From the last week of October, 82 million Galaxy devices in the United States will be able to send USDC abroad from inside Samsung Wallet. Samsung says it will charge no fee, and users will not need a separate crypto app.
The Block and CoinDesk both reported the launch. Transfers run on Solana, with Sui named as supporting infrastructure. Bastion, a licensed stablecoin custodian, holds the assets and uses Coinbase Prime as sub-custodian.
Nobody on the sending side handles a private key. A user funds the wallet, confirms with a fingerprint or face scan and sends the tokens to a compatible wallet overseas. The same wallet also offers transfers to more than 60 countries that pay out in local currency, with fees that vary by destination.
Woncheol Chai of Samsung said sending money abroad should feel as convenient as using the wallet already on the phone. Lily Liu of the Solana Foundation called it the point where stablecoins stop being a crypto product and become how people move money.
Distribution is what stablecoin issuers have lacked. The tokens settle in seconds, but most people still have to open an exchange account to get one. A default phone app removes that step. Samsung first promised stablecoin support in July without naming a date or a chain, and this fills in both.
Worth noting the asterisk on free. Samsung’s fee is zero, but receiving wallets and exchanges may charge their own, and no one has published what a recipient pays to turn USDC into spendable cash. The 82 million figure counts eligible devices, not people who will use the feature. Expansion beyond the US depends on local regulators, and Samsung has given no timetable for paying in shops with stablecoins.
