evmante_test
 
 import (
 	"math/big"
@@ -10,9 +10,10 @@ import (
 	banktypes "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/bank/types"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
 
-	"github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/app"
+	"github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/app/evmante"
 	"github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/eth"
 	"github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/x/common/testutil"
+	evmtestutil "github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/x/common/testutil/evm"
 	"github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/x/evm"
 	"github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/x/evm/evmtest"
 )
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ func (s *TestSuite) TestEthValidateBasicDecorator() {
 			name: "happy: properly built eth tx",
 			txSetup: func(deps *evmtest.TestDeps) sdk.Tx {
 				txBuilder := deps.EncCfg.TxConfig.NewTxBuilder()
-				tx, err := happyCreateContractTx(deps).BuildTx(txBuilder, eth.EthBaseDenom)
+				tx, err := evmtestutil.HappyCreateContractTx(deps).BuildTx(txBuilder, eth.EthBaseDenom)
 				s.Require().NoError(err)
 				return tx
 			},
@@ -41,21 +42,21 @@ func (s *TestSuite) TestEthValidateBasicDecorator() {
 				deps.Ctx = deps.Ctx.WithIsReCheckTx(true)
 			},
 			txSetup: func(deps *evmtest.TestDeps) sdk.Tx {
-				return happyCreateContractTx(deps)
+				return evmtestutil.HappyCreateContractTx(deps)
 			},
 			wantErr: "",
 		},
 		{
 			name: "sad: fail chain id basic validation",
 			txSetup: func(deps *evmtest.TestDeps) sdk.Tx {
-				return happyCreateContractTx(deps)
+				return evmtestutil.HappyCreateContractTx(deps)
 			},
 			wantErr: "invalid chain-id",
 		},
 		{
 			name: "sad: tx not implementing protoTxProvider",
 			txSetup: func(deps *evmtest.TestDeps) sdk.Tx {
-				tx := happyCreateContractTx(deps)
+				tx := evmtestutil.HappyCreateContractTx(deps)
 				gethSigner := deps.Sender.GethSigner(InvalidChainID)
 				keyringSigner := deps.Sender.KeyringSigner
 				err := tx.Sign(gethSigner, keyringSigner)
@@ -69,7 +70,7 @@ func (s *TestSuite) TestEthValidateBasicDecorator() {
 			txSetup: func(deps *evmtest.TestDeps) sdk.Tx {
 				txBuilder := deps.EncCfg.TxConfig.NewTxBuilder()
 				txBuilder.SetMemo("memo")
-				tx, err := happyCreateContractTx(deps).BuildTx(txBuilder, eth.EthBaseDenom)
+				tx, err := evmtestutil.HappyCreateContractTx(deps).BuildTx(txBuilder, eth.EthBaseDenom)
 				s.Require().NoError(err)
 				return tx
 			},
@@ -80,7 +81,7 @@ func (s *TestSuite) TestEthValidateBasicDecorator() {
 			txSetup: func(deps *evmtest.TestDeps) sdk.Tx {
 				txBuilder := deps.EncCfg.TxConfig.NewTxBuilder()
 				txBuilder.SetFeePayer(testutil.AccAddress())
-				tx, err := happyCreateContractTx(deps).BuildTx(txBuilder, eth.EthBaseDenom)
+				tx, err := evmtestutil.HappyCreateContractTx(deps).BuildTx(txBuilder, eth.EthBaseDenom)
 				s.Require().NoError(err)
 				return tx
 			},
@@ -91,7 +92,7 @@ func (s *TestSuite) TestEthValidateBasicDecorator() {
 			txSetup: func(deps *evmtest.TestDeps) sdk.Tx {
 				txBuilder := deps.EncCfg.TxConfig.NewTxBuilder()
 				txBuilder.SetFeeGranter(testutil.AccAddress())
-				tx, err := happyCreateContractTx(deps).BuildTx(txBuilder, eth.EthBaseDenom)
+				tx, err := evmtestutil.HappyCreateContractTx(deps).BuildTx(txBuilder, eth.EthBaseDenom)
 				s.Require().NoError(err)
 				return tx
 			},
@@ -111,7 +112,7 @@ func (s *TestSuite) TestEthValidateBasicDecorator() {
 				}
 				err := txBuilder.SetSignatures(sigV2)
 				s.Require().NoError(err)
-				txMsg := happyCreateContractTx(deps)
+				txMsg := evmtestutil.HappyCreateContractTx(deps)
 
