Sei is a Layer 1 blockchain optimized for trading and fast financial transactions, describing itself as "The Blockchain for Trading" and "Infrastructure for the Modern Economy." Sei's Twitter Score is 320 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of July 2026, ranking #1,001 (top 0.5%) among 389,587 tracked accounts.
Sei launched its mainnet in 2023 and is built by Sei Labs, which describes itself as a product-driven research and development lab. The account is managed by the Sei Development Foundation, an independent U.S. non-profit organized as a 501(c)4 and dedicated to the growth, awareness, and adoption of open-source, permissionless protocols like Sei. Per Binance Research, Sei raised $35 million across three rounds of equity investment, with 2 billion SEI allocated for distribution to equity investors. Sei is backed by Multicoin, Jump, Coinbase Ventures, and Circle Ventures.
Sei's native utility token, SEI, is used for network fees, validator staking, governance, native collateral, fee markets, and trading fees for exchanges built on the network. As of February 2026, Sei's blog reported that the network had processed more than five billion transactions, transacted across more than 90 million wallets, and surpassed one million daily active users. Sei's V3 Giga update was on Devnet as of early 2025.
Sei has drawn broader attention beyond its core infrastructure. Fortune reported in April 2025 that the Sei Foundation publicly described a vision for acquiring 23andMe following that company's bankruptcy filing, proposing to use blockchain and encrypted transfers to return control of genetic data to users. In February 2026, the Sei Development Foundation announced native integration of Sei into Toku's API-based payroll management system, enabling stablecoin payroll and remittances. Sei's account has been mentioned by 1,344 accounts, with 7,691 total mentions. Sei has published 6,742 posts on the platform.
Sei's portfolio includes OpenPad AI.
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Sei draws a broad range of notable followers across the crypto and finance space. The accounts that follow Sei include 928 founders, 187 angel investors, 1,042 influencers and 88 VCs. Among them are Toly, Ansem, Laura Shin, Zhu Su, smolting wassie, verse and OpenSea.