Every day scrolling through Twitter, you can see countless projects shouting "globalization," "compliance," and "institutional cooperation," but most are just PPTs and PR. Until today, I came across a tweet from Phillip, the founder of #SEI, announcing that $SEI has officially launched on the #OSL exchange, I realized that #SEI is moving from the West to the East, officially entering the Asia-Pacific compliance market.

On this day in 2025, if we still consider "listing on an exchange" as a positive sign, then most are still stuck in the last cycle. Those who truly understand the industry know that which exchange to list on is far more important than simply whether or not it has been listed.

Here’s a brief introduction to the #OSL exchange. It is one of the few licensed platforms authorized by the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), and it is the world's first institutional-grade digital asset platform that is publicly listed, has four major audit endorsements, and is backed by $1 billion in insurance. It does not serve retail investors but rather players like family offices, hedge funds, and pension funds that are "wealthy, cautious, and heavily regulated."

In other words, #OSL is not just an exchange; it is also a compliant financial gateway. For $SEI to enter means it has obtained a VIP pass to the financial core area of Hong Kong.

Why is this particularly important for #SEI? Because Hong Kong is currently the only place in the Chinese-speaking world where compliant cryptocurrency activities can still take place.

The situation in mainland China goes without saying, Singapore has clearly tightened regulations; Japan is compliant but tends to be localized. The only region that can still connect: international capital + Chinese-speaking funds + compliance framework is Hong Kong. The SFC licensing system has built an innovative yet controlled "crypto sandbox." #SEI's choice to enter from here is not a gamble; it is a strategic positioning, starting with the most challenging compliance, and the rest will naturally follow smoothly.

This tactic was used by Solana back in the day. First, it listed on Coinbase Institutional, then entered the sights of Grayscale and Fidelity, ultimately becoming the "default option for institutions." SEI is now following the same path, but more intelligently: directly entering the most compliance-savvy market in Asia.

I briefly reviewed #SEI's recent activities in the Asia-Pacific and found that they have a strategic approach to capturing territory:

• In the Japanese market, they have listed through OKCoin with compliance + staking;
• Collaborating with Securitize and KAIO to bring traditional asset management firms like BlackRock and Apollo's RWA assets on-chain;
• Now, through OSL, they are directly connecting with family offices and professional investors in Hong Kong.

From Tokyo to Hong Kong, SEI is weaving a "network of institutional trust." It does not compete with retail investors in narrative but rather competes with regulators in compliance and with institutions in execution.

Listing on OSL may not significantly increase trading volume in the short term; however, in the long term, this paves the way for HKD-denominated ETFs, RWA bonds, and even HKD stablecoin settlements in the next 1-2 years. Once SEI becomes the default option for the "Asia-Pacific compliant high-performance settlement layer," its value will no longer be "just another L1," but rather the infrastructure pipeline for digital finance in the Asia-Pacific.

In the upcoming year of 2026, compliance will be the true moat. And SEI is already standing on the other side of the river, waving at us. 🧐

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