 				gethSigner := deps.Sender.GethSigner(deps.Chain.EvmKeeper.EthChainID(deps.Ctx))
 				keyringSigner := deps.Sender.KeyringSigner
@@ -133,7 +134,7 @@ func (s *TestSuite) TestEthValidateBasicDecorator() {
 			},
 			txSetup: func(deps *evmtest.TestDeps) sdk.Tx {
 				txBuilder := deps.EncCfg.TxConfig.NewTxBuilder()
-				tx, err := happyCreateContractTx(deps).BuildTx(txBuilder, eth.EthBaseDenom)
+				tx, err := evmtestutil.HappyCreateContractTx(deps).BuildTx(txBuilder, eth.EthBaseDenom)
 				s.Require().NoError(err)
 				return tx
 			},
@@ -220,7 +221,7 @@ func (s *TestSuite) TestEthValidateBasicDecorator() {
 		s.Run(tc.name, func() {
 			deps := evmtest.NewTestDeps()
 			stateDB := deps.StateDB()
-			anteDec := app.NewEthValidateBasicDecorator(deps.Chain.AppKeepers)
+			anteDec := evmante.NewEthValidateBasicDecorator(&deps.Chain.AppKeepers.EvmKeeper)
 
 			tx := tc.txSetup(&deps)
 			s.Require().NoError(stateDB.Commit())
@@ -232,7 +233,7 @@ func (s *TestSuite) TestEthValidateBasicDecorator() {
 				deps.K.SetParams(deps.Ctx, tc.paramsSetup(&deps))
 			}
 			_, err := anteDec.AnteHandle(
-				deps.Ctx, tx, false, NextNoOpAnteHandler,
+				deps.Ctx, tx, false, evmtestutil.NextNoOpAnteHandler,
 			)
 			if tc.wantErr != "" {
 				s.Require().ErrorContains(err, tc.wantErr)
diff --git a/app/evmante_verify_eth_acc.go b/app/evmante/evmante_verify_eth_acc.go
similarity index 85%
rename from app/evmante_verify_eth_acc.go
rename to app/evmante/evmante_verify_eth_acc.go
index 6832bc06e..d3bb8a4f0 100644
--- a/app/evmante_verify_eth_acc.go
+++ b/app/evmante/evmante_verify_eth_acc.go
@@ -1,34 +1,29 @@
 // Copyright (c) 2023-2024 Nibi, Inc.
-package app
+package evmante
 
 import (
 	"cosmossdk.io/errors"
 	sdkmath "cosmossdk.io/math"
-
 	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
 	errortypes "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types/errors"
+	gethcommon "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
 
 	"github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/x/evm"
 	"github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/x/evm/keeper"
 	"github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/x/evm/statedb"
-
-	gethcommon "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
-)
-
-var (
-	_ sdk.AnteDecorator = (*AnteDecEthGasConsume)(nil)
-	_ sdk.AnteDecorator = (*AnteDecVerifyEthAcc)(nil)
 )
 
 // AnteDecVerifyEthAcc validates an account balance checks
 type AnteDecVerifyEthAcc struct {
-	AppKeepers
+	evmKeeper     EVMKeeper
+	accountKeeper evm.AccountKeeper
 }
 
 // NewAnteDecVerifyEthAcc creates a new EthAccountVerificationDecorator
-func NewAnteDecVerifyEthAcc(k AppKeepers) AnteDecVerifyEthAcc {
+func NewAnteDecVerifyEthAcc(k EVMKeeper, ak evm.AccountKeeper) AnteDecVerifyEthAcc {
 	return AnteDecVerifyEthAcc{
-		AppKeepers: k,
+		evmKeeper:     k,
+		accountKeeper: ak,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -67,11 +62,11 @@ func (anteDec AnteDecVerifyEthAcc) AnteHandle(
 
