Samsung said at its Galaxy Unpacked event in London that Samsung Wallet will add native support for stablecoins, with presentation material showing Circle’s USDC as the first token on display. The move would make Samsung one of the first major smartphone brands to bring native stablecoin functionality directly into a handset wallet experience. Product manager Lee Dinham said the feature is aimed at enabling “fast and trusted digital value transfer.”
Key operating details are still missing. Samsung has not said whether other stablecoin issuers will be included, which blockchain network the token support will run on, which regions will get access first, or whether the setup will be custodial or non-custodial. The company also did not provide a launch date.
The announcement extends Samsung’s longer crypto and payments push. The company offered crypto asset storage through Knox in 2019, added hardware wallet support in 2021, and integrated Coinbase services into Samsung Wallet in October 2025, reaching about 75 million Galaxy users in the United States at that time. Samsung unveiled the stablecoin feature alongside its first credit card, the Galaxy Card, launched with Barclays and Visa.
Samsung said at its Galaxy Unpacked event in London that Samsung Wallet will support stablecoins natively, with demo material showing Circle-issued USDC.
According to Decrypt, the appearance of USDC in the official mock-up would make Samsung one of the first major smartphone brands to bring native stablecoin support into phones.
USDC appears in Samsung’s first public demo
Samsung product manager Lee Dinham said, “This will make Samsung one of the first major smartphone brands to bring native stablecoins into smartphones, enabling fast and trusted digital value transfer.” Based on the material released so far, the first supported stablecoin shown is USDC, the second-largest stablecoin by market capitalization.
Samsung has yet to disclose several key details, including whether it plans to add other stablecoin issuers, which blockchain the token support will use, which regions will get access, and whether the setup will be custodial, with a third party holding funds, or non-custodial, with users controlling their own private keys. The company also has not given a clear launch timeline.
Part of a broader crypto and payments push
The feature fits into Samsung’s wider effort to expand crypto and payments integration. Samsung offered crypto asset storage through Knox in 2019, added hardware wallet support in 2021, and integrated Coinbase services into Samsung Wallet in October 2025. At that time, the service reached about 75 million Galaxy users in the United States.
The stablecoin announcement arrived alongside Samsung’s first credit card, the Galaxy Card, launched with Barclays and Visa. The pairing points to Samsung’s direction of turning the smartphone into a broader payments entry point.
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