Samsung will add native USDC stablecoin transfers to Samsung Wallet and Samsung Pay beginning the last week of October 2026, giving users across 82 million US Galaxy devices the ability to send cross-border payments on Solana directly from the wallet app they already use.
"Stablecoins in every pocket," Solana posted on X.
The feature sits inside Samsung Wallet rather than alongside it, meaning users send remittances from the same interface they already use for cards, boarding passes, and IDs. Integrated fiat on- and off-ramps handle conversion to and from local currency, with Solana's infrastructure operating entirely behind the scenes.
BREAKING: Samsung partners with Solana to bring stablecoins to 82 million US Galaxy devices.
— Solana (@solana) October 8, 2026
Samsung Wallet users in the US will be able to send money across borders using USDC on Solana, beginning the last week of October. pic.twitter.com/r5KSR92V58
Why Samsung chose Solana for this specific rollout
Woncheol Chai, EVP and Head of the Digital Wallet Team at Samsung's Mobile eXperience Business, framed the decision around simplicity rather than crypto adoption for its own sake.
"Samsung Wallet is about making useful experiences feel simple and intuitive," Chai said. "Stablecoins have the potential to make moving money around the world faster and easier, and we want Galaxy users to be able to take advantage of that without having to navigate the complexity of traditional crypto tools. Solana helps us bring that experience to Samsung's scale."
Lily Liu, President of the Solana Foundation, described the integration as the moment stablecoins reach genuine mainstream distribution.
"For a decade, stablecoins have proved the technology works," Liu said. "What they lacked was a way to reach the mainstream. Samsung's decision to work with Solana puts digital dollars into everyday life through one of the world's most trusted technology brands. This level of adoption is what we built Solana for, and we're seeing the moment when stablecoins stop being a crypto product and start being how people move money."
How the feature extends beyond Solana to Sui
The rollout also includes support for Sui, letting users send USDC across borders to bank accounts in more than 60 countries, with automatic conversion to local currency and no fees charged by Samsung. Sui's gasless transfer model lets users send USDC without needing to hold the network's native SUI token to cover transaction fees, a meaningful usability improvement for a remittance product aimed at non-crypto-native users who would otherwise need to acquire a separate token just to move money. This dual-chain approach also connects to Coinbase, which provides custody infrastructure supporting the rollout, giving Samsung a regulated custodial backstop for the underlying stablecoin holdings rather than requiring users to manage self-custody wallets directly.
Sui separately demonstrated a live test processing 40 million transactions per second, a benchmark that underscores the kind of throughput modern blockchain infrastructure can sustain when built for this scale of everyday consumer use.
Samsung teased this move back in July
Samsung product manager Lee Dinham first signaled the company's stablecoin plans at the Galaxy Unpacked event in London on July 22, during the launch of Samsung Galaxy Card, the company's first credit card issued in the US through Barclays and Visa. Dinham said at the time that stablecoins would help turn Samsung Wallet into the foundation of a connected financial ecosystem spanning Galaxy devices and services.
That July announcement positioned the stablecoin integration as one piece of a broader Samsung financial services push. Launching a credit card through Barclays and Visa in the same announcement window as stablecoin plans suggests Samsung is building parallel rails, traditional card infrastructure and blockchain-based stablecoin transfers, under the same Wallet interface, giving users a choice of payment rail without needing to understand the underlying technical differences between them.
Solana's stablecoin momentum ahead of the Samsung deal
The integration arrives as Solana's stablecoin activity reaches new highs. According to Artemis data, Solana's stablecoin supply hit an all-time high of $17.6 billion on October 5, up nearly 20% year over year. The network has processed more than $5.25 trillion in stablecoin volume during 2026 alone, with major companies including PayPal and Western Union already using Solana for stablecoin activity.
Regulatory developments could further accelerate this kind of consumer adoption. Republican senators released draft text of the ADAPT Act on September 30, which would exempt users of eligible dollar stablecoins from recognizing a gain or loss when using them to purchase goods or services. The proposal would limit eligibility to stablecoins whose issuers meet GENIUS Act requirements and appear on a Treasury-approved list, a provision that would remove a tax reporting burden currently attached to everyday stablecoin spending and could materially smooth the kind of consumer-facing use case Samsung is now building toward.
Samsung said additional markets will follow the initial US rollout, subject to local regulatory requirements in each jurisdiction.
Roman Zaika
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