 		// check whether the sender address is EOA
 		fromAddr := gethcommon.BytesToAddress(from)
-		acct := anteDec.EvmKeeper.GetAccount(ctx, fromAddr)
+		acct := anteDec.evmKeeper.GetAccount(ctx, fromAddr)
 
 		if acct == nil {
-			acc := anteDec.AccountKeeper.NewAccountWithAddress(ctx, from)
-			anteDec.AccountKeeper.SetAccount(ctx, acc)
+			acc := anteDec.accountKeeper.NewAccountWithAddress(ctx, from)
+			anteDec.accountKeeper.SetAccount(ctx, acc)
 			acct = statedb.NewEmptyAccount()
 		} else if acct.IsContract() {
 			return ctx, errors.Wrapf(errortypes.ErrInvalidType,
diff --git a/app/evmante_verify_eth_acc_test.go b/app/evmante/evmante_verify_eth_acc_test.go
similarity index 54%
rename from app/evmante_verify_eth_acc_test.go
rename to app/evmante/evmante_verify_eth_acc_test.go
index c8f124ac0..2fa78400a 100644
--- a/app/evmante_verify_eth_acc_test.go
+++ b/app/evmante/evmante_verify_eth_acc_test.go
@@ -1,26 +1,17 @@
-package app_test
+package evmante_test
 
 import (
 	"math/big"
 
-	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
-	banktypes "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/bank/types"
-
 	gethparams "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/params"
 
-	"github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/app"
+	"github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/app/evmante"
+	evmtestutil "github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/x/common/testutil/evm"
 	"github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/x/evm"
 	"github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/x/evm/evmtest"
-
 	"github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/x/evm/statedb"
 )
 
-var NextNoOpAnteHandler sdk.AnteHandler = func(
-	ctx sdk.Context, tx sdk.Tx, simulate bool,
-) (newCtx sdk.Context, err error) {
-	return ctx, nil
-}
-
 func (s *TestSuite) TestAnteDecoratorVerifyEthAcc_CheckTx() {
 	testCases := []struct {
 		name          string
@@ -33,13 +24,13 @@ func (s *TestSuite) TestAnteDecoratorVerifyEthAcc_CheckTx() {
 			beforeTxSetup: func(deps *evmtest.TestDeps, sdb *statedb.StateDB) {
 				sdb.AddBalance(deps.Sender.EthAddr, happyGasLimit())
 			},
-			txSetup: happyCreateContractTx,
+			txSetup: evmtestutil.HappyCreateContractTx,
 			wantErr: "",
 		},
 		{
 			name:          "sad: sender has insufficient gas balance",
 			beforeTxSetup: func(deps *evmtest.TestDeps, sdb *statedb.StateDB) {},
-			txSetup:       happyCreateContractTx,
+			txSetup:       evmtestutil.HappyCreateContractTx,
 			wantErr:       "sender balance < tx cost",
 		},
 		{
@@ -48,7 +39,7 @@ func (s *TestSuite) TestAnteDecoratorVerifyEthAcc_CheckTx() {
 				// Force account to be a smart contract
 				sdb.SetCode(deps.Sender.EthAddr, []byte("evm bytecode stuff"))
 			},
-			txSetup: happyCreateContractTx,
+			txSetup: evmtestutil.HappyCreateContractTx,
 			wantErr: "sender is not EOA",
 		},
 		{
@@ -63,7 +54,7 @@ func (s *TestSuite) TestAnteDecoratorVerifyEthAcc_CheckTx() {
 			name:          "sad: empty from addr",
 			beforeTxSetup: func(deps *evmtest.TestDeps, sdb *statedb.StateDB) {},
 			txSetup: func(deps *evmtest.TestDeps) *evm.MsgEthereumTx {
-				tx := happyCreateContractTx(deps)
+				tx := evmtestutil.HappyCreateContractTx(deps)
 				tx.From = ""
 				return tx
 			},
@@ -75,7 +66,7 @@ func (s *TestSuite) TestAnteDecoratorVerifyEthAcc_CheckTx() {
 		s.Run(tc.name, func() {
 			deps := evmtest.NewTestDeps()
 			stateDB := deps.StateDB()
-			anteDec := app.NewAnteDecVerifyEthAcc(deps.Chain.AppKeepers)
+			anteDec := evmante.NewAnteDecVerifyEthAcc(&deps.Chain.AppKeepers.EvmKeeper, &deps.Chain.AppKeepers.AccountKeeper)
 
