Giga's storage upgrade on mainnet, 0.1 cent transaction fees, and Metamask sponsored gas. Here's what happened on Sei over the past few weeks ↓ 🔴 @jayendra_jog confirmed the first pieces of Giga storage are live on mainnet, putting Sei on track to be the first EVM chain to fully replace merkle trees: 🔴 MetaMask now sponsors gas on Sei, making eligible swaps, sends, and dapp interactions free from a MetaMask wallet: 🔴 @Sei_Labs benchmarked FlatKV, the state store built for Sei Giga, at 205,913 transactions per second over 24 hours, roughly 13.7x its predecessor: 🔴 Sei is now the 3rd largest network for Ondo's USDY, with tokenized treasuries live onchain for non-US users: 🔴 @Mastercard and Sei mapped the framework 40+ financial institution leaders use to decide where they actually deploy onchain: 🔴 Sei reported the average transaction now costs a tenth of a cent even as fees climb across other networks: 🔴 @MonacoTrading shared its top 10 testnet markets, led by BTC, MU, and LIT, then teased a mainnet countdown as its trading launch nears:

Progress towards Sei Giga is accelerating. > SIP-3 is nearing completion > Completion of Eidos Upgrade is expected in upcoming releases > Ares Upgrade expected shortly after > Giga testnet approaching

Sei Labs Acquires Bilinear Labs To Accelerate Sei Giga Development @Sei_Labs has acquired @bilinearlabs to integrate the firm’s Rust-based engineering talent and data analytics stack into the $SEI ecosystem. The Bilinear team is transitioning to core development roles focusing on the Sei Network and the upcoming Sei Giga scaling initiative. This strategic absorption follows Bilinear’s history of providing real-time financial insights and on-chain intelligence for high-velocity decentralized markets.

Performance puts a blockchain on the shortlist. It doesn't decide where institutions deploy. Sei and @Mastercard worked with 40+ experts and leaders from financial institutions to map how that decision gets made. Read the framework:

NEW: @Mastercard and Sei publish the framework for how financial institutions evaluate blockchains. Institutions are coming onchain. Where and why they deploy is now the question. This is the framework, based on interviews with 40+ institutions.

Ondo's USDY brought tokenized US Treasuries to Sei. Circle's native USDC brought regulated dollars. Dinari's tokenized stocks for US investors are coming soon. And Washington is finally updating the rules. The modern economy is looking good here.