Samsung is preparing to bring stablecoins to Samsung Wallet, marking one of the most significant crypto moves yet from a major smartphone maker. A stablecoin is a type of cryptocurrency desig
Samsung is preparing to bring stablecoins to Samsung Wallet, marking one of the most significant crypto moves yet from a major smartphone maker.
A stablecoin is a type of cryptocurrency designed to hold a steady value, typically pegged one-to-one to a currency like the U.S. dollar. Unlike Bitcoin or Ethereum, which can swing sharply in price, stablecoins are built to stay stable, making them useful for everyday payments and transfers rather than speculation.
The plan was outlined during Samsung's annual Galaxy Unpacked showcase that was streamed live on July 22, where Samsung described the company's intention to fold stablecoins directly into Samsung Wallet alongside its existing payments and rewards features.
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Samsung Wallet is expected to expand beyond cash and savings to include new forms of digital value, including stablecoins, with Samsung aiming to become one of the first major mobile brands to bring stablecoins natively to a smartphone.
If it follows through, Samsung would be putting stablecoin functionality directly in the hands of hundreds of millions of Galaxy users worldwide, without requiring a separate crypto app or exchange account.
This wouldn't be Samsung's first venture into digital assets. The company already operates Samsung Blockchain Wallet, which lets users store and manage crypto including Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Tron, and supports connecting external hardware wallets like Ledger's Nano S and Nano X directly to a Galaxy device.
That wallet runs on Samsung Knox, the company's onboard defense-grade security platform, and includes a dedicated newsfeed for tracking blockchain and crypto developments.
Samsung deepened its crypto involvement further in October 2025 by expanding its partnership with Coinbase, letting Galaxy users in the U.S. buy crypto directly through Samsung Wallet. That integration initially targeted more than 75 million Galaxy users in the country, with a broader rollout planned.
Layering stablecoins on top of that existing crypto infrastructure would give Samsung a genuinely full-stack crypto offering inside one app: buying crypto, storing it, and now potentially spending stablecoins for everyday transactions.
Samsung has not disclosed which specific stablecoins it plans to support, a timeline for launch, or which partners might be involved in bringing the feature to Samsung Wallet. Given that stablecoins require regulated issuers and banking relationships to function, the eventual partner Samsung chooses, whether that's Circle's USDC, Tether's USDT, or a bank-issued alternative, will matter significantly for how the feature actually works and where it launches first.
Taken together, the stablecoin plans, the existing blockchain wallet, and the Coinbase partnership point toward a clear trajectory: Samsung is positioning crypto not as a niche, opt-in feature, but as core infrastructure inside one of the most widely used wallet apps in the world.
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