Sei Partners With Xiaomi for Pre-Installed Mobile Stablecoin Payment App

Sei Partners with Xiaomi for Global Crypto Wallet Integration

  • Sei has partnered with Xiaomi to include a pre-installed crypto wallet and discovery app on all new Xiaomi smartphones sold outside mainland China and the U.S.
  • The app, built on Sei infrastructure, will use Google or Xiaomi IDs for signup and provide multi-party computation security.
  • Initial markets include Europe, Latin America, Southeast Asia, and Africa, starting with stablecoin payments in Hong Kong and the EU by Q2 2026.
  • Xiaomi shipped 168 million phones in 2024, holding approximately 13% of the global smartphone market.
  • The partnership includes a $5 million Global Mobile Innovation Program to support developers building blockchain tools.
  • Strategic advisor Tanaka describes this as "the largest hardware distribution in crypto history."
  • This integration is set to place Sei's app at an OS-level on Xiaomi devices, marking a significant move towards mass adoption of blockchain technology.