Sei Network recorded one of its most active weeks in recent months, marked by a payroll integration, the rollout of institutional trading infrastructure, and fresh data confirming sustained user growth. The network’s ecosystem expansion was highlighted by a partnership with Toku, a crypto-native payroll platform that integrates directly with enterprise systems such as Workday and ADP.
The integration, announced in mid-February, enables companies to settle employee salaries and vendor payments in USDC on Sei with near-instant finality. This approach contrasts with traditional bank transfers, which typically take several days to clear. By targeting payroll workflows, the integration positions Sei to tap into the global payroll market, which is estimated to be worth tens of trillions of dollars annually.
The Sei Development Foundation has already adopted the system for its own payroll operations and token distributions. This internal usage was presented as practical validation rather than a symbolic partnership. In the month leading up to the integration, Sei reportedly processed more than $3 billion in stablecoin volume, suggesting that the network’s infrastructure is capable of handling enterprise-scale payment flows.
Institutional-Grade Trading Infrastructure Emerges
Alongside payroll developments, Sei’s trading ecosystem advanced with the launch of Monaco’s private alpha. Monaco introduced a Central Limit Order Book designed specifically for Sei’s parallelized Ethereum Virtual Machine. The platform is engineered to support high-frequency trading with settlement finality measured in hundreds of milliseconds, rather than seconds or minutes.
Monaco’s architecture is structured as a shared liquidity layer, allowing multiple front ends to connect without fragmenting liquidity across isolated pools. This design choice is intended to improve depth and efficiency for traders. Shortly after Monaco’s alpha debut, Mach 1 became the first specialized interface to integrate with the system. Mach 1 is positioned as a professional-grade front end, offering advanced tools and agent-driven features aimed at quantitative trading strategies.
Onchain Metrics Show Sustained Growth
Independent data released by Messari provided quantitative support for Sei’s momentum. According to its fourth-quarter 2025 report, daily active addresses on the network reached one million, representing a 26 percent increase compared with the previous quarter. Daily transactions climbed to 2.3 million, reflecting a 17 percent quarter-over-quarter rise. Both metrics reached all-time highs in mid-December, extending Sei’s growth streak to six consecutive quarters.
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Developer tooling also expanded during the same period. Envio launched on Sei, promoting dramatically faster event indexing compared with conventional remote procedure call methods. As transaction volumes scale into the millions per day, indexing and data synchronization have become critical bottlenecks, and the new tooling is intended to address those constraints.
Growing Institutional Recognition
Sei’s profile has also risen among institutional market participants. CoinShares, one of the world’s largest exchange-traded product managers, recently included Sei in its analysis of programmable money. In that report, Sei was discussed alongside major blockchain networks such as Ethereum, Solana, and Sui. CoinShares already offers regulated investment products with exposure to SEI, including a staked SEI exchange-traded product and the DIME ETF, signaling growing institutional confidence in the ecosystem.
At the decentralized exchange layer, Toro DEX surpassed $5 million in cumulative trading volume since its December launch. While still modest relative to larger platforms, the figure was cited as early evidence of organic activity within Sei’s DeFi stack.
Looking Ahead
Market observers are now focused on Monaco’s anticipated transition from private to public alpha. That milestone is expected to test whether Sei’s institutional-grade trading infrastructure can attract sustained volume beyond early adopters. Combined with payroll adoption, developer tooling, and consistent onchain growth, the coming weeks may provide clearer signals about Sei Network’s ability to convert technical momentum into long-term ecosystem expansion.
