diff --git a/src/API.ts b/src/API.ts
index 658c7187..89a1c0fa 100644
--- a/src/API.ts
+++ b/src/API.ts
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ export function registerRoutes(server: FastifyInstance<Server, IncomingMessage,
       return
     }
     if (count > MAX_CYCLES_PER_REQUEST) count = MAX_CYCLES_PER_REQUEST
-    const cycleInfo = await CycleDB.queryLatestCycleRecords(count)
+    const cycleInfo = await Cycles.getLatestCycleRecords(count)
     const res = Crypto.sign({
       cycleInfo,
     })
diff --git a/src/Config.ts b/src/Config.ts
index ba71185e..b0a7f920 100644
--- a/src/Config.ts
+++ b/src/Config.ts
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ export interface Config {
     MAX_CYCLES_PER_REQUEST: number
     MAX_BETWEEN_CYCLES_PER_REQUEST: number
   }
+  cycleRecordsCache: {
+    enabled: boolean
+  }
 }
 
 let config: Config = {
@@ -101,6 +104,9 @@ let config: Config = {
     MAX_CYCLES_PER_REQUEST: 100,
     MAX_BETWEEN_CYCLES_PER_REQUEST: 100,
   },
+  cycleRecordsCache: {
+    enabled: false,
+  }
 }
 // Override default config params from config file, env vars, and cli args
 export async function overrideDefaultConfig(file: string): Promise<void> {
diff --git a/src/Data/Collector.ts b/src/Data/Collector.ts
index 52090b6f..d64e94ff 100644
--- a/src/Data/Collector.ts
+++ b/src/Data/Collector.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import * as Logger from '../Logger'
 import { nestedCountersInstance } from '../profiler/nestedCounters'
 import { profilerInstance } from '../profiler/profiler'
 import { getCurrentCycleCounter, shardValuesByCycle, computeCycleMarker } from './Cycles'
-import { bulkInsertCycles, Cycle as DbCycle, queryCycleByMarker, updateCycle } from '../dbstore/cycles'
+import { bulkInsertCycles, queryCycleByMarker, updateCycle } from '../dbstore/cycles'
 import * as State from '../State'
 import * as Utils from '../Utils'
 import { DataType, GossipData, adjacentArchivers, sendDataToAdjacentArchivers, TxData } from './GossipData'
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import ShardFunction from '../ShardFunctions'
 import { ConsensusNodeInfo } from '../NodeList'
 import { verifyAccountHash } from '../shardeum/calculateAccountHash'
 import { verifyAppReceiptData } from '../shardeum/verifyAppReceiptData'
+import { Cycle as DbCycle } from '../dbstore/types'
 
 export let storingAccountData = false
 const processedReceiptsMap: Map<string, number> = new Map()
diff --git a/src/Data/Cycles.ts b/src/Data/Cycles.ts
index f4aa04ce..e2e8c3d7 100644
--- a/src/Data/Cycles.ts
+++ b/src/Data/Cycles.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import { P2P as P2PTypes, StateManager } from '@shardus/types'
 import { getJson, postJson } from '../P2P'
 import { profilerInstance } from '../profiler/profiler'
 import { nestedCountersInstance } from '../profiler/nestedCounters'
+import * as cycleDataCache from '../cache/cycleRecordsCache'
+
 import {
   clearDataSenders,
   dataSenders,
@@ -25,6 +27,8 @@ import { handleLostArchivers } from '../LostArchivers'
 import ShardFunctions from '../ShardFunctions'
 import { RequestDataType, queryFromArchivers } from '../API'
 import { stringifyReduce } from '../profiler/StringifyReduce'
+import { addCyclesToCache } from '../cache/cycleRecordsCache'
+import { queryLatestCycleRecords } from '../dbstore/cycles'
 