 			tc.beforeTxSetup(&deps, stateDB)
 			tx := tc.txSetup(&deps)
@@ -83,7 +74,7 @@ func (s *TestSuite) TestAnteDecoratorVerifyEthAcc_CheckTx() {
 
 			deps.Ctx = deps.Ctx.WithIsCheckTx(true)
 			_, err := anteDec.AnteHandle(
-				deps.Ctx, tx, false, NextNoOpAnteHandler,
+				deps.Ctx, tx, false, evmtestutil.NextNoOpAnteHandler,
 			)
 			if tc.wantErr != "" {
 				s.Require().ErrorContains(err, tc.wantErr)
@@ -100,48 +91,3 @@ func happyGasLimit() *big.Int {
 		// 888 is a cushion to account for KV store reads and writes
 	)
 }
-
-func gasLimitCreateContract() *big.Int {
-	return new(big.Int).SetUint64(
-		gethparams.TxGasContractCreation + 700,
-	)
-}
-
-func happyCreateContractTx(deps *evmtest.TestDeps) *evm.MsgEthereumTx {
-	ethContractCreationTxParams := &evm.EvmTxArgs{
-		ChainID:  deps.Chain.EvmKeeper.EthChainID(deps.Ctx),
-		Nonce:    1,
-		Amount:   big.NewInt(10),
-		GasLimit: gasLimitCreateContract().Uint64(),
-		GasPrice: big.NewInt(1),
-	}
-	tx := evm.NewTx(ethContractCreationTxParams)
-	tx.From = deps.Sender.EthAddr.Hex()
-	return tx
-}
-
-func happyTransfertTx(deps *evmtest.TestDeps, nonce uint64) *evm.MsgEthereumTx {
-	to := evmtest.NewEthAccInfo().EthAddr
-	ethContractCreationTxParams := &evm.EvmTxArgs{
-		ChainID:  deps.Chain.EvmKeeper.EthChainID(deps.Ctx),
-		Nonce:    nonce,
-		Amount:   big.NewInt(10),
-		GasLimit: gasLimitCreateContract().Uint64(),
-		GasPrice: big.NewInt(1),
-		To:       &to,
-	}
-	tx := evm.NewTx(ethContractCreationTxParams)
-	tx.From = deps.Sender.EthAddr.Hex()
-	return tx
-}
-
-func nonEvmMsgTx(deps *evmtest.TestDeps) sdk.Tx {
-	gasLimit := uint64(10)
-	fees := sdk.NewCoins(sdk.NewInt64Coin("unibi", int64(gasLimit)))
-	msg := &banktypes.MsgSend{
-		FromAddress: deps.Sender.NibiruAddr.String(),
-		ToAddress:   evmtest.NewEthAccInfo().NibiruAddr.String(),
-		Amount:      sdk.NewCoins(sdk.NewInt64Coin("unibi", 1)),
-	}
-	return buildTx(deps, true, msg, gasLimit, fees)
-}
diff --git a/app/evmante_interfaces.go b/app/evmante/interfaces.go
similarity index 91%
rename from app/evmante_interfaces.go
rename to app/evmante/interfaces.go
index dc8192bfa..09b10dab7 100644
--- a/app/evmante_interfaces.go
+++ b/app/evmante/interfaces.go
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // Copyright (c) 2023-2024 Nibi, Inc.
-package app
+package evmante
 
 import (
 	"math/big"
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ type EVMKeeper interface {
 	GetParams(ctx sdk.Context) evm.Params
 
 	EVMState() evmkeeper.EvmState
+	EthChainID(ctx sdk.Context) *big.Int
+	GetBaseFee(ctx sdk.Context) *big.Int
 }
 
