Samsung Wallet to add USDC transfers on Solana for US users

Key points

• Samsung Wallet adds USDC cross-border transfers on Solana for US Galaxy users
• Rollout starts the last week of October 2026 on 82 million US Galaxy devices
• Feature is built into Samsung Wallet with fiat on- and off-ramps, not a separate app
• Samsung plans more markets later, subject to local regulations

Samsung will let U.S. Galaxy users send cross-border payments in the USDC stablecoin on the Solana network through Samsung Wallet, starting in the last week of October 2026. The feature will be available on 82 million U.S. Galaxy devices at launch, according to a press release issued Oct. 7 in New York by the Solana Foundation.

As The Block reported, the transfers are built into Samsung Wallet rather than offered through a separate crypto app. Integrated fiat on- and off-ramps convert between dollars and local currency, and Solana runs in the background.

How the Samsung Wallet USDC transfers will work

The press release says U.S. users will be able to send money abroad using USDC, with the blockchain handling settlement behind the scenes. Samsung said it plans to bring the service to other markets later, subject to local regulations.

According to The Block, Samsung will not charge a fee on the transfers, though recipient wallets or exchanges may. The outlet also reported that transfers to eligible bank accounts in more than 60 countries will arrive in the recipient’s local currency, with fees varying by destination, and that speed will depend on network conditions.

The Block also reported that Samsung is working with Bastion, a licensed U.S. stablecoin custodian, and that Coinbase will custody the USDC held in Samsung Wallet through Coinbase Prime. The outlet attributed the Coinbase detail to a blog post by Alec Lovett, Coinbase’s head of infrastructure products, and described the launch as the next step in a Samsung-Coinbase relationship that, since 2025, has let U.S. Galaxy users fund Coinbase accounts with Samsung Pay.

What Samsung and Solana said

Woncheol Chai, who leads Samsung’s digital wallet team, said in the press release that “Solana helps us bring that experience to Samsung’s scale.” According to The Block, Chai also said sending money abroad should feel as convenient as using the wallet already on a person’s phone.

Lily Liu, president of the Solana Foundation, said in the release: “This level of adoption is what we built Solana for.” The Block quoted Lovett as calling the launch a “significant distribution milestone for USDC.”

Why the launch matters for stablecoin distribution

The rollout would put a stablecoin inside a wallet already installed on tens of millions of phones, rather than requiring users to download a crypto application. The Solana Foundation’s release said stablecoin supply on Solana is up nearly 20% year over year and that the network has processed more than $5.25 trillion in stablecoin volume so far in 2026. It named PayPal and Western Union among existing users of the network.

Samsung previewed native stablecoin support in Samsung Wallet earlier this year, but the October announcement is the first to name USDC, Solana and a launch window, based on the sources reviewed. Samsung said further market expansion would depend on local regulations, and it has not given dates for markets outside the United States.