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SEI soars on Xiaomi deal for pre-installed crypto wallets
- SEI token, native to the high-performance layer-1 blockchain network Sei, climbed on December 10, 2025.
- This came amid news of a strategic partnership with Xiaomi Corporation.
- One of the world’s leading smartphone manufacturers will integrate the Sei crypto wallet.
While most top cryptocurrencies traded lower, the SEI price jumped more than 6% in intraday gains.
The token hit a high of $0.15 amid a collaboration to embed a Sei crypto wallet application directly into new Xiaomi smartphones.
The market reaction to the news could see the token jump to highs last seen in early November.
Sei announces partnership with Xiaomi
Sei Labs, the development team behind the Sei blockchain, officially announced its huge collaboration with Xiaomi on December 10, 2025.
Xiaomi is one of the world’s largest smartphone makers, and Sei’s deal looks to tap into this to bring crypto to users.
A new era of mobile finance is coming to Xiaomi’s global user base.
A next-gen finance app powered by Sei and designed for stablecoin payments, will be integrated into the Xiaomi mobile ecosystem, coming pre-installed on new devices.
Money made instant — built into your phone. pic.twitter.com/75ly01AHB3
— Sei (@SeiNetwork) December 10, 2025
The two companies eye adoption via an everyday consumer device, specifically through a next-generation crypto wallet and discovery app.
Per details, the integration will feature a pre-installed crypto wallet on all new Xiaomi smartphones. The first target is for devices distributed outside mainland China and the United States.
As such, initial rollout targets Xiaomi’s formidable global footprint across Europe, Latin America, Southeast Asia, and Africa.
The regions boost notable crypto traction and Sei wants to build on this. Xiaomi’s presence accounts for over 36% of the smartphone market in Greece and over 24% in India.
The smartphone sold over 168 million devices in 2024, accounting for 13% of the global market share.
The integration via a pre-installed wallet will allow for effortless onboarding, with support available for Google or Xiaomi account credentials.
As well as decentralized applications (dApps), the partnership targets peer-to-peer transfers and consumer-to-business transactions.
Sei and Xiaomi plan to enable stablecoin transactions, leveraging assets like USDC natively on the Sei network.
Stablecoin payments will roll out starting in Hong Kong and the European Union by the second quarter of 2026.
“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.”
Why is this big for SEI?
To further catalyze innovation, Sei has committed $5 million to a Global Mobile Innovation Program.
This initiative will fund developers and startups building real-world blockchain applications tailored for consumer devices, fostering a broader ecosystem around mobile-centric web3 solutions.
But for Sei, the partnership with Xiaomi transcends mere distribution.
Xiaomi’s traction and the pre-installation of the Sei app could onboard tens of millions of new users annually.
Other than dramatically expanding Sei’s wallet base in emerging markets, it positions SEI at the forefront of real-world utility.
SEi’s price gains mirror this sentiment.