 type protoTxProvider interface {
diff --git a/app/evmante/suite_test.go b/app/evmante/suite_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fac4157a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/evmante/suite_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+package evmante_test
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"cosmossdk.io/math"
+	stakingtypes "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/staking/types"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/suite"
+
+	"github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/app"
+)
+
+type TestSuite struct {
+	suite.Suite
+
+	encCfg app.EncodingConfig
+}
+
+func TestAppTestSuite(t *testing.T) {
+	suite.Run(t, new(TestSuite))
+}
+
+func (s *TestSuite) SetupSuite() {
+	s.encCfg = app.MakeEncodingConfig()
+}
+
+func (s *TestSuite) DefaultGenesisCopy() app.GenesisState {
+	return app.NewDefaultGenesisState(s.encCfg.Codec)
+}
+
+func (s *TestSuite) TestGenesis() {
+	getDefaultStakingGenesis := func() *stakingtypes.GenesisState {
+		genStaking := new(stakingtypes.GenesisState)
+		s.encCfg.Codec.MustUnmarshalJSON(
+			app.StakingModule{}.DefaultGenesis(s.encCfg.Codec),
+			genStaking,
+		)
+		return genStaking
+	}
+
+	gens := []*stakingtypes.GenesisState{}
+	gens = append(gens, getDefaultStakingGenesis())
+
+	genStaking := getDefaultStakingGenesis()
+	genStaking.Params.MinCommissionRate = math.LegacyZeroDec()
+	gens = append(gens, genStaking)
+
+	for _, tc := range []struct {
+		name    string
+		gen     *stakingtypes.GenesisState
+		wantErr string
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "default should work fine",
+			gen:  gens[0],
+		},
+		{
+			name:    "zero commission should fail",
+			gen:     gens[1],
+			wantErr: "min_commission must be positive",
+		},
+	} {
+		s.T().Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			genStakingJson := s.encCfg.Codec.MustMarshalJSON(tc.gen)
+			err := app.StakingModule{}.ValidateGenesis(
+				s.encCfg.Codec,
+				s.encCfg.TxConfig,
+				genStakingJson,
+			)
+			if tc.wantErr != "" {
+				s.ErrorContains(err, tc.wantErr)
+				return
+			}
+			s.NoError(err)
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/app/evmante_fee_checker.go b/app/evmante_fee_checker.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 5bc5c50f2..000000000
--- a/app/evmante_fee_checker.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,158 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) 2023-2024 Nibi, Inc.
-package app
-
-import (
-	"math"
-
-	"cosmossdk.io/errors"
-	sdkmath "cosmossdk.io/math"
-
-	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
-	errortypes "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types/errors"
-	authante "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/auth/ante"
-
-	"github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/app/ante"
-	"github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/eth"
-	"github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/x/evm"
-	evmkeeper "github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/x/evm/keeper"
-)
-
-// NewDynamicFeeChecker returns a `TxFeeChecker` that applies a dynamic fee to
-// Cosmos txs using the EIP-1559 fee market logic.
-// This can be called in both CheckTx and deliverTx modes.
-// a) feeCap = tx.fees / tx.gas
-// b) tipFeeCap = tx.MaxPriorityPrice (default) or MaxInt64
-// - when `ExtensionOptionDynamicFeeTx` is omitted, `tipFeeCap` defaults to `MaxInt64`.
-// - Tx priority is set to `effectiveGasPrice / DefaultPriorityReduction`.
-func NewDynamicFeeChecker(k evmkeeper.Keeper) ante.TxFeeChecker {
-	return func(ctx sdk.Context, feeTx sdk.FeeTx) (sdk.Coins, int64, error) {
-		// TODO: in the e2e test,
