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Samsung Wallet Will Add Stablecoin Support, Including USDC
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Fusion42 · 25 July 2026 · Fusion42 review
Samsung Wallet will add native stablecoin support, including USDC, making it one of the first major smartphone brands to offer stablecoins natively. The feature arrives alongside Samsung's launch of a Barclays-issued credit card and builds on existing crypto infrastructure (Knox vault, Bitcoin/Ethereum support since 2019) and a Coinbase integration reaching 75 million US users.
This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of Fintech, and 6 sources have reported it between 24 Jul 2026 and 10 Aug 2026.
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If you build stablecoin infrastructure, rails, or on-ramps, Samsung just made your payment channel a native feature on 75 million phones—and your customer is now a consumer, not a crypto native. Circle and Coinbase have a distribution partner; competitors need to move.
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6 sources · first reported 24 Jul 2026 · latest 10 Aug 2026
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