SEI skyrockets after integrating USDC – Is it time to go "All in"?

After increasing over 100% in the past 30 days, SEI continues to kick off the new week with a 13% rise in just 7 days - a strong advancement for an altcoin that launched less than two years ago. While many believe the upward momentum has stalled, experienced investors suggest that SEI's bullish season in July has only just begun.

As a layer 1 blockchain optimized for decentralized exchanges (DEX), SEI is not only compatible with the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) but also operates on the Cosmos Tendermint architecture – providing superior processing speed and high scalability.

"SEI really reminds me of the early days of SOL. This bullish momentum cannot be underestimated," veteran investor J5 commented on X.

Overview of SEI

SEI has an economy with a limited supply — a maximum of 10 billion tokens issued, of which only about 6 billion are currently in circulation in the market. This fixed supply model creates a natural scarcity factor, which has historically been a core price growth driver for assets like Bitcoin, Litecoin, or Bitcoin Cash.

In the past 30 days, SEI has been bullish by over 111%, becoming one of the best-performing coins in the top 100 by market capitalization. This uptrend has been strong amid a continued influx of capital into mid and low-cap altcoins.

In comparison, Ethereum – the second largest coin in the market – also recorded a significant increase: 24.7% in 7 days and 44.8% in the past 30 days, largely due to increased leveraged trading activity. However, technical indicators and fundamental factors suggest that SEI has the opportunity to break out and even outperform ETH in the third quarter of 2025.

Below are the 3 key factors supporting that trend.

1. Price chart for clear breakout signals

The price chart of SEI is sending very positive technical signals in July, with a 5-month "cup and handle" pattern — one of the most closely watched bullish patterns in technical analysis.

The "cup" part of the pattern began to form on January 30 and was completed on June 24, reflecting a long accumulation process. After that, the "handle" part — usually a slight adjustment phase before the breakout — began to appear at the end of June and is currently testing the old resistance zone around $0.34, coinciding with the peak level earlier this year.

Although it is not an ideal textbook pattern, this model still has high reliability due to the important lows formed at the levels of 6/2, 11/3, 8/4, and 17/6. The rim of the cup is established by short-term support tests — characteristic of the accumulation phase with low but stable volatility.

Another notable sign is the gradually decreasing trading volume during the formation of the "cup" part — in line with typical behavior in a waiting market phase — before surging back to nearly 1 billion USD on June 23, right when the right side of the pattern began to form. This indicates that buying pressure is returning strongly.

SEI is a young project, launched in August 2023, but has recorded impressive achievements: the price increased from $0.177 to over $1.04, equivalent to an ROI of over 511% in just 7 months. After the hot increase phase, SEI entered a correction cycle according to the descending wedge pattern – a correction pattern that often ends with a bullish breakout.

The trend lines in this wedge pattern converge around June 15, coinciding with the time when the "cup and handle" pattern begins to form clearly. The alignment of these two important technical signals is the basis for analysts to believe that SEI is preparing for another growth cycle in the third quarter.

2. USDC Integration – Strategic Boost for Liquidity Expansion

One of the most important drivers behind the recent bullish trend of SEI is the integration of the USDC stablecoin – a stablecoin with a market capitalization of over 60 billion USD issued by Circle.

As a layer 1 blockchain directly competing with Ethereum in the field of smart contracts and DeFi, SEI is gradually perfecting its decentralized financial infrastructure. The addition of USDC not only helps to expand liquidity capabilities but also facilitates fast, stable, and transparent transactions – particularly important in DeFi and DEX applications.

Stablecoins like USDC serve as a safe "intermediary unit" between cryptocurrencies and traditional assets, often used by traders and developers for pricing, conversion, and protecting value from market volatility. When USDC was officially integrated on SEI, it unlocked new capital flows, encouraging investors and financial institutions to access this platform more easily.

In the context of traditional financial institutions increasingly using stablecoins and blockchain solutions by 2025, SEI's support for USDC is not only strategic but also a necessary step to attract institutional capital and build a stronger financial ecosystem.

The market's reaction was swift: the price of SEI surged 22% within 24 hours of the announcement, indicating high expectations from the investor community and strong signals of confidence in the project's direction.

3. Strong growth ecosystem - over 1 billion USD locked on Sei

The altcoin speculation community is beginning to bet that SEI will be the "next Solana" – a blockchain with the potential to explode as strongly as SOL did in 2024. And in fact, the fundamental data is reinforcing that argument.

In the very first week of July, the total value locked (TVL) on the SEI network reached an all-time high, exceeding 625 million USD, according to data from DeFiLlama. TVL is a core metric that reflects the level of trust and actual usage of users in a blockchain ecosystem – and for SEI, this figure is rapidly increasing.

Notably, Yei Finance – an automated money market platform (AMM) built directly on SEI – has also surpassed the milestone of 400 million USD TVL as of July 11. In total, over 1 billion USD in assets have been locked in the SEI ecosystem just this month – a clear sign that capital is flowing strongly into the project.

"The influx of capital is increasing, and on-chain activities are becoming more vibrant – the SEI ecosystem is clearly attracting new attention," Kyledoops, the host of Crypto Banter, shared.

Unlike simple bullish price increases driven by speculation, the solid development of SEI in Q3 2025 is supported by actual on-chain activity and long-term capital flow. This is a signal that long-term investors and institutions closely monitor – as it reflects the sustainable growth potential of this blockchain.

With powerful technology, a rapidly expanding ecosystem, and a clear development strategy, SEI is gradually asserting itself as a formidable competitor to Ethereum in the layer 1 blockchain space.

If this bullish trend continues, Q3/2025 could be the time when SEI enters its strongest acceleration phase since its launch. For altcoin investors, SEI could be the "next Solana" of this year.

Annie