-		// if the fee in the genesis transaction meet the baseFee and minGasPrice in the feemarket,
-		// we can remove this code
-		if ctx.BlockHeight() == 0 {
-			// genesis transactions: fallback to min-gas-price logic
-			return checkTxFeeWithValidatorMinGasPrices(ctx, feeTx)
-		}
-		params := k.GetParams(ctx)
-		denom := params.EvmDenom
-
-		baseFee := k.GetBaseFee(ctx)
-
-		// default to `MaxInt64` when there's no extension option.
-		maxPriorityPrice := sdkmath.NewInt(math.MaxInt64)
-
-		// get the priority tip cap from the extension option.
-		if hasExtOptsTx, ok := feeTx.(authante.HasExtensionOptionsTx); ok {
-			for _, opt := range hasExtOptsTx.GetExtensionOptions() {
-				if extOpt, ok := opt.GetCachedValue().(*eth.ExtensionOptionDynamicFeeTx); ok {
-					maxPriorityPrice = extOpt.MaxPriorityPrice
-					break
-				}
-			}
-		}
-
-		// priority fee cannot be negative
-		if maxPriorityPrice.IsNegative() {
-			return nil, 0, errors.Wrapf(
-				errortypes.ErrInsufficientFee,
-				"max priority price cannot be negative",
-			)
-		}
-
-		gas := feeTx.GetGas()
-		feeCoins := feeTx.GetFee()
-		fee := feeCoins.AmountOfNoDenomValidation(denom)
-
-		feeCap := fee.Quo(sdkmath.NewIntFromUint64(gas))
-		baseFeeInt := sdkmath.NewIntFromBigInt(baseFee)
-
-		if feeCap.LT(baseFeeInt) {
-			return nil, 0, errors.Wrapf(
-				errortypes.ErrInsufficientFee,
-				"gas prices too low, got: %s%s required: %s%s. "+
-					"Please retry using a higher gas price or a higher fee",
-				feeCap,
-				denom,
-				baseFeeInt,
-				denom,
-			)
-		}
-
-		// calculate the effective gas price using the EIP-1559 logic.
-		effectivePrice := sdkmath.NewIntFromBigInt(
-			evm.EffectiveGasPrice(baseFeeInt.BigInt(), feeCap.BigInt(), maxPriorityPrice.BigInt()),
-		)
-
-		// NOTE: create a new coins slice without having to validate the denom
-		effectiveFee := sdk.Coins{
-			{
-				Denom:  denom,
-				Amount: effectivePrice.Mul(sdkmath.NewIntFromUint64(gas)),
-			},
-		}
-
-		bigPriority := effectivePrice.Sub(baseFeeInt).Quo(evm.DefaultPriorityReduction)
-		priority := int64(math.MaxInt64)
-
-		if bigPriority.IsInt64() {
-			priority = bigPriority.Int64()
-		}
-
-		return effectiveFee, priority, nil
-	}
-}
-
-// checkTxFeeWithValidatorMinGasPrices implements the default fee logic, where the minimum price per
-// unit of gas is fixed and set by each validator, and the tx priority is computed from the gas price.
-func checkTxFeeWithValidatorMinGasPrices(ctx sdk.Context, tx sdk.FeeTx) (sdk.Coins, int64, error) {
-	feeCoins := tx.GetFee()
-	minGasPrices := ctx.MinGasPrices()
-	gas := int64(tx.GetGas()) //#nosec G701 -- checked for int overflow on ValidateBasic()
-
-	// Ensure that the provided fees meet a minimum threshold for the validator,
-	// if this is a CheckTx. This is only for local mempool purposes, and thus
-	// is only ran on check tx.
-	if ctx.IsCheckTx() && !minGasPrices.IsZero() {
-		requiredFees := make(sdk.Coins, len(minGasPrices))
-
-		// Determine the required fees by multiplying each required minimum gas
-		// price by the gas limit, where fee = ceil(minGasPrice * gasLimit).
-		glDec := sdkmath.LegacyNewDec(gas)
-		for i, gp := range minGasPrices {
-			fee := gp.Amount.Mul(glDec)
-			requiredFees[i] = sdk.NewCoin(gp.Denom, fee.Ceil().RoundInt())
-		}
-
-		if !feeCoins.IsAnyGTE(requiredFees) {
-			return nil, 0, errors.Wrapf(
-				errortypes.ErrInsufficientFee,
-				"insufficient fees; got: %s required: %s", feeCoins, requiredFees,
-			)
-		}
-	}
-
-	priority := getTxPriority(feeCoins, gas)
-	return feeCoins, priority, nil
-}
-
-// getTxPriority returns a naive tx priority based on the amount of the smallest denomination of the gas price
-// provided in a transaction.
-func getTxPriority(fees sdk.Coins, gas int64) int64 {
