SEI, a competitor to Solana, surged 110% to $0.250 following an investment announcement by Circle (USDC). Boasting a 390ms time to finality and 20,000 ops, SEI claims to outpace Solana, which has a 2.5-second finality and 10,000 tps. Circle aims to broaden USDC use cases by integrating with SEI, offering global developers a swift, open platform. SEI's current value is $0.239, showing a slight retracement from its peak.