Just saw the news that Sei has partnered with Xiaomi. My first reaction: This can't be fake news, right?

Thinking it through, Xiaomi is now the third-largest smartphone manufacturer in the world. They sell about 170 million phones annually — note, this is annual sales, not cumulative numbers. While users in China and the US might not be heavily involved in Web3, consider that the user base of some compliant platforms is just a bit over 100 million; this is the number of devices added each year.

Even more impressive is that Xiaomi has nearly 700 million global users. If this partnership comes to fruition, it’s no small feat. Mass adoption used to seem like a pie in the sky, but this time, it might actually be interesting.

The entry of such a hardware giant could be a turning point for the entire industry.