{"id":93396,"date":"2026-01-21T16:43:39","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T13:43:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=93396"},"modified":"2026-01-21T16:45:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T13:45:13","slug":"bhutan-to-deploy-node-on-sei-blockchain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/bhutan-to-deploy-node-on-sei-blockchain\/","title":{"rendered":"Bhutan to Deploy Node on Sei Blockchain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Sei Development Foundation has partnered with Bhutan&#8217;s sovereign fund, Druk Holding and Investments (DHI). The organisations have agreed to deploy a validator within the Sei network in the country.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">JUST IN: Kingdom of Bhutan is working with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sei_FND?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Sei_FND<\/a> and becoming a Sei validator.<\/p>\n<p>Since 2019, Bhutan has been a global blockchain leader\u2014its wealth fund DHI holds one of the largest national BTC reserves.<\/p>\n<p>Now it&#8217;ll secure the fastest L1 and explore tokenization on Sei.<\/p>\n<p>More\u2193 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DJzFIjBh4J\">pic.twitter.com\/DJzFIjBh4J<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sei (@SeiNetwork) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SeiNetwork\/status\/2013679492993294799?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 20, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The technical implementation will be handled by DHI InnoTech, the fund&#8217;s innovation division. The node is expected to be operational in the first quarter of 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The initiative aims to expand the national blockchain infrastructure. The parties plan to explore <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-are-tokenised-assets\">asset tokenization<\/a> and test new economic models. The partnership will also cover data evaluation and <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/distributed-knowledge-how-desci-works-and-whether-decentralised-science-has-a-future\">DeSci<\/a> sectors.<\/p>\n<p>Sei&#8217;s Director of Science and Innovation, Eleanor Davis, stated that the collaboration will lay the groundwork for future government projects. She highlighted digital payments and identification systems as priority areas.<\/p>\n<p>Additional support will be provided by the venture firm Sapien Capital.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Crypto Kingdom<\/h2>\n<p>DHI manages Bhutan&#8217;s strategic government investments. The fund is known for actively developing bitcoin mining using the country&#8217;s renewable hydropower.<\/p>\n<p>Bhutan consistently implements distributed ledger technologies at the state level. Nearly 800,000 residents <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/bhutan-to-transition-national-id-system-to-ethereum\">use<\/a> an Ethereum-based digital ID system to access government services. Additionally, the state has <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/bhutan-launches-gold-backed-token-on-solana\">introduced<\/a> the TER token, backed by physical gold.<\/p>\n<p>The kingdom <a href=\"https:\/\/bitcointreasuries.net\/governments\/bhutan\">ranks<\/a> seventh globally among bitcoin-holding countries. The government owns 5,985 BTC (~$529 million), primarily acquired through mining.<\/p>\n<p>Back in December 2025, <span data-descr=\"Bhutan's Special Economic Zone Gelephu Mindfulness City\" class=\"old_tooltip\">GMC<\/span> and <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-is-a-market-maker\">market maker<\/a> Cumberland DRW <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/cumberland-to-aid-bhutan-in-launching-national-stablecoin\">signed<\/a> a memorandum of understanding. In the same month, the country <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/bhutan-allocates-10000-btc-for-mindfulness-city-development\">allocated 10,000 BTC<\/a> for the construction of a &#8220;mindfulness city.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sei Development Foundation and Bhutan&#8217;s sovereign fund DHI have agreed to deploy a validator in the Sei network within the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":93397,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"Sei Foundation partners with Bhutan's DHI to deploy a validator in the Sei network.","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1676,1390,1559],"class_list":["post-93396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-bhutan","tag-partnership","tag-sei-network"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"216","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"Sei Foundation partners with Bhutan's DHI to deploy a validator in the Sei network.","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93396","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93396"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93396\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93398,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93396\/revisions\/93398"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}