Sei extended its recent gains to its highest level in five months, jumping 22% to touch highs of $0.35, with stablecoin integration a key catalyst. The Sei ( SEI ) token gained as top cryptocurrencies mirrored Bitcoin ( BTC )’s surge to new record highs. With Bitcoin rallying to above $118k to see over $1 billion in shorts liquidated , Sei broke out. Prices tapped bullish momentum to break above the key resistance of $0.30, with bulls taking advantage to hit levels last seen on January 31, 2025. The supply zone around intraday highs of $0.35 represents a previous key support level from November 2024, above which SEI rose to hit $0.73. Sei price chart. Source: crypto.news The Sei token reached its all-time high of $1.14 in March 2024. You might also like: Omni Network crypto explodes amid staggering $1.4b derivatives volume Sei gains amid stablecoin traction On July 10, the Sei Development Foundation announced a major milestone for the layer 1 blockchain network, a step it said is more than transformative. A year after its Sei V2 network launched, the ecosystem has seen a nearly 800% spike in total value locked and over 3,600% surge in daily Ethereum Virtual Machine transactions.The L1 has also attracted a huge number of developers. Stablecoin integration is what sets Sei ready for the next level of growth – from a high-performance network to the crypto and financial markets’ cross-chain liquidity hub. Putting Sei on the map is its integration of native USDC ( USDC ), the stablecoin’s native access coming at a time Sei has notched a 100% rise in stablecoin TVL. This aligns with a 300% spike in stablecoin transactions, notably pushing monthly stablecoin transactions to approximately 240 million since January 2024. Stablecoin TVL on Sei has grown by over 100% in the past 4 months. Just the start. ($/acc) pic.twitter.com/zcupEx0mRs — Sei (@SeiNetwork) July 9, 2025 Also launching on Sei is Circle’s cross-chain transfer protocol. CCTP V2 will help unlock the next phase of cross-chain value. Other than a fresh institutional on/off-ramp, native USDC means Sei growth as it becomes a key player in decentralized finance, gaming and payments and more. “Native USDC turns Sei’s high-speed infrastructure into trusted financial rails, ready for institutional scale,” the Sei team noted. Read more: SEI targets 55% rally as native USDC support sparks inverse H&S breakout