-	var priority int64
-
-	for _, fee := range fees {
-		gasPrice := fee.Amount.QuoRaw(gas)
-		amt := gasPrice.Quo(evm.DefaultPriorityReduction)
-		p := int64(math.MaxInt64)
-
-		if amt.IsInt64() {
-			p = amt.Int64()
-		}
-
-		if priority == 0 || p < priority {
-			priority = p
-		}
-	}
-
-	return priority
-}
diff --git a/app/evmante_fee_checker_test.go b/app/evmante_fee_checker_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 184045704..000000000
--- a/app/evmante_fee_checker_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,97 +0,0 @@
-package app_test
-
-import (
-	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
-
-	"github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/app"
-	"github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/eth"
-	"github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/x/evm/evmtest"
-)
-
-func (s *TestSuite) TestDynamicFeeChecker() {
-	testCases := []struct {
-		name         string
-		txSetup      func(deps *evmtest.TestDeps) sdk.FeeTx
-		ctxSetup     func(deps *evmtest.TestDeps)
-		wantErr      string
-		wantFee      int64
-		wantPriority int64
-	}{
-		{
-			name: "happy: genesis tx with sufficient fee",
-			ctxSetup: func(deps *evmtest.TestDeps) {
-				gasPrice := sdk.NewInt64Coin("unibi", 1)
-				deps.Ctx = deps.Ctx.
-					WithBlockHeight(0).
-					WithMinGasPrices(
-						sdk.NewDecCoins(sdk.NewDecCoinFromCoin(gasPrice)),
-					).
-					WithIsCheckTx(true)
-			},
-			txSetup: func(deps *evmtest.TestDeps) sdk.FeeTx {
-				txMsg := happyCreateContractTx(deps)
-				txBuilder := deps.EncCfg.TxConfig.NewTxBuilder()
-				tx, err := txMsg.BuildTx(txBuilder, eth.EthBaseDenom)
-				s.Require().NoError(err)
-				return tx
-			},
-			wantErr:      "",
-			wantFee:      gasLimitCreateContract().Int64(),
-			wantPriority: 0,
-		},
-		{
-			name: "sad: genesis tx insufficient fee",
-			ctxSetup: func(deps *evmtest.TestDeps) {
-				gasPrice := sdk.NewInt64Coin("unibi", 2)
-				deps.Ctx = deps.Ctx.
-					WithBlockHeight(0).
-					WithMinGasPrices(
-						sdk.NewDecCoins(sdk.NewDecCoinFromCoin(gasPrice)),
-					).
-					WithIsCheckTx(true)
-			},
-			txSetup: func(deps *evmtest.TestDeps) sdk.FeeTx {
-				txMsg := happyCreateContractTx(deps)
-				txBuilder := deps.EncCfg.TxConfig.NewTxBuilder()
-				tx, err := txMsg.BuildTx(txBuilder, eth.EthBaseDenom)
-				s.Require().NoError(err)
-				return tx
-			},
-			wantErr: "insufficient fee",
-		},
-		{
-			name: "happy: tx with sufficient fee",
-			txSetup: func(deps *evmtest.TestDeps) sdk.FeeTx {
-				txMsg := happyCreateContractTx(deps)
-				txBuilder := deps.EncCfg.TxConfig.NewTxBuilder()
-				tx, err := txMsg.BuildTx(txBuilder, eth.EthBaseDenom)
-				s.Require().NoError(err)
-				return tx
-			},
-			wantErr:      "",
-			wantFee:      gasLimitCreateContract().Int64(),
-			wantPriority: 0,
-		},
-	}
-
-	for _, tc := range testCases {
-		s.Run(tc.name, func() {
-			deps := evmtest.NewTestDeps()
-			checker := app.NewDynamicFeeChecker(deps.K)
-
-			if tc.ctxSetup != nil {
-				tc.ctxSetup(&deps)
-			}
-
-			fee, priority, err := checker(deps.Ctx, tc.txSetup(&deps))
-
-			if tc.wantErr != "" {
-				s.Require().ErrorContains(err, tc.wantErr)
-				return
-			}
-			s.Require().NoError(err)
-			s.Require().Equal(tc.wantFee, fee.AmountOf("unibi").Int64())
-			s.Require().Equal(tc.wantPriority, priority)
-		})
-	}
-}
diff --git a/app/evmante_handler.go b/app/evmante_handler.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 74cbea3ac..000000000
--- a/app/evmante_handler.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) 2023-2024 Nibi, Inc.
-package app
-
-import (
-	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
-
-	"github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/app/ante"
