Sei: The Pioneer in Building Next-Generation Financial Infrastructure

While the current market is keen on short-term speculation, some far-sighted traditional financial participants have set their sights on a new direction: infrastructure that is more powerful, more compliant, and with smoother cross-chain capabilities. What they pursue is not short-term stimulation, but underlying systems that can support the next generation of financial operations. In this context, Sei is gradually becoming the focus of their attention.

One of Sei's standout features is its proactive embrace of regulatory frameworks while retaining the advantages of native encryption technology. It does not pursue short-term hype but is committed to addressing the two most challenging issues in the practical implementation of blockchain: performance bottlenecks and compliance thresholds. This "slow is fast" development philosophy may be precisely the quality the industry needs most as it shifts from speculation to a practical stage.

Performance Innovation: Millisecond-Level Processing Speed

While most blockchains are still struggling with processing a few hundred transactions per second, Sei has elevated the speed to a new level: handling over 12,500 transactions per second, with a final confirmation time of just 400 milliseconds. This performance far exceeds that of the Ethereum mainnet and is even 22% faster than some so-called high-speed public chains.

More importantly, Sei is fully compatible with Ethereum ecosystem development tools such as Hardhat and Foundry, significantly reducing the migration and development costs for developers.

Compliance Design: Institutional Level Trust Assurance

With the participation of institutional investors, the focus of blockchain has shifted from "whether it is usable" to "whether it is trustworthy". Sei significantly reduces the risk of MEV capture in large transactions by introducing a "deterministic Gas fee" model, improving the predictability of transaction costs. Coupled with high-performance RPC nodes with nanosecond response times and an audited memory pool architecture, these designs greatly enhance the appeal of the system to institutional users.

A new entity in the Sei ecosystem has recently established a compliant operational framework in the United States and launched a $65 million fund to support decentralized research projects, further demonstrating its long-term commitment to compliance.

ETF Endorsement: A Key Indicator of Market Confidence

Sei has also made significant breakthroughs in asset tokenization. Recently, an asset management company submitted the first ETF application based on Sei-staked assets in the United States. This is not only an important milestone for Sei but also an acknowledgment of the quality of its underlying assets by the entire industry.

It is worth noting that not all blockchain projects meet the criteria for launching a staking asset ETF. The inclusion of Sei in the ETF product itself represents a strong market endorsement, which, against the backdrop of the current warming market sentiment, could become a key factor in boosting confidence among the community and institutions.

Cross-Chain Liquidity Aggregation: Breaking Down Inter-Chain Barriers

To solve the problem of fragmented liquidity, Sei has collaborated with multiple cross-chain protocols to achieve seamless connections with mainstream blockchains such as Ethereum and Cosmos. Users can freely interact between protocols on different chains without the cumbersome bridging operations.

In addition, Sei has collaborated with a stablecoin issuer to develop a compliant cross-chain stablecoin channel, ensuring the secure circulation of stablecoins across different chains. To incentivize liquidity providers, a $50 million liquidity incentive fund has been established to support cross-chain trading and asset management.

Rapid Expansion of the Ecosystem

Since mid-2024, Sei's ecosystem has rapidly developed, attracting over 150 projects to deploy on the mainnet, with daily active addresses reaching 400,000 and a total user count exceeding 6.5 million. In the first quarter of 2025, the total value locked grew by 73.7%, reaching $363 million, and the market capitalization of stablecoins hit a historical high of $178 million.

The gaming sector has become the main driver of growth, with an average daily trading volume related to gaming reaching 354,000 transactions, a year-on-year increase of 79.8%. For example, a multiplayer online role-playing game similar to "World of Warcraft" has achieved significant user growth on these platforms.

In addition, Sei launched a $10 million creator fund and a $250,000 community team program to support the development of NFT and social projects, encouraging global creators to participate in the construction of the ecosystem.

Future Outlook: Giga Upgrade and Long-Term Planning

Despite the impressive current data, Sei's ambitions are clearly not limited to this. The Giga upgrade, planned for launch in 2025, will introduce a brand new EVM client, with performance expected to increase by 50 times. This not only signifies a qualitative change in processing capacity but also symbolizes another leap towards the goal of "general infrastructure."

From infrastructure to ecological prosperity, and then to institutional design and technological evolution, Sei has completed in less than two years the path that traditional projects take five years to explore. It may not be the most eye-catching voice in the market, but it is likely to be the strongest force in building the next era of blockchain.

Towards a Decentralized Future

The technical upgrade of Sei is not only a leap in performance but also an important step in its global strategic layout. By establishing a legally compliant operational entity in the United States, it has laid a solid foundation for global expansion. As the ecosystem continues to grow and technological performance continues to improve, Sei is leading blockchain technology towards a truly decentralized future.

In this process, Sei not only provides developers with a powerful technical platform but also brings a more efficient and secure blockchain application experience to global users. With the continuous advancement of technology, Sei is expected to become a bridge connecting Web2 and Web3, leading the development of the next generation of the internet.