The Roundup: Week of November 17th, 2025

Sei surpassed 100M blocks. Sei Development Foundation called for U.S. regulatory clarity and explored utility in Bhutan. With Nika Labs crossing 10M downloads and Binance integrating native USDC, proven scale defined the week.

The Roundup: Week of November 17th, 2025

Sei surpassed 100 million blocks produced, marking a major milestone for the network. Sei Development Foundation joined the call for U.S. regulatory clarity and explored nation-scale utility in Bhutan. With Nika Labs crossing 10 million downloads and Binance integrating native USDC on Sei, proven scale and global adoption defined the week.

Sei Reaches 100M Block Production Milestone

Sei has officially reached 100 million blocks produced, a testament to years of battle-tested, high-throughput performance. This milestone represents 100 million blocks of real-time settlement, high-frequency markets, and institutional-grade execution secured by global enterprises.

Sei Labs Introduces seictl for Node Operators

Sei Labs has launched seictl, a reliable and intuitive configuration utility designed to make running Sei nodes easier. Replacing manual config editing, seictl provides a clean CLI that handles validation and updates automatically, with future updates set to include AI-driven insights to optimize node health.

Sei Development Foundation Joins Solana Institute in Call for Regulatory Clarity

The Sei Development Foundation has joined the Solana Policy Institute in formally calling on the U.S. administration and federal agencies to provide immediate regulatory clarity for digital assets. This coalition aims to ensure America solidifies its position as a global leader in the industry as builders regain confidence in the U.S. market.

Sei Development Foundation Explores Nation-Scale Utility in Bhutan

Sei Development Foundation’s Global DeSci Lead, Eleanor Davies, held strategic discussions in Bhutan this week to explore opportunities for nation-scale blockchain utility. This initiative highlights the potential for decentralized science and blockchain infrastructure to solve real-world challenges at a sovereign level. The trip was highlighted by Bhutan’s BTC mining on surplus hydro-power, their work on decentralized ReFi in rural villages, and their willingness to collaborate with international partners aligned with Bhutanese values of ecological resilience and shared prosperity.

Sei Gasfree Goes Live on Bitget Wallet, Enabling Gasless Swaps and Transfers

Sei Gasfree is now live on Bitget Wallet. This integration makes Bitget the first wallet to enable completely gasless swaps and transfers on Sei, removing friction for users and setting a new standard for UX in the ecosystem. Users can now enjoy up to six daily gas-free transfers and trades, allowing money to move faster and more efficiently on Sei.

Binance Completes Native USDC Integration on Sei

Binance has officially completed its integration of USDC on Sei, opening native deposits and withdrawals for users. This integration further strengthens the network's stablecoin infrastructure and liquidity rails.

Nika Labs Surpasses 10M Downloads and 2M Monthly Active Wallets

Nika Labs has crossed 10 million total downloads across its core titles, now serving more than 2 million monthly active wallets. With mobile-native hits like Archer Hunter, Hot Spring, and Kawaii Puzzle, Nika Labs demonstrates how Sei’s sub-second finality and high-performance EVM enable gaming studios to support massive, real-world user bases.

SeiPay and Kurtosis Crowned Winners of the ai/accelathon

The ai/accelathon has concluded with two co-winners, SeiPay and Kurtosis, sharing the grand prize. After three months of building and judging, these projects were selected as leading new examples of agentic, onchain AI being built on Sei.

SeiPay enables both simple manual onchain payments and programmable, autonomous payments. SeiPay opens the door to new agentic, automated payment flows — while remaining a straightforward and useful payments tool for everyday users.

Kurtosis developed a novel design for AI-driven Quantum Markets on Sei. AI agents propose themselves as token candidates, and market dynamics decide which ones launch — an onchain experiment at the frontier of AI x markets.

Markets Move Faster on Sei.


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