The Roundup: Week of January 5th, 2026

Distribution to 235M+ users. Smart contract activity up 60%. Payments and gaming leading demand. Sei's footprint continues to widen as global distribution drives sustained onchain usage. Here’s the breakdown of this week on Sei.

The Distribution & Access System connects Sei to global exchanges, wallets, and on-ramps, mapping over 235M users worldwide

Robinhood, OKX, MetaMask, Backpack, Crossmint, MoonPay—and more. Sei's Distribution and Access System now spans 200M+ exchange users, 35M+ wallet users, and fiat onramps across 160+ countries. The Grid maps the core infrastructure behind modern markets on Sei, capturing leading exchanges, wallets, and onramps that bridge the gap between deployment and active users. This infrastructure ensures that enterprises and developers launching on Sei have immediate access to a global, liquid audience from day one.

Smart contract activity on Sei surged in H2 2025, driven by sustained onchain usage across payments and gaming

Smart contract engagement on Sei grew sharply in the second half of 2025, marking a transition from experimentation to persistent, recurring usage. Mature infrastructure and sticky application behavior drove this shift, with the trend carrying into 2026. Payments and gaming applications are registering the strongest performance—real use cases generating compounding activity rather than one-time transactions. 

Crypto.com launched a SEI rewards campaign

  https://crypto.com/us/product-news/sei-flash-rewards-2026 

Crypto.com has launched a SEI Flash Rewards campaign, allowing users to allocate up to 43,000 SEI. The 14-day program runs from January 8 to January 22, 2026, with an aggregate cap of 1,200,000 SEI. The campaign is available to Crypto.com App users in select jurisdictions, expanding SEI token accessibility and engagement across the platform's global user base.

Face-Off Arcade debuted fast-paced 1v1 competitive duels on Sei, adding to the growing real-time gaming surface

Face-Off Arcade has introduced its competitive 1v1 duel platform to Sei, capitalizing on the network’s sub-second finality for instant match execution. The arcade-style experience is designed for fast-paced, responsive gameplay that requires minimal latency to remain competitive. By utilizing Sei's Parallelized EVM performance layer, Face-Off Arcade demonstrates the network's technical superiority for real-time, high-stakes digital interactions.

Capy Mellow went live with a new puzzle game on Sei, expanding the casual gaming ecosystem

Capy Mellow has officially launched its casual puzzle experience on Sei, contributing to the diversity of the network’s rapidly growing gaming sector. The title focuses on providing a "cozy" user experience, utilizing Sei’s Parallelized infrastructure and 400ms time-to-finality to ensure seamless asset ownership and gameplay transitions. Its arrival underscores the network's appeal to developers seeking a performant environment for casual consumer applications.

Action Required: USDC.n holders must migrate to native USDC ahead of the March 2026 SIP-3 upgrade as Sei transitions to EVM-only

Holders of USDC.n Need to Swap or Migrate

As of this posting, there is currently more than $1.4M in USDC via Noble (USDC.n) on Sei Network. If you hold any USDC.n, you should swap it for native USDC before the end of March 2026 to avoid potential loss of access to your assets. This is

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Users holding USDC.n (USDC via Noble) are required to migrate to native USDC before the end of March 2026 to ensure continued asset compatibility on the network. The upcoming SIP-3 upgrade will transition Sei into an EVM-only environment, meaning Cosmos-native assets like USDC.n will no longer be supported post-launch. 

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