Sei (SEI): Order‑Book Perp L1, Maverick Protocol (MAV): Concentrated Liquidity AMM – Do They Become A “Matching Engine + Smart Liquidity” Trading Rail Or Stay Extra Venues Beside Solana And Arbitrum?
The digital asset market is continually evaluating the ideal infrastructure for decentralized trading. On one hand, Sei (SEI) operates as a specialized Layer-1 blockchain engineered explicitly as a high-speed order-book matching engine for perpetual futures. On the other hand, Maverick Protocol (MAV) provides the "smart liquidity" component, utilizing a concentrated-liquidity AMM with highly configurable LP logic deployed across Ethereum and major Layer-2 networks.