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Anas Hassan
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Sei, a Layer-1 blockchain network, has announced a major collaboration with consumer electronics giant Xiaomi to pre-install a Web3-enabled finance app on smartphones sold outside mainland China and the United States.
The partnership includes a $5 million Global Mobile Innovation Program to accelerate blockchain adoption across consumer devices.
The Sei-based application will come pre-installed on all new Xiaomi devices in target markets, with plans to enable stablecoin payment functionality following initial development phases.
Xiaomi, the world’s third-largest smartphone manufacturer with 13% global market share, sold 168 million devices in 2024 alone, providing Sei with direct access to millions of potential users.
Seamless Onboarding Targets Key Growth Markets
The forthcoming app will feature Google and Xiaomi ID integration for streamlined user onboarding, multi-party computation wallet security, and curated access to decentralized applications.
The platform will support both peer-to-peer transfers and consumer-to-business transactions, creating a comprehensive mobile finance experience for mainstream users.
Initial rollout prioritizes regions with established crypto adoption, including Europe, Latin America, Southeast Asia, and Africa, where Xiaomi maintains a significant market presence.
The strategy targets countries where Xiaomi dominates smartphone sales, such as Greece (36.9% market share) and India (24.2%), helping millions of people take their first steps into crypto ecosystems.
Sei clarified that the collaboration centers specifically on the pre-installed mobile finance app and Web3 access.
It does not involve Xiaomi directly supporting or operating digital-currency payment features or stablecoins at this time, with specific features rolling out on an ongoing basis.
“This collaboration with Xiaomi represents a watershed moment for blockchain adoption,” said Jeff Feng, Co-Founder of Sei Labs.
“By embedding Sei’s high-performance infrastructure directly into one of the world’s most popular smartphone ecosystems, we’re not just solving the onboarding problem—we’re reimagining how billions of users will interact with digital assets in their daily lives.“
Technical Infrastructure Positions Sei for Mass Adoption
Sei’s blockchain architecture delivers sub-400-millisecond finality and processes thousands of transactions per second, technical specifications that the team positions as critical for handling mainstream consumer application demands.
The network has processed over four billion transactions across more than 80 million wallets since its 2023 mainnet launch, establishing itself as the leading EVM chain by active user count.
“We’re moving from a world where crypto is something you have to find, to one where it finds you,” added Jay Jog, Co-Founder of Sei Labs.
While competitors focus on crypto-native audiences, Sei leverages Xiaomi’s ecosystem to embed Web3 capabilities directly into devices consumers already use daily, fundamentally shifting traditional blockchain adoption strategies.
The blockchain’s momentum accelerated throughout 2025, with July data showing that gaming transaction volumes reached $469 million over 7 days and total value locked surpassed $600 million.
The network claimed the top position in Web3 gaming with 8.8 million connected wallets, representing 74% monthly growth, while stablecoin supply exceeded $277 million by mid-year.
Daily transactions on Sei tripled in the first half of 2025, reaching a peak of 1.6 million per day, according to Nansen analytics.
The network’s gaming dominance extended across 14 applications, surpassing 100,000 unique active wallets, with popular titles such as World of Dypians, Archer Hunter, and Empire of Sei experiencing user growth of 33.2% to 139%.
The partnership strengthens Sei’s positioning following its April establishment of the Sei Development Foundation, a US non-profit headquartered in Manhattan that promotes the adoption of open-source protocols through education and ecosystem support.
Notably, the Sei-Xiaomi partnership follows parallel developments in blockchain-integrated mobile hardware, particularly the second-generation Seeker smartphone rollout by Solana Mobile across 50-plus countries in August.
Recently, Solana Mobile announced it will launch SKR, a governance token for the Seeker ecosystem, in January 2026, with a total supply of 10 billion, allocating 30% to airdrops for device holders.
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