Samsung Wallet launched stablecoin accounts on Thursday for eligible U.S. Galaxy users, letting them buy, hold, send and receive Circle's USDC on the Solana blockchain across about 82 million compatible devices. The service is built with custodian Bastion and Coinbase, and allows transfers to other Samsung Wallet users and outside crypto wallets without a Samsung transfer fee, plus payouts to bank accounts in more than 60 countries. Credit card top-ups carry a 4% fee, and the service is not available in New York. Samsung says the account is a crypto wallet rather than a bank account, and plans to explore stablecoin payments and other markets.
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| Market | Crypto |
|---|---|
| Exchange | Binance |
| Sector | Layer 1 |
| Market cap | $56.3B |
| Close on 11/04/2026 | 95.61 |
| Change that session | +2.99% |
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