-)
-
-// NewAnteHandlerEVM creates the default ante handler for Ethereum transactions
-func NewAnteHandlerEVM(
-	k AppKeepers, options ante.AnteHandlerOptions,
-) sdk.AnteHandler {
-	return sdk.ChainAnteDecorators(
-		// outermost AnteDecorator. SetUpContext must be called first
-		NewEthSetUpContextDecorator(k),
-		// Check eth effective gas price against the global MinGasPrice
-		NewEthMinGasPriceDecorator(k),
-		NewEthValidateBasicDecorator(k),
-		NewEthSigVerificationDecorator(k),
-		NewAnteDecVerifyEthAcc(k),
-		NewCanTransferDecorator(k),
-		NewAnteDecEthGasConsume(k, options.MaxTxGasWanted),
-		NewAnteDecEthIncrementSenderSequence(k),
-		AnteDecoratorGasWanted{},
-		// emit eth tx hash and index at the very last ante handler.
-		NewEthEmitEventDecorator(k),
-	)
-}
diff --git a/x/common/testutil/evm/evm.go b/x/common/testutil/evm/evm.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3090de617
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x/common/testutil/evm/evm.go
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+package evmtestutil
+
+import (
+	"math/big"
+
+	codectypes "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/codec/types"
+	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
+	authtx "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/auth/tx"
+	banktypes "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/bank/types"
+	gethparams "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/params"
+
+	"github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/x/evm"
+	"github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/x/evm/evmtest"
+)
+
+var NextNoOpAnteHandler sdk.AnteHandler = func(
+	ctx sdk.Context, tx sdk.Tx, simulate bool,
+) (newCtx sdk.Context, err error) {
+	return ctx, nil
+}
+
+func HappyTransferTx(deps *evmtest.TestDeps, nonce uint64) *evm.MsgEthereumTx {
+	to := evmtest.NewEthAccInfo().EthAddr
+	ethContractCreationTxParams := &evm.EvmTxArgs{
+		ChainID:  deps.Chain.EvmKeeper.EthChainID(deps.Ctx),
+		Nonce:    nonce,
+		Amount:   big.NewInt(10),
+		GasLimit: GasLimitCreateContract().Uint64(),
+		GasPrice: big.NewInt(1),
+		To:       &to,
+	}
+	tx := evm.NewTx(ethContractCreationTxParams)
+	tx.From = deps.Sender.EthAddr.Hex()
+	return tx
+}
+
+func NonEvmMsgTx(deps *evmtest.TestDeps) sdk.Tx {
+	gasLimit := uint64(10)
+	fees := sdk.NewCoins(sdk.NewInt64Coin("unibi", int64(gasLimit)))
+	msg := &banktypes.MsgSend{
+		FromAddress: deps.Sender.NibiruAddr.String(),
+		ToAddress:   evmtest.NewEthAccInfo().NibiruAddr.String(),
+		Amount:      sdk.NewCoins(sdk.NewInt64Coin("unibi", 1)),
+	}
+	return buildTx(deps, true, msg, gasLimit, fees)
+}
+
+func buildTx(
+	deps *evmtest.TestDeps,
+	ethExtentions bool,
+	msg sdk.Msg,
+	gasLimit uint64,
+	fees sdk.Coins,
+) sdk.FeeTx {
+	txBuilder, _ := deps.EncCfg.TxConfig.NewTxBuilder().(authtx.ExtensionOptionsTxBuilder)
+	if ethExtentions {
+		option, _ := codectypes.NewAnyWithValue(&evm.ExtensionOptionsEthereumTx{})
+		txBuilder.SetExtensionOptions(option)
+	}
+	err := txBuilder.SetMsgs(msg)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	txBuilder.SetGasLimit(gasLimit)
+	txBuilder.SetFeeAmount(fees)
+
+	return txBuilder.GetTx()
+}
+
+func HappyCreateContractTx(deps *evmtest.TestDeps) *evm.MsgEthereumTx {
+	ethContractCreationTxParams := &evm.EvmTxArgs{
+		ChainID:  deps.Chain.EvmKeeper.EthChainID(deps.Ctx),
+		Nonce:    1,
+		Amount:   big.NewInt(10),
+		GasLimit: GasLimitCreateContract().Uint64(),
+		GasPrice: big.NewInt(1),
+	}
+	tx := evm.NewTx(ethContractCreationTxParams)
+	tx.From = deps.Sender.EthAddr.Hex()
+	return tx
+}
+
+func GasLimitCreateContract() *big.Int {
+	return new(big.Int).SetUint64(
+		gethparams.TxGasContractCreation + 700,
+	)
+}