 interface ArchiverCycleResponse {
   cycleInfo: P2PTypes.CycleCreatorTypes.CycleData[]
@@ -92,6 +96,7 @@ export async function processCycles(cycles: P2PTypes.CycleCreatorTypes.CycleData
       cleanOldOriginalTxsMap(cleanupTimestamp)
       cleanOldReceiptsMap(cleanupTimestamp)
     }
+    await addCyclesToCache(cycles)
   } finally {
     if (profilerInstance) profilerInstance.profileSectionEnd('process_cycle', false)
   }
@@ -534,3 +539,11 @@ function updateShardValues(cycle: P2PTypes.CycleCreatorTypes.CycleData): void {
     shardValuesByCycle.delete(shardValuesByCycle.keys().next().value)
   }
 }
+
+export async function getLatestCycleRecords(count: number): Promise<P2PTypes.CycleCreatorTypes.CycleData[]> {
+  if (config.cycleRecordsCache.enabled) {
+    return await cycleDataCache.getLatestCycleRecords(count)
+  }
+
+  return await queryLatestCycleRecords(count)
+}
diff --git a/src/cache/cycleRecordsCache.ts b/src/cache/cycleRecordsCache.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5a11922d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cache/cycleRecordsCache.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+import { P2P } from '@shardus/types'
+import { config } from '../Config'
+import { queryLatestCycleRecords } from '../dbstore/cycles'
+
+let cachedCycleRecords: P2P.CycleCreatorTypes.CycleData[] = []
+let lastCacheUpdateFromDBRunning = false
+
+async function updateCacheFromDB(): Promise<void> {
+  if (lastCacheUpdateFromDBRunning) {
+    return
+  }
+
+  lastCacheUpdateFromDBRunning = true
+
+  try {
+    cachedCycleRecords = await queryLatestCycleRecords(config.REQUEST_LIMIT.MAX_CYCLES_PER_REQUEST)
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.log('Error updating latest cache: ', error)
+  } finally {
+    lastCacheUpdateFromDBRunning = false
+  }
+}
+
+export async function addCyclesToCache(cycles: P2P.CycleCreatorTypes.CycleData[]): Promise<void> {
+  cycles.sort((a, b) => a.counter - b.counter);
+  
+  if (cachedCycleRecords.length === 0) {
+    await updateCacheFromDB()
+  }
+
+  for (const cycle of cycles) {
+    if(cycle.counter < cachedCycleRecords[0].counter) {
+      continue
+    }
+
+    cachedCycleRecords.unshift(cycle)
+  }
+
+  if (cachedCycleRecords.length > config.REQUEST_LIMIT.MAX_CYCLES_PER_REQUEST) {
+    cachedCycleRecords.splice(config.REQUEST_LIMIT.MAX_CYCLES_PER_REQUEST)
+  }
+}
+
+export async function getLatestCycleRecords(count: number): Promise<P2P.CycleCreatorTypes.CycleData[]> {
+  if (cachedCycleRecords.length === 0) {
+    await updateCacheFromDB()
+  }
+
+  return cachedCycleRecords.slice(0, count)
+}
diff --git a/src/dbstore/cycles.ts b/src/dbstore/cycles.ts
index 3d0ee79d..7da5676c 100644
--- a/src/dbstore/cycles.ts
+++ b/src/dbstore/cycles.ts
@@ -1,19 +1,10 @@
 import * as db from './sqlite3storage'
 import { extractValues, extractValuesFromArray } from './sqlite3storage'
-import { P2P, StateManager } from '@shardus/types'
+import { P2P } from '@shardus/types'
 import * as Logger from '../Logger'
 import { config } from '../Config'
 import { DeSerializeFromJsonString, SerializeToJsonString } from '../utils/serialization'
-
-export interface Cycle {
-  counter: P2P.CycleCreatorTypes.CycleData['counter']
-  cycleRecord: P2P.CycleCreatorTypes.CycleData
-  cycleMarker: StateManager.StateMetaDataTypes.CycleMarker
-}
-
-type DbCycle = Cycle & {
-  cycleRecord: string
-}
+import { Cycle, DbCycle } from './types'
 
 export async function insertCycle(cycle: Cycle): Promise<void> {
   try {
diff --git a/src/dbstore/types.ts b/src/dbstore/types.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..179bc525
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/dbstore/types.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import { P2P, StateManager } from "@shardus/types"
+
+export interface Cycle {
+    counter: P2P.CycleCreatorTypes.CycleData['counter']
+    cycleRecord: P2P.CycleCreatorTypes.CycleData
+    cycleMarker: StateManager.StateMetaDataTypes.CycleMarker
+}
+
+export type DbCycle = Cycle & {
+    cycleRecord: string
+}
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